St Teresa's Prep Bulletin 28 January 2022

Issue 3

Spring Term

8th February 2021 28th January 2022

Message from Mrs Conrad It has been another action packed week here at St Teresa’s. Year 3 enjoyed an afternoon of games and crafts with the Year 3 boys from Cranmore and Years 5 and 6 were immersed in the world of Shakespeare with the help of inspirational actors from the Young Shakespeare Company. Several of our girls participated in scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and I think RADA may well be receiving some future applications!

Huge thanks to FOST, as always, for organising the Popcorn and Pyjama Party for Years 2-4. The Henderson Hall was transformed into an atmospheric cinema with fairy lights and soft lighting and everyone enjoyed the wonderful new Disney film ‘Encanto’ with a perfect message for our girls, “If she wasn’t strong enough to believe in herself, then maybe she’d never be the person who could save us all.”

Key Diary Dates: Monday 31st January

Years 2 to 4 Parents’ Evening, online

16:15—19:00

No Orchestra Tuesday 1st February

Wednesday 2nd February

Evensong, Chapel (all are welcome)

17:30

U11A-E Netball v Danes Hill (location TBC)

15.00

Year 5, Tudor Workshop, Henderson Hall

All day

U11A-C Netball v St Hilary’s CANCELLED Years 2 to 4 Parents’ Evening, online

16:15—19:00

No Eco and Gardening Club, Problem Solving Club or St T’s Singers Thursday 3rd February

6JG, Class Assembly—POSTPONED to 24th February

Friday 4th February

Year 2, Meet a Pirate, virtual U8 + U9A + B Netball v CLFS (A)

14.45

Saturday 5th February

U11A Netball Tournament @ Hawthorns (A)

TBC

Monday 7th February

Year 2—Medicals

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

Mariella D for methodical work in Science and making detailed notes to explain her predictions.

Sienna D for such enthusiasm during reading and using her phonics knowledge to improve accuracy and fluency.

3RN

Sophie B for excellent contributions during our topic work, retelling myths and knowledge of the Gods and Goddesses.

Isabella M-S for her fantastic recall of a Greek myth when creating a comic strip, using all the features needed! Well done Isabella.

3KC

Serena O for extending her diary entry further in the time given. Well done Serena, you can do it!

Isabella M for trying hard in everything she does especially identifying coins in her maths work on money this week.

Lottie F for amazing maths work this week using pounds and pence.

4BB

Emilia Z for her caring nature and continuous politeness in class to both teachers and peers.

Sophia N for her hard work in English, pushing herself to enhance description and include a multitude of writing skills.

4CR

Isabel R for her imaginative, detailed drawing in Art showing creativity.

Lilia-Anna H for her fantastic effort with multiplication and division this week.

Sienna L for her effort and imagination shown when planning and starting her story.

5MK

Sophia A, Peyton S and Alex v E for their fabulous vividly written descriptions of Tudor London, complete with figurative language and use of the five senses.

Ruby G for working independently, to create a very amusing 'Tudor style' remedy for Coronavirus Maisy M for working incredibly hard and with much greater care and focus across the curriculum enabling her to produce work of a really good standard.

5HC

Isola R and Felicity S for their beautifully designed bishop's armorial with a clear explanation about the symbols and mottos they chose.

Ailsa S and Susie Y for their excellent descriptive writing about Tudor London.

6KH

Phoebe R for her hard work and perseverance in maths recently Ella JB for her effort in English, particularly recent comprehension tasks and her evacuee letter

6JG

Laiya A for her enthusiasm and hard work in Maths as well as showing kindness to others.

Esme T for her wonderful evacuee letter.

6LD

Isabella M for writing an excellent evacuee letter using descriptive language and excellent vocabulary.

Ohn C for wonderful progress in her written work and for always following instructions carefully.

This week you should have received: Year 5

Tudor Food letter

Year 2

Meet a Pirate letter

Year 2

Medicals letter

Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of these letters—prepinfo@st-teresas.com

Half Term Swimming Lessons Half term 1:1 swimming. 30 minutes lessons between 9am-12 Mon to Friday.

Dive clinic Mon and Fri 10.30-11.30am.

Please email making.waves@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

6JG—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 6JG are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 24th February 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

Congratulations!

Please join us in congratulating Mr and Mrs Yeend (formerly Miss Hilder) on their marriage over the Christmas break! With a couple of false starts due to the ever changing covid rules, we are so happy that they were finally able to have their special day.

Miss Hilder will now be known as Mrs Hilder at school!

On Monday 31st January, St Teresa’s Prep School will be taking part in the RSPB Big Schools bird watch. This will take place from 12.15-1.15pm. There will be two options for the girls to take part. The first option is to count the birds through a scope and binoculars from 12.1512.45pm and have lunch afterwards. The second option is to go on a leisurely walk around the school looking for the birds from 12.45-1.15pm accompanied by Miss Rippington. If your daughter would like to bring in her own binoculars, that would be great!

This Week In The Prep School Year 2—Art After looking closely at Monet's 'Boats at Rest' painting, the girls created their own interpretations using collage techniques.

Year 2—Science Last week, the girls were presented with frozen blocks of ice and the question 'Can you find the treasure?'. The girls brainstormed ways of melting the ice - using tools, salt, heat and hot water - and then got to work!

Year 3—English This week in English, Year 3 have pretended to be Icarus and have written diary entries on the day before Icarus and his father jump off the tower, where they are imprisoned on the island of Crete. The girls included an introduction and the main event in chronological order. Also, they included Icarus' feelings, time conjunctions and rhetorical questions. Afterwards, they wrote their diaries up on papyrus paper using a pen!

