St Teresa's Prep Weekly Bulletin 26 May 2023

Key Diary Dates:

5KH—Class Assembly

Parents of girls in 5KH are invited to join us for their class assembly on Wednesday 14th June 2023 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

This week you should have received:

Whole School STASH holiday course information. Secure your place here.

Whole School Class photograph ordering information

Years 5 & 6 RSE Presentation & lesson notification for after half term

Year 6

Year 3

Year 4

Leavers’ Mass invitation

Reminder to make your class choice for September 2023 click here.

Reminder to make your class choice for September 2023 click here.

Wind Band, St T’s Singers & Chamber Choir shirt ordering details

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

Class Photographs

You have been emailed your class ordering card for the Class Photographs. Please log in with the details on the card and order your picture/s online. We have an early bird discount for orders placed by 29th May.

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. The details and booking form have been sent today via email secure your place via this link. Contact Miss Rippington s.rippington@st-teresas.com for booking or if you have any questions.

Explore Lectures

As you are aware, we are celebrating the value of Intellect this year. When we speak of ‘Intellect’, we strive to explore different spheres and topics beyond the curriculum

Under this guise, we have organised a fabulous series of lectures on a vast and diverse range of topics to run throughout the rest of the academic year. Our eminent and exciting speakers will aim to stimulate curiosity and encourage us all (parents, friends, family and staff) to explore something new.

The lectures will take place on Monday or Tuesday evenings, starting in January. They will be held in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre and are open to all, free of charge. Nibbles and drinks will be served from 5:30pm for a 6pm start and a 7pm finish.

Golden Book

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

3RN Anna R for her excellent effort and attitude with her reading this week. Anna has worked hard on her fluency and expression. Well done!

Rosie M for her effort in English during our Tremors topic. Rosie has listened carefully to the objectives and has tried very hard with her descriptive writing, using fantastic vocabulary!

Primrose L for her excellent setting description of Pompeii. Primrose included wonderful adjectives and a variety of sentence starters to make the reader believe they were there the morning Vesuvius erupted!

3KC Clemmie W for fabulous effort in her phonics and spellings this half term. Well done Clemmie.

Rosalind D for always trying hard in all she does, for being a polite and kind member for persevering with her volcano poem. Super work Rosalind.

Esme S for super focus in maths particularly in our new topic time. Brilliant work Ayla.

Ayla M for her successful perseverance with her speaking voice when rehearsing for our Explorers assembly this week. Well done, Ayla.

4BB Avery K and Imogen S times in Maths

4CR Sophia L for her superb effort to choose description when writing a spooky story opening.

Eva C for her fantastic effort to use exciting vocabulary to enhance her work in English.

5HC Isabella G and Clara O for their excellent written description of a garden, full of figurative language and high-level vocabulary choices.

Jessica T and Alice F for their excellent and creative work on the fruits of the Holy Spirit in RE.

5MK Pascale E for her careful and thoughtful work in RE this week when discussing the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Rachel H and Abi F for always approaching their learning with such enthusiasm, particularly during group work.

5KH Flori H for her creative use of vocabulary when describing a secret garden.

Harriet L for the progress she has made in English since the start of the Spring Term.

Florence D for being a kind and thoughtful member of 5KH and a good friend.

Year 3 Class Assembly

The girls in 3KC loved sharing their assembly with the school community and their parents on Wednesday. Whilst being explorers, they shared loads of facts and newfound knowledge about their topics "Tremors" and "Urban Pioneers" as well as sharing their dancing, humour and plenty of singing. Well done girls, merits all round!

Year 3 Science

During science this week, the girls found out whether they had created fossils using three types of bread, two gummy sweets, greaseproof paper and some heavy books. We then left them for over a week and found out the answers. Guess what? They had created mould fossils! The bread had gone a little mouldy and stale but this showed the girls what happened when moisture was removed from the soil and created a mould around the sweets.

Years 3 & 4 Art Club

As promised, here are is some of the finished work from the Year 3 and 4 Art Club's 'Daisy Watercolour Paintings'. Mrs K and Miss B love how diverse the creations are, and how all of the girls had differing approaches to how they would create their daisies. From colour, to size, to abstract or realism, they are all so different, and so beautiful!

