St Teresa's Prep School 20 June 2022

Issue 8

Summer Term

24th June 2022

Message from Mrs Conrad I am very proud to announce that St Teresa's are national swimming champions!!

Last Saturday, our medley and freestyle teams competed in the English Schools Swimming Association Finals. All the girls swam superbly beating extremely stiff competition. I am delighted to announce that the freestyle team were placed first in the country and our medley team were placed fifth in the country. A remarkable achievement and we are immensely proud of them! Huge thanks must go to Mr Smart from Guildford City Swim Club, Mrs Farrier, Mrs Pearson, Mrs Rowcliffe, Miss Roberts and Miss Rippington who coached the girls and played a key role in helping them reach this remarkable level.

Key Diary Dates: Sat 25th June

Tue 28th June

U9-U11 Downsend Athletics FOST Summer Ball

7.00pm

Year 2 Celebration Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30am

Wed 29th June Whole School Mass—St Peter & St Paul, Mairlot Hall Year 3 Churros and Flamenco afternoon

9.00am afternoon

U8-U9 Athletics V Manor House 4pm (A) Thu 30th June

Years 5 & 6 ‘Olivia!’ Dress Rehearsal

afternoon

Fri 1st July

Years 5 & 6 Production of ‘Olivia’, Mairlot Hall

7.00pm

Mon 4th July

New Year 7 Senior School Induction Day Years 2 to 5 moving-up afternoon

Tue 5th July

Prep School Sports Day

1.00pm—4.00pm

Thu 7th July

Prep School Prize Giving, Mairlot Hall

7.00pm

Fri 8th July

Term Ends No study, extended day or after school care Buses will run as usual

Year 5 & 6, Summer Production—’Olivia!’

Mrs Conrad would like to invite our Year 5 and 6 parents to our Summer Production of ‘Olivia!’ on Friday 1st July 2022 at 7.00pm in the Mairlot Hall Please place your seating request here.

Year 2 Celebration Assembly Parents of girls in Year 2 are invited to join us for a special Celebration Assembly on Tuesday 28th June 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served from 8.15am

Prep School Prize Giving Parents of children Year 2 to 6 are invited to join us for our Prize Giving on Thursday 7th July 2022 at 7.00pm in the Mairlot Hall followed by a drinks reception in the school grounds.

Dress code: smart We are delighted that Nicholas McCarthy, the concert pianist has agreed to be our special guest on this occasion.

Mass—Uniform, Wednesday 29th June Please may the girls wear their school uniform to school on Wednesday 29th June as we have a Mass for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. If the girls have PE, please may they bring their kit to school with them to change into after the Mass.

This week you should have received: Whole School

Sports Day information

Whole School

Prize Giving information

Years 5 & 6

‘Olivia’ seating and final arrangements information

Year 3

Chocolate workshop information

Whole School

FOST Summer Ball Auction lots

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

Message to Year 6 Parents, Induction Day—Monday 4th July 2022 Please can your daughter arrive at the Prep School as normal on Monday 4th July. She will then be escorted to Mairlot Hall for the Senior School Induction Day later in the morning by a member of the Prep School staff.

Please can she only bring a pencil case with her – any other bags brought to school will be left at the Prep School for collection after Induction Day ends.

If you wish to collect your daughter from the Senior School at 2.30pm please let Mrs Charles know, in advance by Friday 1st July, so she can prepare a list accordingly. Any girls not on this list will be taken back to the Prep School for normal collection arrangements.

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

Sophia D for having a resilient attitude, being adaptable when things do not always go to plan.

Amelia H for working hard on her non-chronological report about butterflies.

3RN

Olivia G for a descriptive and creatively written label for her Incredible Edible after reading Madam Pamplemousse. She used expanded noun phrases and imaginative vocabulary.

Arabella H for an imaginative and descriptive label for her Incredible Edible after reading Madam Pamplemousse. Arabella used interesting adjectives and a thesaurus to help with her range of vocabulary.