5HC—Class Assembly 5HC presented their Stargazers assembly on Thursday morning, blasting off into space and taking us on a tour through our solar system. Whizzing around the planets, they taught us lots of fascinating facts and entertained us with their wonderful singing. A highlight of the performance was the superb drama about the 1969 Moon landings, well done girls!

Eco & Gardening Club In Eco and Gardening Club, the girls planted a variety of basil seeds in their pots they had decorated last week. The girls learnt what happens when the seeds germinate and researched other plants that could go in our raised beds.

Watch this space!

Years 5 & 6—Young Shakespeare Company Today, Years 5 and 6 were treated to a visit from the Young Shakespeare Company, who performed an interactive version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', enlisting the help of many of the girls. It was an energetic and fun-packed morning which left the girls with an understanding of one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies.

Forest School Club The Prep girls have been making the most of the Forest School area; designing bird feeders, toasting marshmallows, building dens and even making 'food' in the mud kitchen!

Sport News Cross Country Well done to the U11 Cross Country girls who competed in a relay race at GHS on Monday afternoon.

Lots of fun was had with promising results to follow.

Netball Good luck to the U9A&B netball teams who are playing against Tormead today. We look forward to hearing your results.

Please note the U11 netball match on Wednesday 2nd February has been cancelled. There will be training as usual till 5pm.

Hockey Congratulations to the U11 hockey team who came 1st in a hockey tournament at Surrey Sports Park. It was a round robin tournament with the girls winning three matches and drawing one. The U10s held their own, placing 3rd in the tournament, winning two of their matches and one against an U11 team! Players of the tournament were Laiya and Peyton. A huge well done to Alex for stepping in as a goalie for the U10s.

Outside Sporting Achievements The PE department love hearing about the sports that the girls get up to outside of school. Whether they are trying a sport for the first time or they are winning regular competitions! Please send a pictures and a small explanation to Miss Roberts (a.roberts@st-teresas.com) and this can be included in the weekly bulletin!

Upcoming Fixtures Tuesday 1st February—U11A-C netball V Danes Hill (A) 3pm Tuesday 1st February—U11D&E netball V Danes Hill (H) 3pm Wednesday 2nd February—U11B-E netball V St Hilary’s (H) 3:15pm CANCELLED Friday 4th February—U8A&B netball V CLFS (A) 2:45pm Friday 4th February—U9A&B netball V CLFS (A) 2:45pm

Music News Musicians of the Week Congratulations to the following girls who have been awarded certificates this week: •

Skyla N in Year 2 for good chime bar playing.

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Emily W in Year 3 for good effort with her recorder playing.

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Bella G in Year 4 for making a very good start with her clarinet

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Maisie M in Year 5 for good singing of the Tudor song in class.

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Elvie A-T in Year 6 for good singing in class and making a positive contribution to the lessons.

Music class of the week – Year 3KC Well done to Year 5HC for singing their Space songs so well in their assembly.

Instrumental Lessons If your daughter learns an instrument, please remind her to bring her instrument and music to school on the day of her lesson.

Evensong—Tuesday 1st February Mrs Yalden’s Senior School choir, Schola Cantorum, will be singing Evensong for Candlemas in the School Chapel at 5.30pm on Tuesday 1st February. All are welcome to attend.

Easter Music Course 2022!

Next year’s course will take place from Monday 11th to Thursday 14th April. This will be the 10th anniversary of this course at school directed by Mrs Yalden. The course is open to girls and boys from all schools in Years 3- 6 who have passed Grade 1 on their instrument.

Please email Mrs Yalden on c.yalden@stteresas.com for further information.

This Week This week, we thought about angels. We all imagine angels in different ways. Perhaps we have seen familiar pictures of winged cherubs. Or perhaps we remember a time when we were dressed as one of those cherubs in a Nativity Play. It is interesting to hear how often people mention angels.

Of course, they appear regularly in the Bible. We were reminded that it was angels that announced to Mary that she was to have a child. And it was the angels to announced to the shepherds in the fields that that baby, Jesus, had been born. It was an angel that guided and warned Joseph in a dream. And another angel who protected Jesus from Herod’s soldiers by warning the Magi to return home by another way and Joseph to take his young family into Egypt.

We also hear about angels in Jesus’ own life. We will soon begin the Church’s season of Lent when we remember the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert.

At the end of that time, it was angels who supported him. On the day before Jesus died, and we prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, it was angels to strengthened him. And, on that great day when he rose from the dead, it was the angels at the tomb who announced the resurrection.

But what of angels today. Most of us haven’t seen angels in the way that we see them in pictures. But most of us know times when people have unexpectedly helped us, guided us, supported and strengthened us. It would be true to say that these are the people that God has sent to be his angels in our lives.

And perhaps there have even been times when we are told that we are ‘a little angel.’ Perhaps we should take this a little bit more seriously. Perhaps these are the times when God is calling us to help him in his work!

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We hope that you all have had a lovely week!

Please do make sure that all riders pack appropriate coats and waterproofs. The temperature has dropped again and it is really bitter up here in the evenings!

February Half Term Pony Days The February dates were emailed out and we are already almost fully booked!

There are just a couple of spaces left to view on the online booking system.

If you would like to be added to the waitlist in case of a cancellation, then please email the office or there is an update on the system where you will be emailed automatically if a space becomes available.

Pony Update We are making the heart-breaking decision to retire Tango from the riding school and are therefore looking for a loan home for him.

We are searching for an adult only home who can keep him in light work having fun in a schooling and hacking home.

If you or you know of someone who would like to take on our amazing ginger pony, or would like more information, then please email us at equestrian@stteresas.com

NSEA Competition Reports

We have some individuals and teams heading to NSEA and BSJA Just for Schools competitions over the next couple of months, starting with BSJA at Wellington Riding!

Good luck to you all!

Menu—w/c Monday 3rd February Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.