St Teresa's Prep Bulletin 16 May 2022

Issue 4

Summer Term

20th May 2022

Message from Mrs Conrad This has been a very exciting week with St Teresa's girls proudly representing the school at a number of external events and competitions.

A team of Year 2 girls competed very successfully in a mathematics competition where they showed off their mathematical prowess with great aplomb!

Our Year 5 cricket team then played superbly at the East Molesey Cricket Club and were the crowning champions of the entire tournament!

And finally, two of our Year 6 girls won first and second places in the national CISC poetry competition with another being awarded 'Highly Commended' beating hundreds of schools across the country.

I think this demonstrates how an education at St Teresa's nurtures healthy competition and equips our girls with the skills, talents, courage and determination they need to succeed!

Key Diary Dates: Sat 21st May

U9-U11 Tennis @ St Georges

am

Mon 23rd May

Year 6, Junior Citizenship Trip

pm

Monday 23rd—U8A&B cricket V Tormead (A)

3.30pm

Young Voices Choir at the O2 Arena

afternoon

Young Voices Concert at the O2 Arena

7.00pm

Wed 25th May

Year 4, Depart for Sayers Croft

am

Thu 26th May

Ascension Day Mass, Henderson Hall (all are welcome)

9.00am

Fri 27th May

Year 4, Return from Sayers Croft

Tue 24th May

Prep to dress in Red, White and Blue for the Jubilee celebrations

all day

Platinum Jubilee street party

lunchtime

Platinum Jubilee celebrations (all families welcome)

4.00pm

Term ends Mon 6th June

School resumes

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations—Friday 27th May On Friday 27th, we plan to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in style here at St Teresa’s!

We will have a special service in the morning, a street party for the girls at lunch time and a family celebration after school—everyone is welcome.

Please may the girls wear any combination of red, white and blue to school – no uniform required!!

Drop-off and Collection Please could we remind parents that children should not be dropped at school before 8.00am as there is no one on duty before this time.

Pick up from After School Care should be before 6pm. Whilst we completely understand that there are exceptional circumstances when parents are delayed, there have been several occasions over recent weeks when Mrs Acres has been waiting with girls until gone 6.30pm.

We would also ask that parents ring to let us know if there is an emergency and they are likely to arrive after 6pm so that staff can reassure your daughters and arrange appropriate supervision. After 5.30pm, the Prep School This week you should have received: Office is not open and parents should ring the main school reception 01372 452037.

Year 3

Times Tables and MyMaths letter

Whole School

Platinum Jubilee book ordering details

Year 6

Olivia filming email—please respond

Year 5

Ramble information

Yea 4

Sayers Croft final information

Years 5 & 6

RSE Evening presentation

Year 4

Computer letters

Young Voices

Final concert information

Whole School

Prize Giving details

Whole School

Half Term Hockey Camp information

Please contact Mrs Jones if you need copies of any of this information—k.jones@st-teresas.com

Many thanks to Mrs Price from Rebecca Price Photography, who was in school this week taking candid shots of the girls for our website and marketing materials. You can visit her website at rebeccapricephotography.com to see more of her work.

Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 2EB

Thea B for her enthusiastic contributions in class, always listening carefully and responding to questions.

Rosalind D for showing great teamwork skills, always listening carefully to the ideas of others.

3RN

Sophia SS for her excellent participation during Drama this week, taking part enthusiastically and performing PSHE role play scenarios.

Anna P for her excellent use of adjectives and nouns to create a poem about Volcanoes, creating descriptive sentences. Well done Anna.

Arabella H for her fantastic use of similes and descriptive language to create a dramatic poem about Volcanoes. Well done!

3KC

Summer C for thinking of brilliant figurative language and including it in her marvellous volcano poem. Well done.

Serena O for amazing effort when working on time work in maths both at home and in school. Well done.

4BB

Mia M for her impressive attitude and effort when facing challenging independent work this week.

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Florence D and Molly C for their lovely partner work together, helping one another to build ideas push one another further.

4CR

Isabella G for her effort to work independently and her fantastic Macbeth poem.

Isla BH and Rosie A for their perseverance when creating rhyming couplets in English.

5MK

Peyton S for her detailed research in class and at home on food origins and food miles this week.

Coey L and Bella H for their super perseverance and skill demonstrated in ICT, during our lesson on designing web pages.

Ruby G for her thoughtful and reflective work in RE on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

5HC

Clara de A and Liliana O'D for their fantastic and creative work on the fruits of the Holy Spirit and for their thought-provoking contributions to discussions in RE this week.

Ailsa S for her super PGL diary writing, listening to feedback and independently redrafting parts of it to further improve her writing.

Isla B for her conscientious attitude to all lessons, listening carefully and applying all she has learned to her work.

6KH

Arabella C for her increased effort in, and positive attitude towards, her work recently. Also for her fantastic story based on 'The Day of the Dead' Alice C for her continued hard work across the board in all subject areas. In particular, the high standard of work in RE lessons this half term.

6JG

Erin C for showing kindness to younger girls in the playground.

