Issue 1
Summer Term
29th April 2022
Message from Mrs Conrad This week, our new library was installed with new bespoke shelving and seating. The new design was a culmination of creative ideas from our library design company and the girls' feedback through the School Council. The sophisticated final outcome is in a colourway of teals and greens and has been greeted with many "oohs" and "aahs" over the last few days. Please do feel free to drop by when you are next in school. Yesterday, many of our string players had the incredible experience of attending a string workshop led by the world famous violinist, Nicola Benedetti. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity really inspired the girls and has hopefully given them great aspirations for the future. Finally, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Easter. May the peace and joy of the risen Christ be with us all as we journey together through the next few months.
Key Diary Dates: Mon 2 May Tue 3 May
Wed 4 May Thu 5 May Fri 6 May
Sat 7 May Tue 10 May Wed 11 May Thu 12 May
MAY BANK HOLIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED Year 2, Infant Music Festival, Mairlot Hall Year 2, Concert for the Infant Music Festival, Mairlot Hall Year 5, Depart for Osmington Bay Year 6, Depart for Norfolk Lakes Year 2, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms Evensong, School Chapel (all are welcome) Whole School, Open Morning Year 5, Return from Osmington Bay Year 6, Return from Norfolk Lakes U8-U15 GHS Triathlon Whole School, May Procession U11A-C Cricket V St Catherine's (A) Year 3, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms (new date) U10C&D Cricket V St Catherine's (A) 4BB Class Assembly, Henderson Hall Years 5 & 6, Canoe Club Years 5 & 6, Education In Personal Relationships Parent Information Evening
All day 13:45 AM AM 08:15 - 09:00 17:30 AM PM PM 10:30-13:00 AM TBC 08:15 - 09:00 15:30 08:30 15:30 19:00 - 20:00
Prep School Open Book Mornings We will be holding Open Book Mornings for each Year Group over the next few months. This is an opportunity for your daughters to show you their books and their classrooms. Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am and, once the girls are settled, you will be taken to the classroom from 8.30am until 9.00am. Please see the dates below. You will be sent a form to confirm your attendance nearer the time. Wednesday 4th May—Year 2 Wednesday 11th May—Year 3 (REVISED DATE) We really look forward to welcoming you.
4BB—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 4BB are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 12th May 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am
Infant Music Festival Parents of girls in Year 2 are invited to join us for our Infant Music Festival on Tuesday 3rd May at 1.45pm in the Mairlot Hall Refreshments will be served in the Mairlot Hall
This week you should have received: Years 5 & 6
Swimming & tennis letter
Year 3
PSHE content information
Year 3
Open Book—change of date details
Year 2
Infant Music Festival details
Year 4
Sayers Croft information pack (given out at the talk or in envelopes to bring home)
Year 5
Osmington Bay final information
Year 6
Norfolk trip final information
Whole School
Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of these letters prepinfo@st-teresas.com
Message for Year 6 Parents Please may you return all of your completed forms in the new entrants’ package to Mrs Annabel Charles by Monday 9th May 2022.
Clubs Not Running W/C 2nd April 2022 The following clubs will not be running this week due to the residential trips: Tuesday
Years 5 & 6—Art Club
Tuesday
Years 3 & 4—Quiz and Games Club
Tuesday
Years 4 to 6—Technology Club
Thursday
Year 3—Art Club
Thursday
Years 5 & 6—Poetry and Literature Club
Sports Wednesday AM: Year 3 Athletics Thursday AM:
Year 4 Athletics
Tuesday AM:
Year 3 Swimming
Thursday PM:
Years 5 & 6 Swim Squad
Congratulations! I am sure that you will all join me in wishing Miss Roberts a huge Congratulations on her engagement in the Easter Break. Leo’s onesie reads “Will you marry my daddy?” The answer was “YES”!
Stage Coach Performance Just before the Easter break, Evangelina stared in ‘Old Town Saloon’ with ‘Stage Coach Epsom’. As well as performing, she sang several solos in the production. In addition to this, Evangelina had to step into a completely different cast on another day to perform, when one of their team fell ill last minute. Well done Evangelina!
Eco Tip of the Week It’s spring cleaning time! If you are having a clear-out, don’t forget you can download the Surrey Recycles app or visit: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/wasteand-recycling/search-tool
What to do with an item? Use the search tool to find out what to do with an item. You will need to put in your postcode the first time you use it and then search for the item.
Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 2EB
Sophia D for participating enthusiastically in our class discussion in Science about how to plan a fair test to test which ball would be the bounciest. Amelia H for returning to school after the holidays with an excellent work ethic, contributing fully in class discussions and concentrating on her tasks.
