St Teresa's Prep Bulletin 16 June 2023

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Key Diary Dates:

Wed 21st June Year 5, Cranmore Ramble

Thu 22nd June Evensong, Chapel (parents and girls are welcome to attend)

Mon 26th June T-Fest, Mairlot Lawn (please note the revised start time) 18:30

Fri 30th June Year 6, Summer Production of Mary Poppins (with Year 5 chorus) 19:00

Mon 3rd July Moving-up afternoon & Year 7 induction day

Tue 4th July Prep School Sports Day 13:00 16:00

Thu 6th July Prep School Prize Giving, Mairlot Hall (please RSVP above) 19:00

Year 5 & 6, Summer Production—’Mary Poppins’

Mrs Conrad would like to invite our Year 5 and 6 parents to our Summer Production of ‘Mary Poppins’ on Friday 30th June at 7.00pm in the Mairlot Hall. Please place your seating request here or via the link in the letter.

STASH

This summer, we are running our STASH (St Teresa’s Activities in the Summer Holidays) camp from Monday 10th July to Friday 14th July. Secure your place via this link. Contact Miss Rippington s.rippington@st-teresas.com for booking or if you have any questions.

Clubs—W/C 19th June

Country dancing club will not be running on Wednesday 21st June.

This week you should have received:

Year 5 Cranmore Ramble letter

Year 6 Mary Poppins digital download of the performance ordering information

Years 5 & 6 Mary Poppins arrangements and seating information

Chess Club Tournament information

Whole School ESTA Summer Camps information

If you require copies of any of this information, please contact the School Office prepinfo@st-teresas.com

Inspire Academy of Dance Performance

Well done to some of our Inspire Academy dancers who performed their street dance routine at the Harlequin Theatre last weekend as part of their ‘Cracking Cabaret’ dance show. The girls represented St Teresa’s beautifully, showing excellent team work and determination throughout. Well done girls and thank you to their Dance Teacher Miss Tash.

Drama Stars of the Week

Year 3 Sienna D for working so well as part of her group.

Year 4 Emily W for super participation in all aspects of the lesson.

Year 5 Charlotte J for wonderful enthusiasm and for her starring role in assembly.

Year 6 Evie B for sharing her ideas for choreographing the Honey Bees dance.

Golden Book

Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week:

3RN Beatrice St G for her kindness and friendship to the girls in our class this week. She listens carefully during our PSHE lessons and made thoughtful contributions this week on the qualities of a good friend.

Sienna D N for her fantastic effort in Maths this week. Sienna tried very hard telling the time using analogue and digital clocks. Well done!

Sophia C for her excellent use of descriptive vocabulary in our work on the book Madam Pamplemousse. Sophia created an excellent character description using fantastic adjectives and adverbs.

Eloise B-S for her effort in Maths this week, using analogue clocks to solve time problems and converting between digital and analogue times. Well done.

3KC Thea S for amazing participation in Maths this week on the concept of time.

Victoria M for effort and perseverance with time in Maths.

Esme S for fabulous problem solving in time this week.

4BB Darcy R and Isabella M for their super representation of a Potion Bottle, carefully combining creative and controlled marks to make a wonderful 3D effect.

Amelie A for her brilliant effort and understanding in Maths this week learning about the different types of triangles.

4CR Isabella MS for her super representation of a Potion Bottle, carefully combining creative and controlled marks to make a wonderful 3D effect.

Eleanor B for her excellent effort to develop her use of language when writing speech.

Ruby S for her fabulous development of direct and indirect speech.

5HC Lottie C and Imogen W for their mature and thoughtful contributions to all discussions and question times during our PSHE work this week.

Coralie H for her insightful and excellent work researching William Wilberforce and how he showed love and compassion for others.

Isabella K for her conscientious attitude in class, listening carefully, joining in discussions and applying all she has learned to her work.

5MK Matilda R for her helpfulness around the classroom, putting to use her excellent skills of organisation.

Tara S for being active in her learning - always being happy to ask questions to clarify and further her understanding.

Rosie A for her incredibly mature attitude and engagement during our PSHE lessons this week.

Catrin V for her conscientious attitude towards her learning and for the super progress that she has made this year.

5KH Stef v E for improvising brilliantly in our class assembly.

Elsie W for her enthusiastic dance moves in our assembly song.

Amaya H for always being so humble despite her achievements and for keeping up with school commitments whilst being part of a production of Tosca.

6HI Ella J and Sofia O for their thoughtfulness, kindness, and being kind to others.

Maisy M for her beautiful still-life drawing of flowers, sensitively and carefully observed.

Amelia S for her outstanding postcard, written from a soldier's perspective in WW1.