Eliza B for her superb effort in Maths.

Elvie A T for her creative continuation of a story in RE.

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Olivia C for demonstrating maturity and independence in her work and for always being so polite.

Eloise H for excellent participation in all class activities and discussions.

Year 4—Potions This half term, Year 4 have been engrossed in the world of potions. We have designed our own recipe and bottle labels for all sorts of concoctions from those to make you teleport, shapeshift, summon a genie or even make you fall in love! Make them carefully and don't stray from the instructions, or who knows what may happen!

Need a potion to tell if someone is telling the truth, or to make things grow? Year 4 can help you out, as this week, they completed their own reactions using ground unicorn horn, pond slime and other such ingredients. We were amazed to watch the balloon inflate and the potion overflowing from the tube. "I liked the potion that grew because it was really cool!" Séarlait.

Year 2—Maths Challenge The girls from St Teresa's enjoyed participating in the Year 2 Maths Challenge held at Greenfield's School on Tuesday. Competing against 15 other teams, the girls used their mathematical knowledge to solve brain teasers, tangrams, time problems and a mathematical crossword - all within time periods. The girls demonstrated excellent teamwork, effort and resilience through the afternoon of challenges.

Year 5—Chefs Adopt a School In their second "Adopt a Chef" session, Year 5 learned the practical skills of how to safely cut various food items.

Thinking about textures, tastes, and colours the girls made a healthy egg salad. The finished salads were enjoyed during the session!

Year 3—Art Club In Year 3 Art Club, the girls experimented with water colours to capture the delicate daisies, which are growing in abundance around the school grounds.

Year 2—French In Year 2's French lesson, the girls had fun finding hidden balloons around the playground. They then had to read what the word was in French and translate the word into English. Was it a day of the week, a month of the year or a colour? Super effort girls!

Year 6—Science Day On Tuesday, Year 6 took part in a science day with Surrey SATRO (Science And Technology Regional Organisations). They learnt about atoms and molecules, energy and electricity as well as ways to look after our planets. They had the opportunity to make potato powered clocks and work out how a wind turbine works amongst other experiments. The girls made presentations about conserving energy and the day was rounded off with a hugely enjoyable and energetic bucket quiz which St Ignatius won!

Year 3—Volcanos After learning more about the parts of a volcano and watching videos of volcanoes erupting, the girls in Year 3 have written their own poems about Volcanoes. They used a range of poetic techniques including descriptive language, similes, and onomatopoeias. They performed their poems to each other, thinking about use of voice and actions.

National Numeracy Day!!

Year 2 marked National Numeracy Day this Wednesday with a special number dance!

Sport News Cricket On Tuesday 17th May, the U10A cricket team travelled to East Molesey Cricket Club to play in a tournament. The girls played 2 games within their group, putting them through to the finals, which they won! All the girls played extremely well! Well done!

On Tuesday 17th May, the U8A&U9A cricket teams played in a match against Manor House. Both teams won, with some great batting and bowling by all the girls. Well done! The players of the matches were Matilda (Year 4), Eliza (Year 3) and Ruby (Year 3).

Tennis On Saturday 14th May, the U9 Tennis Team played in a fixture against Notre Dame.

It was a friendly and the girls played really well and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Highway Triathlon Camp During the summer holidays, there is a triathlon training camp at Guildford High Sports Centre. The basis of the coaching is to introduce triathlon to novice children and to build and improve knowledge and ability for those already taking part.

To attend this camp, children must be able to swim 50m continuously, unaided and be able to ride a bike confidently. You must provide your own bike with gears, bike helmet and packed lunch – NO NUTS please.

Children must dress appropriately for all weather (with suitable clothing for the three disciplines).

Cost is £25 per child for the whole day. Confirmation of places on the course will be sent out via email on receipt of application. Please email—Tara.Oxley@guildfordhigh.co.uk

Horsley and Send Cricket Club—May Half term camp Horsley and send cricket club are running a May half term camp from Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June. The girls will have the opportunity to play lots of fun games and better all their skills! If you would like your daughter to attend please email– camps@horsleyandsendcc.co.uk with your child’s name, age group and date you would like them to attend.

STASH This summer we are running our STASH camp from Monday 11th June to Friday 15th June. The day runs from 9:00am– 4pm with the opportunity for early drop between 8-9am and pick up between 4-6pm at an extra cost. We will be playing lots of different fun sporting games, swimming everyday and doing some creative activities. Places are given on a first come first served basis. If you would like your daughter to come to STASH, please email Miss Roberts—a.roberts@st-teresas.com and she can send you a sign up form!

Upcoming Fixtures Monday 23rd—U8A&B cricket V Tormead (A) 3:30pm

Music News Musicians of the Week Year 2 – Rosalind D and Sophia C for their performances in the Chapel concert.

Year 3 – Sophia S-S for being brave enough to perform a solo in the music lesson.

Year 4 – Maisie R for making very good observations in the music lesson.

Year 5 – Peyton S for making an excellent contribution to the Chamber Choir.

Year 6 – Kay L for very good work in music theory.