3RN
Matilda G for her excellent attitude to her learning since returning to school. Well done Matilda on your enthusiasm and hard work this week. Evie R for settling into Year 3 this week with a smile every morning and enthusiastically taking part in all our lessons. Well done Evie!
3KC
Amelie A for settling into Year 3 so beautifully and for trying hard with all the new routines. Darcy R for completing all her work to a high standard in the time given and for her wonderful presentation.
4BB
Matilda R for her independent focus and great work taking ownership of her learning in Maths this week. Sophia N for her non stop super efforts in all subjects, in both class input and written tasks.
4CR
Alice F for her imagination shown in her potion label. Clemmie H for her effort to use different language in her potion label. Stef v E for her imagination shown in her potion label.
5MK
Tabitha D and Ruby G for their written instructions on how to successfully grow a broad bean, complete with a variety of imperative verbs and adverbials.
5HC
Tabitha S-G for her conscientious attitude to all lessons and for her carefully written instructions on how to grow a runner bean in English. Kaiah C for her fantastic contributions to the class discussion sharing all her knowledge about our new topic, ‘Allotments’, and for asking pertinent questions to help develop our understanding over the next few weeks. Harriet P for making an excellent and positive start to the new term, settling to work quickly and producing some excellent pieces of work this week.
6KH
Ella JB for her excellent contributions to our discussions about Islam in RE.
6LD
Lily St for demonstrating determination and perseverance in her written work and for producing an excellent descriptive story. Poppy M for having a positive attitude towards her school work.
6JG & 6KH Rosie H, Summer C, Frankie B, Phoebe R and Laiya A—Mrs Clarke would really like to thank her marvellous Library Assistants, they are hardworking, enthusiastic, willing and always kind to library users, their help is truly golden. Very well done girls!
Year 5—Easter Gardens After analysing the scripture story about the Resurrection, the girls in Year 5 worked in small groups to create an Easter Garden to represent the events of the first Easter Sunday.
4BB—Maths Miss Branfoot's Year 4 Maths class this week have been working really hard focusing on decimals. They have been using counters and place value grids to recognise the value of each number within a decimal. They have worked so hard!
Year 4 Open Book It was lovely to welcome some of our Year 4 parents into school to look at the girls books this week. They were extremely proud to show off their work!
Year 6—Mexican Celebrations Year 6 ended their topic of 'Hola Mexico!' with celebrations involving eating and dancing yesterday afternoon. First, they worked together in groups to follow recipes to make delicious salsa and guacamole, which was then eaten with bowls of tortilla chips. They then returned to the classroom and learnt the 'Mexican hat dance' - dancing round a sombrero to mariachi music!
Year 2—Science The girls in Year 2 have been busy this week with their new topic, 'Bounce'. In Science, after discussing how to create a fair test, the girls were investigating which ball bounced the highest. The balls were then tested on different surfaces to see whether the girls got the same results.
Music News Musicians of the Week Congratulations to the following girls who received their exam results in the Easter holidays. Grade 1 Piano
Jessica T
Merit
Grade 2 Piano
Isabella K
Merit
Grade 1 Drum Kit
Ella J
Merit
Well done to all these girls.
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.
Celebration Assembly Performance Congratulations to Year 2 who performed a medley of Mary Poppins songs in assembly this morning. They have been working hard to prepare these for the Infant Music Festival on Tuesday when we will be welcoming children from several different schools.
Music Staff News Many congratulations to Ms McIlwraith who is one of our singing teachers. She was married in the Easter holidays and is now Mrs Turner
Sport News Welcome back everyone, we hope you all had a lovely Easter holidays We are now in full swing of our summer sports; cricket, athletics and tennis. Please email Miss Roberts or Miss Rippington if you would like to sign your daughter up to any of the sports clubs, if you haven't done already. •
Monday AM: Year 5&6 Athletics
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Tuesday AM: Year 4 Cricket
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Tuesday Lunchtime: Year 3 Cricket
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Wednesday AM: Year 3 Athletics
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Wednesday AM: Year 5&6 Swimming
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Wednesday Lunchtime: Year 2 Sports Club
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Thursday AM: Year 4 Athletics
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Friday AM: Year 3&4 Swimming
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Friday Lunchtime: Year 4-6 Cricket Bowling
Please continue to check the sports portal for matches. Team sheets will be put on the sports portal and emailed once completed. No clubs next week for Tuesday AM– Year 3 Swimming, Wednesday AM—Year 3 Athletics, Thursday AM—Year 4 Athletics
Pupil news Apollonia (Year 4) came 5th in the NSSA (National Schools Ski Association) English Schools Indoor Open Championships in the under 10 age group competing for St Teresa’s. Her first time on snow in a year, and her first year of competing in the U10s, only being beaten by those who are in the older year of under 10s! Well done Apollonia. Evangelina (Year 6) has been selected to play in a 4 person team for Woking U11A team in the Southern Summer Team Tennis League. There will singles and doubles matches throughout the Summer Term. Last year she played in the team that won the group. Well done Evangelina! Poppy H (Year 5) swan at her club championships at the weekend and she won one gold medal and two bronze medals! She has been moved up squads to development 2! Well done Poppy!