Anna P for her participation in our English lessons, spelling new words with confidence and creating sentences to write descriptions and a set of instructions. Well done Anna.

Ruby S for her caring and considerate behaviour when working with her peers and producing a fantastic set of instructions in English this week.

3KC

Eva M for a fantastic description of her Cloudy Mist Incredible Edible using some fabulous adjectives, which she wrote independently and with a lot of care.

Isabella M for wonderful concentration and perseverance when completing her Flashback 4s problems in maths.

4BB

Amaya H for her thoughtful work in RE making clear links between opinions and scripture.

Tabitha P and Emilia Z for their excellent work on contours, working extra hard when creating foam mountain ranges.

4CR

Clara O for her effort and independence writing her newspaper.

Syna S for her super effort on her newspaper this week.

5MK

Maisy M for super thoughtful and creative work in RE thinking about the wonderful world that God has created.

Florence B for always working to the best of her ability, asking questions and being active in her learning, particularly noticeable this week with her poetry writing.

5HC

Alana E and Felicity S for their well-written and thoughtful poems about an older relative.

Evie B for her enthusiastic and positive attitude toward her work.

6KH

Katarina B for being a kind, considerate, reliable and enthusiastic member of 6KH. Alisa K for increased confidence when rehearsing her role in the production this week.

Phoebe H for her hard work and focus in maths this week.

6JG

Tamara B and Esme T for being so enthusiastic in rehearsals no matter what we are doing.

6LD

Emilia E for working hard in class and for a very good result in her Arithmetic test.

Hattie H for being kind and thoughtful and for writing super Limerick poems.

Year 3—Mono Printing Year 3 made mono prints of fossils, using a simple design based on observational drawings. They then added further details or combined their images to create a layered, textured representation of a fossil landscape.

Cranmore Ramble On Monday, the Year 5 girls joined the Year 5 boys from Cranmore on their annual ramble. The route started at Bocketts farm and wound its way around Norbury Park and across to Polesden Lacey, before joining up with the North Downs way at Ranmore Common. They walked a total of just under 10 miles.

Year 2—Bee Keeping The girls in Year 2 had a special visitor today: Mike from Maintenance! Mike is a bee keeper and he taught the girls so many new facts to add to their 'Wriggle and Crawl' topic knowledge. The girls got to handle artefacts used in bee keeping, as well as taste Mike's honey!

Gardening Club Green Fingers Harlow grew a basil plant from seed in Gardening Club—look how it has grown? Very impressive!

Year 4—Mountains Year 4 have been continuing to scale the great heights of the mountains of the world, first exploring how fold mountains are created, using towels to create a model. They then learnt about how contour lines are used on maps and create their own models.

Year 3—Madame Pamplemousse's Incredible Edibles The girls have thoroughly enjoyed reading Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles and had a lot of fun creating a label for a made-up ‘edible’. They had to use expanded noun phrases to include unusual adjectives and some prepositions to create some very strange sounding ingredients that even Madame Pamplemousse would be proud of!

Sport News Pupil news Well done to Frankie (Year 6) who made it through to the first round of county trails to join the netball U13 development programme next season.

Kaiah in Year 5 competed in a Quad Kids championships at her athletics Club- YAC. Kaiah placed 3rd out of 59 children. Great work.

Athletics Well done to the Year 3 and 4 Athletics team for a great performance at St Catherine’s on a very hot day! They competed in four events and did superbly. Medals were handed out for the top five individuals in each age group. Our top results were: U9—Stef 1st, Olivia 4th and Rachel 5th U8– Poppy 2nd

Cricket On Tuesday 21st June, the U11s A,B and C team played against Rowan school. The girls did really well and the B team won. The players of the match were Eloise and Ella.

On Tuesday 21st June, the U10 teams played against Manor House and both teams won. The players of the match were Saskia H and Ruby.

On Wednesday 22nd June, the U11A&B teams played against Manor House and both teams won. This was the last girls’ match of the year, so a fantastic result to finish on. The players of the match were Hermione, Jasmin, Lilia and Frankie.