Class of the Week – Year 5HC

Celebration Assembly Well done to Alana in Year 5 who played her harp beautifully in our assembly today.

Chapel Concert On Tuesday 17th May, we had a Chapel Concert. All the girls played amazingly on the piano, harp and violin. There was a singer too.

Congratulations to all the girls who played their solos so well. I would like to thank Mrs Yalden for organising this event because none of this would have been possible without her. There will be one more Chapel Concert this year on Thursday 16th June.

By Evangelina Pettit, Music Captain

Individual Music Lessons Please note that fees for these lessons will rise in September to £224 per set of ten half hour lessons.

Parents are reminded that a term’s notice to the instrumental teacher and the Director of Music is required if a pupil wishes to stop lessons.

This Week In our third week reflecting on the characters who meet Jesus after the resurrection, we finally came to one of the most compelling—Thomas. Like the other characters we have met - Mary of Magdala and Cleopas - Thomas, along with the remainder of the disciples lived in abject fear that they too would soon face the same fate as Jesus. While the large group of the disciples, in their collective fear, huddled together in the upper room, Thomas seems to have literally run to the hills and was nowhere to be seen when Jesus visited.

Of course, Thomas can all too easily be remembered for his response when finally he steps over the threshold and returns. In a response so reminiscent of those who suggest that only an empirical experience will validate the claims of the disciples that they had seen the risen Lord, Thomas unequivocally expresses his incredulity.

As such, Thomas is a great model for us. Thomas is the honest response to the illusion that people of faith have all the answers and live in a state of permanent confidence. Instead, most of us are like Thomas, with our doubts and questions.

What is significant with Thomas is that he did return, he did step over that threshold. God, who is always present in our lives, never forces Himself upon us. But he does wait on our response, however wavering. At that moment, He can re-establish the loving relationship that He always desires and transforms the situation.

There is a certain injustice that this familiar character has, for over 2,000 years, been given the title ‘Doubting Thomas’, when in reality he is really remembered for his great faith as he declares ‘My Lord and my God!’ The disciples all feared that they would face the same fate as Jesus. The irony is, of course, that in many ways they did. Certainly they faced difficulties, in many instances, martyrdom, yet they, like us, are also invited to that eternal life that Jesus has now made available to us all!

Calling all new class and FOST representatives We look forward to being notified of your new Class Reps for the upcoming 2022/2023 school year.

If you are interested in joining our active FOST Committee, which making significant contributions to our St Teresa's School and community, please contact secretary.fost@icloud.com.

SUMMER BALL To book tickets https://buytickets.at/friendsofstteresas1 Dress is Caribbean chic OR black tie Prizes needed for auction (big ticket items e.g. 1 week in a Spanish villa) and gift tree (lower cost items e.g. A massage) - email Cathy (chastoy@me.com) Wine needed for the ‘wine wall’ Tombola - please donate bottles to reception area Program advertising space. £75 for a half page. Reductions available for those offering a prize for auction or gift tree - email Cathy (chastoy@me.com)

Visit our website www.st-teresas.com/ equestrian

E-mail equestrian@st-teresas.com Call

01372 750257

Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’s Equestrian”

Booking System st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk

We hope that you all have had a good week!

A reminder that 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.

May Half Term Pony Mornings for the half term are available to book on the online system, and we still have some spaces left!

Book now on the system to avoid disappointment! All bookings are to be done on the ecPro system, with the exception of those who pay by childcare vouchers. For this, please contact the office.

This week has been very exciting, the horses have new shoes!

On Monday, the farriers came and shoed the horses, and a specialist horse farrier came to do Wizard’s hooves because he has sensitive feet. Wizard was practically falling asleep because he was enjoying it so much!

This pony of the week this week is… Twinkle! ~ Libby C

We are excited for the riders heading to Hickstead on the weekend of the 28th/29th May for the Eventers Challenge Championships!

We hope that you’re getting the practice in, and we wish you the best of luck!

Send us pictures!

Menu—w/c Monday 23rd May Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Prep

Creamy chicken curry & rice

Freshly baked pizza slice

Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding

Sausage rolls / chicken wraps

Whole school BBQ

Main

Chicken tikka masala with rice & poppadum’s

Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad

Chef’s carvery – Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding

Freshly baked locally sourced pork sausage rolls

Whole school BBQ, Hot dogs, burgers & marinated chicken

Eat healthy choice

Beef meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce & wholewheat fusilli pasta

Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad

Thai coconut infused pork with green vegetables & wholemeal rice

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

As above

Vegetarian

Vegetable & chick pea curry & rice

Cheese & tomato pizza slice

Fresh tomato coated pasta

Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto

Vegetarian burgers & hot dogs

Rice / pasta Broccoli

Baked wedges Carrots

Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables

Roasted new potatoes Sweetcorn

Shredded iceberg lettuce Sliced beef tomato Sliced red onions Gherkins Coleslaw

Additional

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Desert

Fruit pie & custard

Strawberry cheesecake

Victoria sandwich slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauces

Sides

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

Ice lollies