Tennis The Prep Surrey Tennis League started with a bang! The U11 team travelled to Surbiton and thoroughly enjoyed the competition. Both pairs won one match each and drew overall. The team was ably captained by Evangelina.
This Week It was a joy this week to join together, after the long 40 days of Lent and the recent holiday, to celebrate the great feast of Easter as we sang the great hymn of praise ‘Alleluia!’ This word, more than any other, encapsulates the joyful expression of the message of the Good News of the Resurrection. Over the coming weeks we will reflect on four individuals who experienced that joy face to face - four individuals who actually met with the Risen Christ. This week we recalled the experience of Mary of Magdala (John 20). Mary, one of the most devout followers of Jesus, had been one of the few who had stayed with him throughout Good Friday and stood at the foot of the cross as he was so cruelly put to death, and who saw him buried in the rock tomb. We can only imagine how she had felt when she arrived at the tomb in the early hours of the morning while it was still dark to find the stone rolled away and the tomb empty, only to then to meet Jesus risen from the dead. While there is much to fascinate us from this passage, perhaps we can remember three things in particular. It was when Mary was at her lowest point that God intervened. We too should remember that it is often at those times in our lives, when we most need help, that God steps unexpectedly into the scene of our lives and transforms it. Mary, in the darkness of her doubt and fear, recognised Jesus when he called her name. We too should remember that God similarly calls us, his beloved children, by our names. God knows us, loves us, and wants nothing but the best for us. And then, as is always the case after being called, Mary is then sent, to be the apostle to the apostles, sharing with them the good news of the resurrection. We then, in our turn, find the greatest joy and peace when we, like Mary, respond to God’s call in our lives and respond, generously, to that call.
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We hope that you all have had a lovely Easter Holiday and are looking forward to the final term of the school year! As we mentioned in our last bulletin, Georgie, Jackie and Yasmin have started their new job roles over the holidays. While they get used to the changes that the new term will bring, we’d like to ask that if you have any queries that you contact the office directly. This is to ensure that we can reply to your query as quickly as possible. Please can you make sure that those who ride with us have their updated height, weight, medical and emergency details on the online system. Summer Term Riding Dates Lessons run from: Monday 25th April to Saturday 28th May Half Term – Monday 30th May to Sunday 5th June Lessons run from: Monday 6th June to Saturday 9th July
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break! My name is Libby C. As you might know I am the new Equestrian Ambassador for Years 7, 8 and 9, and I am really thrilled to be able to fulfil this role. I hope I can bring you lots of exciting updates! There have been lots of things going on at STE in the holidays. There were loads of pony and training days which everyone and the horses really enjoyed! Other big news is that the school has bought Bobby and Red! This pony of the week this week is… Mickey!
NSEA Competition Reports We have received an image of Jackson B from when he competed in the Just for Schools Competition at the David Broome Centre in Wales. Overall, he came 7th in the individual 70 Championship and had placings in the other classes! On Wednesday 13th April, two riders headed to Bury Farm to compete in the Grassroots Show Jumping. Pernille A and Jessica R did brilliantly but unfortunately missed out on the placings. Well done girls!
Menu—w/c Monday 2nd May 2022 Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Prep Main Meal
Bank holiday
Freshly baked pizza slice
Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding
Sausage rolls / chicken wraps
Cod goujons / cod fishfingers
Main
Bank holiday
Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad
Chef’s carvery – Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding
Puff pastry filled with locally sourced pork sausage meat
Breaded cod fillet / cod fishfingers
Eat healthy choice
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
Poached salmon with nut free pesto pasta & olive salad
Vegetarian
Cheese & tomato pizza slice
Fresh tomato coated pasta
Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto
No meat meat balls in a tomato sauce
Sides
Baked wedges Carrots
Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables
Roasted new potatoes Sweetcorn
Chips Peas
Additional
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Fruit pie & custard
Raspberry cheesecake
Rice pudding with a selection of sauces
Chocolate milkshake
Desert
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher
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