Team Challenge Event ESTA is excited to be running the Team Challenge Event during group tennis lessons next week!

Team Challenge is a fun competition designed for junior tennis players. Players compete in small teams for points over a short series of matches, with winners being awarded medals. Win, lose or draw, all players receive a sticker and certificate provided by the Lawn Tennis Association.

This is a great way to incorporate some extra competitive match play in sessions. We hope everyone has fun taking part!

Surrey Tennis League The girls performed brilliantly in the Surrey Tennis League with the following results: U9 4th U10 3rd U11 6th Great work girls!

Upcoming Fixtures •

Wednesday 29th June—U8-U9 Athletics V Manor House 4pm (A)

This Week

It was a joy this week for the Chaplaincy Team, together with those girls who have recently received their First Holy Communion, to represent the school at the annual Good Shepherd Service at Worth Abbey. Each year, all the Catholic schools in the Diocese join together, with Bishop Richard, for a celebration of Catholic education. It was a wonderful occasion with music, dance and reflection. The theme this year was the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We so often refer to loving someone ’with all our heart!’ If this is the case, then how much more love must the heart of Jesus hold as he embraces every single one of us in his loving arms. Every school presented an image of the Sacred Heart to the Bishop as part of the celebration. We enjoyed a brief tour of the Abbey and then enjoyed a picnic in the beautiful summer sun along with all the other schools. What a fantastic day!

If you would like to make a ‘take it off the table bid’ please email fostottb@gmail.com. For any further information, please contact Mrs Whipple on whipple.fost@gmail.com.

E-mail equestrian@st-teresas.com Call

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

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 and are looking forward to the half term!

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.

Don’t forget to vote for your favourite pony for the Best STE Pony Award for Prize Giving!

There’s a box and slips in the STE office for you to vote.

A new pony arrived on Sunday called Primrose. She has moved up to the top barn and is turned out at night but if you see her, please give her some space as she is still settling in to her new surroundings and our routine.

Summer Holidays We need more bookings onto the Pony Mornings and Afternoons over the summer, or we will unfortunately have to cancel some sessions.

Head to st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk to see what’s available and book!

This week at STE a new pony arrived! Her name is Primrose, she is a small bay around 12-13 hands high. She is a half sister to Oliver! Even thought she is not completely settled into her new home; she is coping well and will be very happy soon. On Friday all of the horses had a relaxing bath because of the sweltering heat, they enjoyed their bath time!

The pony of the week this week is… Primrose, the new pony! ~ Libby C

NSEA News Those who are a part of the Effingham Schools NSEA, do email us with a completed form if you are interested in taking part in the NSEA Camp this summer.

ONLY those who are an NSEA member and have their own pony can join in.

Menu—w/c Monday 27th June Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday

Prep School

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Beef lasagne & crusty bread

Chicken breast goujons

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli with rice & nacho’s

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Main

Beef lasagne with crusty bread

Honey roast gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli nachos, grated cheese, guacamole, sour cream & salsa

Traditional battered cod fillet or fish fingers with tartare sauce

Eat healthy dish

Chargrilled chilli chicken & roasted vegetable traybake

Southern fried chicken fillet burger with shredded iceberg & piri piri mayo Pork & vegetable korma with wholemeal rice

Marinated Cajun beef strips with rustic coleslaw & chef’s salad

Lemon & basil chicken breast served with marinated olives

Seafood & chilli spiced linguine with roasted green peppers & fresh herbs

Vegetarian

Vegetable & spinach lasagne

Quorn mince & bean tomato bake

Root vegetable & lentil cottage pie

Malaysian style squash & seitan curry

No chicken teriyaki noodles & Oriental vegetables

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Jacket wedges Broccoli

Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables

Rice Carrots

Chips Peas Baked beans

Desert

Lemon & Blueberry slice

Apple pie & custard

Rocky road

Fruit & berry crumble & custard

Raspberry cheesecake

Additional

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Sides

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