6JG Isola R for her positive contributions to class discussions and for taking part in the Tosca performance.

Clara d A and Bella H for working positively on the ID project.

Year 3—Chocolate Workshop

Last Friday, the girls in Year 3 took part in a Chocolate Workshop with Gary and Emily from the kitchen. They found out where chocolate comes from and how chocolate is used in recipes. They also tasted ruby chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and caramel chocolate. At the end, they were delighted to make their own chocolate lollies with sprinkles, using a mould. During the workshop, the girls also created their own chocolate wrappers and included a title, picture design, ingredient list and bar code. Well done girls.

Sports News

Cricket The As had a brilliant match against Manor House, scoring 289 vs 218. All the girls bowled brilliantly with power and accuracy and continually supported one another. Their style of communication was succinct and positive, and it highlighted the level of their game awareness. The players of the match went to Syna for her batting and to Lilia-Anna for her bowling. All the girls played terrifically and we are excited to see their potential as the team develops. Well

The Bs also had a great game, scoring 297 to Manor House’s 248. The girls worked excellently as a team and communicated very well when batting and fielding. The player of the match went to Tara. Very well done to all of the girls who took part!

Well done to the U11 cricket team who took part in the IAPS cricket tournament on Wednesday. The girls won 3 games and lost 3 games by just a few runs each game. The girls played really well together and there was some great teamwork and determination displayed throughout all of their matches. Very well done girls!

Athletics U10+U11 athletics team had a superb day on Tuesday at the Spectrum. The team consisted of Ailsa, Natalia, Sophia, Olivia L, Kaiah in Year 6 and Isabella, Tabitha, Izzy and Olivia in Year 5.

The day kicked off with Olivia and Sophia taking on the 70m hurdles. The girls showed great technique and were competitive in the race. Next up were the 800m races. Isabella placed 1st in her age group with a time of 2.56 and Olivia placed 5th in her heat with a time of 3.15. In Year 6, Natalia placed 2nd overall with a time of 2.51 and Sophia ran her first 800m on a track, placing 3rd in her heat. In the 100m, Izzy placed 3rd in her heat. In Year 6, Ailsa and Natalia narrowly missed out on the final for the 100m by 0.20 of a second. In the 200m, Izzy came 5th in her heat and Isabella came 1st in her heat, taking her into the final, where she placed 2nd overall. In long jump, for Year 5, Isabella came 3rd with a PB of 3.33m. Tabitha placed 3rd in high jump with a height of 1.10m. Kaiah placed 3rd in javelin, the first time we have entered anyone into javelin. Isabella also took 3rd place in the Year 5 high jump. The day finished with the 4x100m relays. The girls excelled, placing top 3 in their heats. We are very proud of everyone. Well done girls!

Fixtures w/c 19th June

Monday Athletics @ Manor House 4:30pm

Tuesday U10 Tennis v Cranmore (A) 4:15pm

Friday U8A-D Cricket v Freemans (A) 2:30pm, U11, U10+U9 Tennis @ Freemans 4:15pm

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 – Sophia C for excellent listening and appraising in our lesson on ‘The Voice’.

Year 4 – Anna P for an amazing performance on her violin in assembly.

Year 5 – Stefanie v E for her beautiful song that she wrote and performed for us.

Year 6 – Eva C for dedication to learning her part in Mary Poppins.

T-Fest

We are looking forward to seeing Chamber Choir, St Teresa’s Singers, Wind Band and String Ensemble performing at T Fest which begins at 6.30pm on 26th June. The girls will need to wear a T-Fest or plain black Tshirt with no logos and plain black bottoms.

Well Done!

Thank you and well done to Anna who played her violin for us in assembly this week.

One-to-One Music Lessons & Instruments

If your daughter is leaving us at the end of this year – please ensure that you have informed your instrumental teachers.

We have some spaces for one-to-one lessons and have some instruments that can be hired from the school. If you would like to try out any instruments or need any more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Harris c.harris@st-teresas.com.

This Week

We reflected this week on one of the great heroes of the Old Testament, King David. We looked in particular at two episodes from his early life that teach us a little about how God operates.

It was timely, so soon after the sacred moment of King Charles coronation, to remember that David too was chosen as king by anointing. The prophet Samuel visited the house of Jesse in Bethlehem. However, God made it clear that it was neither Jesse’s eldest son, nor any of the others before him who was to be king. Finally, and somewhat reluctantly, Jesse called forward his youngest son, the shepherd boy David. Immediately it was clear to Samuel that David was the one God had chosen.

