Message from Mrs Conrad
Last Saturday, we welcomed over 250 people to St Teresa’s for our annual September Open Morning. There was a wonderful buzz across the site and visitors were hugely impressed with the exciting lessons they saw; many signed up for places straight away! A special thank you must go to our Year 6 tour guides who were superb ambassadors for the school and to FOST who served refreshments and spoke about the school from a parental perspective. Our Value of ‘Community’ was very much in evidence and we look forward to celebrating all that is special about our school at our Feast Day Mass next Friday. All are welcome!
Key Diary Dates:
Mon 26th Sept European Day of Languages
All day
Tue 27th Sept Year 4, Trip to Sealife Centre All day
Thu 29th Sept Whole School, Flu Vaccines (where consent has been given) All day
Fri 30th Sept St Teresa’s Feast Day All day Mass for the Feast of St Teresa, Mairlot Hall (all are welcome) 9:00 Macmillan Coffee Morning (see details on FOST page) AM Dance workshops All day
Wed 5th Oct Blessing of St Francis’ Assembly, with pets, Mairlot Lawn 8:30 9:15
Wed 6th Oct Whole School, Chapel Evensong, Chapel (parents & girls are welcome to attend) 17:30
Tue 11th Oct Years 3 & 4, Harvest Celebration, Henderson Hall (parents are welcome) 8:30 9:15
Wed 12th Oct Years 5 & 6, Harvest Celebration, Henderson Hall (parents are welcome) 8:30 9:15
Wed 12th Oct Prep School, Parents’ Evening (further details to follow) 16:15 19:00
Thu 13th Oct Prep School, Parents’ Evening (further details to follow) 16:15 19:00
Fri 14th Oct Half term begins
Mon 31st Oct School Resumes
Wed 9th Nov Individual and sibling school photographs All day
23rd September 2022
Message forYear 6
Please may I remind Year 6 parents to complete and return the Registration Form to Mrs Charles by Monday 10th October 2022 so that your daughters can be given priority entry into the Senior School and, be sent the formal offer letters after half term.
This week you should have received:
Whole School Blessing of St Francis Chapel Service information
Whole School Nasal flu vaccination reminder these will take place on 29th September 2022
Whole School MyMaths Letter your daughter will be given her MyMaths password by her teacher. Hard copies of the Curriculum Handbooks will go home to those parents who requested them on Monday. Please contact the School Office if you need copies of any of this information prepinfo@st teresas.com
Year 3—Stone Age Virtual Reality
Year 3 had an exciting time visiting the Stone Age period using Virtual Reality headsets. Amongst others, the girls saw Avery Long Barrow, The Ring of Brodgar a hand axe and had a virtual tour of Stonehenge narrated by the historian, Dan Snow. The girls thoroughly enjoyed their experience and were amazed by the sheer size of some of the henges and many questions followed the lesson!
Year 5—Science
The girls in Year 5 are learning about air resistance in Science. They made parachutes of varying sizes and used stop watches to time them falling from the balcony. They discovered that the larger parachutes descended more slowly and therefore have the most air resistance.
Sports News
Hockey
On Tuesday afternoon, U10 took part in their first hockey fixture of the term against Feltonfleet.
The A’s unfortunately lost a very close and intense game. Well done to the player of the match, Olivia P.
The B’s won, showing great teamwork,
The C’s won 2-1, the girls made great improvements throughout both matches and should be really proud of their performances. The player of the match was Isobel C.
The D’s had an excellent link of passes in attack, which lead to a 1 0 victory over Feltonfleet outstanding team spirit. Well done to Pascale for being player of the match.
The E’s displayed sheer enthusiasm and determination during their first game of the season. The players of the match were Maysie R and Syna S. Well done girls!
The F’s were Fabulous! There was some excellent passing in attack and they fought hard in defence to clear the ball and gain possession. They won 1 and drew 1 well done! POMs were awarded to Tara S and Clara.
On Tuesday afternoon U11 also took part in their first game away of the season against The Rowan. The A, B and C team all drew, showing some excellent team work and great hockey skills throughout the game. The players of the matches were Ella J, Amelia S and Sophia A great effort, well done! The D team won 0.
The girls demonstrated excellent teamwork which resulted in a victory! The player of the match was Saskia D. Very well done to you all. What a great start to the season!