Year 4—Art

Year 4 were given the challenge of using only 3 marks to represent a fruit or vegetable, using black ink. They had to look carefully at the shape, the shadow and where the shadow within the object lay, which helps to build a 3D effect.

Year 3—Art

Year 3 had fun representing a volcano! They looked at the work of Frank Bowling and some girls chose to represent an abstract image which invoked the feelings of an eruption. They all aimed to incorporate expressive marks - in particular using flicking and dribbling.

Sports News

Cricket On Saturday morning, the U11A cricket team played in a cricket festival, 10 schools attended the event. The girls had a fun morning playing in lots of cricket matches. Some great bowling and batting was displayed within all of their games. Well done girls!

The U10As cricket team travelled to CLFS on Tuesday afternoon. The girls batted and bowled really well and displayed some amazing teamwork throughout. It was a close game, St T’s won by 25 runs! Well done to all of the girls who took part. Bowler of the game was Rachel H and Batter was Izzy C! The U10Bs cricket team took on CLFS in a wonderful friendly home fixture. Both teams were excited to play as CLFS went out to bat. The St Teresa's girls' game awareness was brilliant and their positivity and encouragement was contagious! The game was very competitive. It all came down to the last over to decide who would take the win. Despite the girl's -efforts CLFS managed to get a wicket in the last over meaning CLFS won by 9 runs, but all the girls had a terrific time participating. Players of the match went to Olivia P for her batting and Syna for her bowling. The U10C cricket team, played a very close game against CLFS at St T’s, unfortunately we didn't get the win this time, but the girls bowled and batted fantastically and worked hard as a team. Player of the match was Maysie. Well done to all of the girls who played!

Athletics On Wednesday afternoon, the U8-10 athletic teams travelled to the Guildford Spectrum to take part in the GHS athletic event. The girls had a great afternoon filled with lots of different athletics events including a throw, jump and run. The girls enjoyed the sunshine and the events. Well done to all of the girls who took part and congratulations to Poppy E in Y4 who won gold for her age category!

Fixtures: (5th June)

Monday U10 v ND (H) 4pm

Tuesday U8+U9 Interhouse swim gala 8.30am. U11A&B Cricket V Sutton High (H) 3pm, U11C&D Cricket V Sutton High (A) 3pm

Wednesday U10 tennis v Amesbury (A) 4.30pm

Thursday U10+U11 Interhouse Swim Gala 8:30am. U11 tennis v Downsend (A) 4.30pm

Friday U9 Tennis Vs Danes Hill (A) 2:15pm, U8A+B Cricket V Manor House (H) 2.30pm

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 – Matilda W for fantastic singing in her class assembly – well done Matilda!

Year 4 –Isabella MS for continued excellent effort and fantastic playing in class.

Year 5 – Veronika K super progress and smooth transitions between chords in ukulele class.

T-Fest!

We are very excited to announce our first ever T-Fest which will take place on the Mairlot Lawn on 26th June. Parents and friends are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy music from both Prep and Senior School music groups. Chamber Choir, St Teresa’s Singers and String Ensemble are all performing and should have received letters this week. Please contact Mrs Harris if you need more information.

Music Lessons & Instrument Hire

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

In our scripture reading this week (Matthew 13:45 46), Jesus uses the metaphor of treasure and pearls. Those who find the treasure set aside everything else in their lives to pursue the greatest treasure. Often in our lives we can become obsessed with false treasure, those things that occupy us and eat up our time and our energy to the exclusion of everything else. Only later, as we look back, do we come to realise that what we esteemed so highly is actually of little or no worth at all.

Our world prizes these types of treasure - wealth, status, reputation, possessions. While it is true that none of these things are inherently wrong in themselves, they do lead us down a deceptive backwater that ultimately leads us to placing ourselves at the centre of our universe to the exclusion of all others.

Jesus vision for us and for all humanity is to pursue that which has real, abiding treasure.