David did not conform to any preconceived idea of what a king should be, yet God used his unlikely choice to become his representative. God will choose us in a similar way. We might not be gentle, young, psalm chanting shepherds, but whatever unique gifts and talents we may have, God chooses us in the same way he chose David.

Perhaps the most memorable account from the life of David is the slaying of the great Philistine Goliath. Having been chosen, David almost immediately faces this great challenge, when, armed only with his slingshot and a handful of pebbles he brings about the fall of the great adversary of Israel, drawing not on his strength or his armour, but instead, relying totally on the firm belief that God has a plan, that He will defeat evil and wickedness and - most importantly - he is going to use us to do it!

The truth is that we too will face those moments of confrontation with the Goliaths in our lives. It may seem that the odds are impossibly stacked against us. Yet, it is those moments when we are called to draw upon our faith and trust in a God who will always transform even the most dire of circumstances. As David sang, ‘The LORD is my light and salvations with the LORD by my side, whom shall I fear!’

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We hope that you have had a good week.

Please make sure that your child puts on sun cream for riding and a top that covers the shoulders. It has been very warm in the afternoons and evenings recently, and it feels even hotter when riding in the arena!

If there are any school trips or events that your daughter will be doing instead of riding, then please let the office know by phone or by email. If you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer credit. Any later and we are unable to fill the slot with a rider for a catch up lesson or off the waitlist.

It was a busy and warm weekend for lots of our students and their ponies who headed out competing.

On Saturday, Izzy L was jumping in the British Showjumping, British Novice 2nd rounds and produced a triple clear for 6th place and a qualification to the National Finals in August. Meanwhile Inde W was enjoying taking part in the Shetland Pony Grand National over the weekend at the South of England show.

On Sunday we had lots of riders taking part in the NSEA show jumping and Combined Training show at Felbridge with some brilliant results.

In the Grassroots competition, Florence B jumped two super rounds in the 50cm & 60cm for a beautiful double clear in the 60cm and 10th place.

In the 70cm, Emily R was taking part in her first competition for STE and jumped a brilliant double clear for 6th place!

In the 75cm, Rosie C competed as an individual for a great clear and 12th place in a big class.

In the 85cm we had a team of Chloe B, Lilly S and Rosie C who finished 7th. Chloe B was 6th individually and Lilly S was 9th.

In the 95cm Chloe B rode a super round for individual 3rd and qualification for the NSEA Champs at Addington in September whilst Lilly S had 4 faults but still finished in the top half.

Lilly S was also competing in the Combined Training and had a brilliant day, with a 1st and a 3rd in the 80 70%+ scores and clear jumping rounds. She also had a 3rd in the 90 95cm class with another +70% dressage score and an unlucky 4 penalties in the jumping.

Unfortunately, the show then had to be abandoned before the 1m class as we had a huge storm and the whole showground disappeared under water which was such a shame.

Elsewhere Antonia S was out eventing for her Pony Club. She did a 29 dressage and jumped double clear to finish on it for 3rd in the 80cm.

NSEA News

Calling all stall holders or friends of potential stall holders who would like a stall at our annual Christmas Fair on 1st December 2023.

Please contact:

FOSTeffingham@gmail.com

School Uniform Shop (shed behind ESTA pavilion

clubhouse)

Open Monday and Fridays from 8:30-9am and Saturdays by appointment (usually first Saturday of each month) in term time only.

Email FOSTuniform@gmail.com for more info.

!! Parents needed to volunteer for class representative role for upcoming school year. Please let the existing class reps know if you’re willing to take your turn to help out !!

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Menu—w/c Monday 19th June

Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday Tuesday

Prep Creamy chicken curry & rice

Freshly baked pizza slice

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara / chicken wraps

Cod goujons / cod fishfingers

Main Chicken tikka masala with rice & poppadum’s

Eat healthy choice

Beef meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce & whole wheat fusilli pasta

Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad

Chef’s carvery –Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara

Traditional battered fish / jumbo fishfingers

Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad

Soy & honey glazed pork loin steak with rice noodles & Asian greens

Chicken fajitas with peppers & red onions served with grated cheese & sour cream & chives & chef’s salad

Poached salmon with nut free pesto pasta & olive salad

Vegetarian

Vegetable & chick pea curry & rice

Cheese & tomato pizza slice

Stuffed peppers filled with roasted vegetables in a tomato sauce topped with halloumi

Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto

No meat meat balls in a tomato sauce

Sides

Rice / pasta

Broccoli

Baked wedges Carrots

Roast potatoes

Mixed vegetables

Roasted new potatoes

Sweetcorn

Chips

Peas

Additional Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Desert Apple pie & custard

Choc chip & coconut flapjack slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauce

Chocolate milkshakes

Victoria sandwich slice