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Pupil News India R in Year 6 took part in in her first swimming competition over the weekend. She came 1st in front crawl (and got a new PB), 3rd in her race for backstroke and 3rd in her race for butterfly! Well done India, great swimming! Fixtures (week commencing 26th September) Tuesday 27th U10-11 A+B Netball V Manor House 3pm (A) Thursday 29th U8 11 Swimming gala V Rowan 4:30pm (H) Friday 30th U8 A D Hockey V Felton Fleet 2:15pm (A) U9 A D Netball V St Catherine’s 3pm (A) Saturday 1st U11A Hockey tournament @ Danes Hill 9:30am Clubs (week commencing 26th September)
Years 5 & 6 Hockey Club 3.45 to 5.30pm
Years 3 & 4 Netball Club 7:50 to 8:20am, Years 3 & 4 Netball Shooting Club 12:45 to 1:15pm & Years 3 6 Rugby Club 12:45 to 1:15
Years 6 Swim Squad and Years 5 & 6 Development 7:50am, Years 3 & 4 Hockey Club, 7:50 8:20am, Years 3 & 4 Running Club 12:15 to 12:45pm and Years 3 6 Football Club
Years 5 & 6 Running Club 12:15-12:45pm and Years 5 and 6 Swim Squad (after school)
Years 3 & 4 Swim Squad and Development 7:50am and Years 5 & 6 Netball Club 3:45 to 5:30pm
Music Morning Lessons had of still have some spaces for the any don’t
News Musicians of the Week Year 3 Eloise B S for wonderful sight reading in her recorder class. Year 4 Serena O for super rhythm work and a great 'can do' attitude! Year 5 Flori H for excellent ukulele strumming patterns! Year 6 Georgia C for fantastic focus and beautiful singing! Music Clubs Tuesday Year 5 & 6 Young Voices Singers 8.00 Years 4 to 6 Orchestra 15.45 16.45 Wednesday Years 5 & 6 Wind Band 10.50 Years 3 to 6 String Group Lunchtime Years 5 & 6 Chamber Choir 15.45 16.30 Thursday Years 3 & 4 St Teresa’s Singers 15.45 16.15 Friday Years 3 to 6 Guitar Ensemble Lunchtime Open
A huge thank you to Lilia Anna and Apollonia on piano and Alana Erasmus on harp who all played so beautifully at our Open Morning on Saturday. Many visitors commented on how wonderful their playing was. Well done girls! Instrumental
I have
lots
requests for instrumental lessons this week which is wonderful! We
lessons and some instruments that can be hired from
school. If you would like to try out any instruments or need
more information, please
hesitate to contact Mrs Harris.
This Week
As the new year begins, we are used to teachers setting out their expectations for the year and explaining what is most important in their area. And in Chapel this week we thought about the same idea for our lives. What are the most important things to remember?
No one likes being asked a trick question yet that is exactly what happened to Jesus (Matthew 22:34 When asked what is the greatest commandment, Jesus accurately answers with the TWO great commandments firstly, to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength” and then, no less important, to “love your neighbour as yourself.”
It is no wonder that love of God is so central. The God, who is love, lavishes his blessings upon us through the beauty of creation, through the gifts and talents we have been given, through our family and school, and in countless other ways. Every experience of genuine love is an experience of God, and we are hardwired to love in return.
Yet that love can never exist in isolation. Once we have experienced love, we are compelled to share that love with others, to reach out to those around us and to share that love with them. In the first instance this would be to our family, but in time we realise that we are compelled to share all the graces and blessings that we have received with those we meet, to be the face of God to others and to recognise in them the presence of God.
And perhaps we should also remember that none of this depends on how we feel about ourselves. Whatever we think, whatever we think about ourselves, whatever we have done, we are precious in the eyes of God. Nothing that we or anyone else does to us can ever stop God loving us and reaching out to us in love. Have a good year!!
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We are so pleased to have started our riding lessons for the term! We hope that you have all had as good a week as we have!
As the weather is so variable at the moment, please make sure that you come with a jumper (no hoodies!) and/or a coat to where when it’s chilly out. As we are on top of a hill, we get a bit of a cold wind when riding in the arena!
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.
Autumn Term Riding Dates
Lessons run from: Tuesday 20th September to Saturday 15th October
Half Term Monday 17th October to Sunday 30th October
Lessons run from: Monday 31st October to Saturday 10th December
Adhoc / Catch up lessons w/c 12th December
The horses have had a lot of checks this week! First they had the dentist who came to see all of the horses and they also had a full pedicure from the farrier with new shoes to wear!
The horses also had a vet check for their Council License. This is to make sure that they are suitable to be used in the riding school. And they all passed!
The termly lessons started on the 20th September and the horses are already enjoying their lessons!
~ Libby C
The October dates were emailed out last week, we are running Pony Mornings, Pony Afternoons but also adhoc lessons.
So please check out bookings site to book your spaces now!
NSEA News
The NSEA team have been doing an amazing job over the summer and are already preparing for the 2022 23 competition year!
As there have been a lot of results, we will make sure that it all gets published on the website
Menu—w/c Monday 26th September
Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Prep School Pork sausages & mash Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread
Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato
Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes
Fish fingers/ tomato pasta
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers
Eat healthy choice Turkey & vegetable tikka masala with vegetable rice
Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice
Beef & broccoli in black bean sauce with noodles
Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad
King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles
Vegetarian Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato
Sides Mashed potato Broccoli
Pasta arrabiata Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake
Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn
Desert Chocolate brownie
Additional Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Apple crumble & custard
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice
Macaroni cheese with green salad
Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables New potatoes Carrots Chips Peas Baked beans
Carrot cake with frosting Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce Strawberry smoothie bar
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