The metaphor of a pearl is a beautiful one. Of course, in the first instance, we recognise the natural beauty of a pearl. Yet we have done nothing to produce this beauty. Instead, it is a free gift, much like the grace that, if we choose to recognise it, God pours out on each and every one of us.

But there is more. The production of a pearl is a slow process, gently building up over time, totally hidden from sight, often in the deepest, darkest places, down among the mud. What, we might ask, can come of such a place? Yet, as we know, that pearl is there, ready for each of us to discover and recognise its true value.

As we reflect on those things in life that are true treasures, help us to turn our full attention to these things so that, as Jesus reminds us, we can build up that real treasure in our heavenly home.

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We hope that you have had a good week, and are looking forward to the half term.

As the weather has become unpredictable, please make sure your child brings a raincoat for riding if the forecast is showing thick clouds or rain, and if it’s due to be hot then make sure they are wearing a shirt that covers their shoulders. It has been so variable lately that the staff are still bringing all their coats, just in case!

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. As 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

The half term dates are available to book! Have a look on our online site to book your spaces now!

Bobby and Sid have new saddles which are very nice and fit them well, so they will be more comfortable in their lessons. The riding lessons have gone very well recently with the riders and horses enjoying the warmer weather.

The horse of the week is Bobby!

~ Libby C

We wish you luck in the next competition!

‼️We need parents to please volunteer to be class representatives for upcoming school year. Please let the existing class reps know if you’re willing to take your turn to help out

NEW DATE TFIF Well Being themed Coffee Morning Friday 9 June @St T’s Nelson Sports Pavilion from 8.30am. Guests include:

*Neals Yard *

Products will be available to buy and mini treatments to indulge in

*Opening Statements*

Offering beautiful bouquets and top tips

*Baking it Yummy*

Back by popular demand with more of her delicious treats TFIF…let’s get together!

“FOST AGM Friday 9th June at 8:30am - ESTA Tennis Pavilion - All Welcome”

Men’s Tennis Group

ESTA is delighted to introduce a Men's Group to its programme running on MONDAYS (no longer Wednesdays) at 7:45-8:45pm!

Sessions will take place at St Teresa's for 7 weeks from 15th May until the end of term. Players should be of an intermediate standard.

If you are interested, please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org or on 07980 604372.

May Half TermTennis Camp

We are excited to be running a tennis camp at ESTA from Tuesday 30th May-Friday 2nd June. Please note the timings as follows:

9-12pm Years 2-4

9-12pm Performance Camp (invitational)

1-4pm Years 5&6

1-4pm Years 7-11

Camp days are priced at £39 per player with a 10% discount for the full week option. Please contact Kirsti to sign up or for more details at esta@effinghamschools.org

Menu—w/c Monday 5th June

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

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Prep School Beef lasagne & crusty bread

Chicken breast goujons

Roast chicken breast/gamon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli with rice & nacho’s

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Main Beef lasagne with crusty bread

Eat healthy dish Chargrilled sweet chilli chicken with little gem, cherry tomato, sweetcorn & carrot salad

Vegetarian Vegetable & spinach lasagne

Southern fried chicken fillet burger with shredded iceberg & piri piri mayo

Pork & Chinese vegetable chow mein

Honey roast gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Pan fried beef strips with fresh coriander, lime & chilli served with avocado salad

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

Lemon & basil chicken breast served with Italian, mozzarella & olive salad

Traditional battered cod fillet or fish fingers with tartare sauce

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

Sides

Crusty bread

Peas & sweetcorn

Dessert Chocolate chip cake & custard

Additional Salad Bar

Spiced quorn mince & bean wrap

Jacket wedges Broccoli

Rocky road

Roasted vegetable & mozzarella bake

Chilli glazed tofu with peppers & red onions

No chicken teriyaki noodles & Oriental vegetables

Salad Bar

Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables

Raspberry cheesecake

Salad Bar

Rice Carrots

Fruit & berry crumble & custard

Salad Bar

Chips Peas Baked beans

Sliced melon platters

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

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

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter