St Teresa Prep Weekly bulletin 25 September 2023

Message from Mrs Conrad

Today we celebrated the Feast of St Thérèse of Lisieux (the saint our school is named after) and so I would like to wish you all a very happy Feast Day!

To celebrate this wonderful occasion, the whole school community began the morning with a lovely mass in the Mairlot Hall. Our Head Girl, Lainey, read St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians 13:4-7 on the theme of love, beautifully; and the Chamber Choir and assembly band lifted our spirits with their superb music making. Huge thanks must go to Mrs Harris, Deacon Simon and Fr Stephen for preparing the girls and making our service so special.

For the rest of the day, there have been many different treats including cakes at break time and the most amazing art workshops with Mrs Halliwell based on St Thérèse’s quote, “If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, Spring would lose its loveliness”. Expect to see an incredible art installation of flowers emerge in the foyer over the forthcoming weeks as we celebrate both our inspirational patron saint and the beauty of diversity.

Key Diary Dates:

Tue 10th Oct Year 6, Mock Entrance Examinations AM

Thu 12th Oct Years 3 & 4, Harvest Celebration, Henderson Hall

Fri 13th Oct Years 5 & 6, Harvest Celebration, Henderson Hall

Fri 13th Oct Prep School, flu vaccinations for girls with parental permission All Day

Mon 16th Oct Prep School Parents’ Evening Online 16:15 18:15

Wed 18th Oct Prep School Parents’ Evening In person 16:30 18:30

Thu 19th Oct Prep School Parents’ Evening Online 18:00 20:00

Fri 20th Oct Half Term Begins

Mon 6th Nov School Resumes

Wed 8th Nov Prep School, Individual and Sibling School Photographs All day

Thu 9th Nov 5KH, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall 8.30 9.00

Fri 10th Nov Whole School Remembrance Service AM

Tue 14th Nov Year 6, St Teresa’s Entrance Examinations AM

Message forYear 6

Please may I remind Year 6 parents to complete and return the Registration Form to Mrs Charles by Tuesday 10th October 2023 so that your daughters can be given priority entry into the Senior School and, be sent the formal offer letters after half-term.

Parents’ Evenings — 16th, 18th and 19th October 2023

Formal parents’ meetings for the Prep School will take place on the 16th, 18th and 19th October. A letter has now been sent out with further information, including booking details. Booking opens on 2nd October 2023 at 7pm.

Harvest Celebrations

The Prep School are having two special Harvest celebrations.

Parents of children in Years 3 & 4 are invited to join us on Thursday 12th October at 8.30am.

Please complete this form to RSVP.

Parents of girls in Years 5 & 6 are invited to join us on Friday 13th October at 8.30am. Please complete this form to RSVP.

If you would like to attend, please park your car in the Senior School car park and walk down to the Prep School.

Winter Uniform

All the girls should return to school after half term in their winter uniform.

Kit Requests

Please may we ask you to help the girls to ensure that they have the correct sports kit in school for their lessons and clubs? We understand that it is not always easy for all parents to bring in forgotten items during the school day and we want to encourage the girls to take responsibility for their belongings and develop their organisational skills. Therefore, we will not contact home to ask parents to bring in forgotten items. The girls will take part in the parts of the lesson that they can, with the kit that they have, but they may miss out when specific kit is needed.

This week you should have received:

Whole School Parents’ evening booking information

Whole School Flu vaccination reminder

Whole School Lunch time and half term tennis information from ESTA.

Whole School Karl Hopwood eSafety talk handout and resources.

Years 3 & 4

Years 5 & 6

Year 6

Harvest celebration invitation and details about harvest donations. Please RSVP here.

Harvest celebration invitation and details about harvest donations. Please RSVP here.

Revision letter

Year 5 Trip to Cranleigh Prep letter

Please contact the School Office if you need copies of any of this information prepinfo@st-teresas.com

Golden Book

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

3RN Caitlin I

Caitlin has shared her ideas during English and used fantastic descriptive vocabulary when writing her Stone Age story!

Ottilie H

Ottilie has worked hard on listening to instructions and has contributed wonderful ideas during our topic lessons.

3KC Sophia H

Base 10 and part whole models to show her understanding.

Ellie F person.

4LH Clemmie W interesting, fronted adverbials to elevate her story.

Isla M classification of these two groups, in Science.

4AB Sophie B

Matilda W

4CR Ava

Rosalind D

5HC Sophia SS

Isabella M English.

5KH Emily W

Isabella M-S and Amelie A for their thoughtful and original prayers written in RE.

6MK Florence, Perla and Tabitha for their creative 'Road to Redemption' timelines in RE this week

Maysie and Jessica for their impressive quizzes about climate change, complete with extra facts to inform the reader.

6JG Coralie H for showing courage and perseverance in Maths.

Clemmie H for her determination and commitment in all lessons.

6RW Abigail F for writing a fantastic, descriptive setting in English this week.

Matilda R for coming into the classroom with a big smile on her face every day and for her enthusiastic attitude towards learning.

Drama Stars of the Week

Year 3 Eloise K for her wonderful concentration when working on mime with a partner.

Year 4 Sofia A for excellent contribution to discussions and working positively on her characterization

Year 6 Scarlett M for showing brilliant group work skills and making creative suggestions.

Year 4—Sealife Trip

Year 4 dived into the underwater haven of Sea Life in Brighton this week. We learnt more about the layers of our oceans and the creatures that live within each of these - from how long turtles can hold their breath, to the unusual features of the creatures that live in the harshest conditions of the Abyss. The girls also had the opportunity to touch starfish in the rockpools, jump waves on the interactive display and walk through the underwater tunnel, appreciating the creatures and coral from all angles. We ended our day with a play on the beach, where the girls discovered some interesting shells and created their own unique pebble art installations. It was a fantastic day out!

Feast Day

We celebrated our Feast Day today with a Whole School Mass, a special art workshop for all the girls with Mrs Halliwell and delicious cake at break time.

Year 3—Art

In art this week, Year 3 experienced how it may have felt to be a Stone Age artist and create their own piece of cave painting. They experimented with making colours using a range of natural materials and then this was applied to their cave wall (paper stained with tea leaves from a previous lesson!) to create a painting of an animal. Hollie said, "It was very fun, but a bit tricky because it was hard to match the colours. I found beetroot, chalk and lemon worked best."

Year 3—Stone Age Day

Year 3 were transported to the stone age in a partnership activity with Cranmore. We got to experience how people lived 2.6 million years ago, with a series of demonstrations. This included starting a fire and cooking a freshly caught fish, which the children were very enthusiastic to try. It was incredibly exciting and a great start to their new topic.

The children also enjoyed a stone aged themed session in Forest School.

Sports News

If your daughter has any sporting achievements outside of school we’d love to hear about them. Please email Miss Roberts with a short description and photo to a.roberts@st-teresas.com.

Netball

On Tuesday, the U10A&B team played against Sutton. The A team were fast and dynamic on court and worked well together as a team. The final score was 5-3 to St Teresa’s. Well done to Eliza who was awarded player of the match. The U10B team started the first quarter with high energy and passion. In the second quarter the girls listened and implemented the feedback received during their team talk, which rewarded them with multiple goals. The girls continued to work hard to move the ball down the court, using their accurate and powerful passes. The team worked exceptionally hard and they should be proud of their efforts. Apollonia’s accurate intercepting and defending throughout the game meant Sutton named her player of the match.

Good luck to the U11A&B netball team who are playing on Friday after school.

Pupil news

Olivia H (Year 3) was recently awarded a distinction in her ballet exam. Brilliant work Olivia! Apollonia C-D (Year 5) not only won gold at the final race of the SnowSport South race series at Welwyn, but also won overall gold for the U10 girls SnowSport South Series. Amazing effort Apollonia!

Matilda R (Year 6) completed in her first swimming Club Championship meeting for Leatherhead Swimming Club. She participated in 3 races butterfly and 100 freestyle and came 2nd, 2nd and 1st. Fantastic Swimming Matilda.

Kitty and Arabella N were awarded certificates and badges for their grade one ballet exam. They both achieved a high merit with the Royal Academy of Dance. They also play football for the Oxshott royals U8's and won 7.2 this weekend against their local team their third win of the season! Well done girls!

PE Kit

Please make sure your daughter has the correct PE kit for every lesson. This includes:

• Hockey: a mouthguard, shin pads and hockey socks.

• Swimming: white swimming hat and St Teresa’s swimming costume.

• Netball: white socks

Fixtures (week commencing 2nd October)

Tuesday 3rd October U10A-E Football V St Georges (A) 2:15pm

Tuesday 3rd October U11 Cross Country Relays (A)

Thursday 5th October U9A Hockey Tournament @ Hawthorns 2-5pm

Thursday 5th October U8-U11A-C Swim Gala V Wimbledon (H) 4:00pm

Friday 6th October U8A-D Netball V St Catherine’s (A) 2:30pm

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 - Florence D for excellent music reading and recorder playing

well done Florence!

Year 4 - Sienna DN for wonderful focus and Toot playing! Fantastic effort!

Year 5 – Chloe S for a wonderful start to music at St T’s, well done Chloe!

Year 6 - Sienna L for working so hard on her keyboard harmony piece. Amazing resilience Sienna!

Special Guest

Last week we had a special guest at Celebration Assembly. Georgia, an ex-pupil at St Teresa’s Prep, came to perform for us. She sang a song from the musical Jekyll and Hyde and the girls were transfixed! Thank you, Georgia, for sharing your wonderful talent with us!

Year 5 Ukulele

Year 5 are learning to play the ukulele! We have learned how to hold our uke, learned some simple strumming patterns and we can play the chords C, Am and F already! Well done Year 5 – keep up the good work!

Message from Mrs Harris:

I would be very grateful if you could help your children to remember their instruments on the following days;

Monday – Y3 recorders, Orchestra, Assembly Band

Tuesday – Wind Ensemble

Wednesday – String Group

Friday – Guitar Ensemble, Assembly Band

This Week

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of St Thérèse of Lisieux - our school patron., so we gathered together as a whole school - Prep and Senior combined - for our Feast Day Mass. As we entered the hall in procession, the youngest (Year 3) and oldest (Sixth Form) students in the school once again recreated the school’s mosaic image of St Thérèse. At the beginning of our celebration, Year 7 gave us an overview of the life of St Thérèse, recognising that she is one of the very first saints whose life was documented in the new technology of photography. Throughout our celebration we recalled ‘The Little Way’ of St Thérèse, as she reminds us to recognise and then act upon the demands of love that present themselves to us throughout the day - not great acts, but small, seemingly insignificant sacrifices, kindness and gestures that, in time, mould us to become the person God has created us to be. This can be summarised in the beautiful phrase,‘Do small things with great love.’ It was a wonderful celebration and we are particularly grateful to Fr Stephen, a great friend to the school, for leading our liturgy. Together we pray:

St Thérèse, pray for us!

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Booking System

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We hope that you have had a good week.

Mr T has settled in well, but do be aware he can be a bit nibbly if you want to say hello! Cookie arrived safely on Monday and has been snoozing down in the bottom stables with King keeping her company. She is very sweet and friendly, and will be moved up to the barn in the next week.

As the weather has been very unpredictable in recent weeks, please can you make sure your child comes dressed appropriately to their lessons. Please pack a jumper and waterproof coat. Hoodies should not be worn, and if they are we will ask to tuck the hoods in before being around the horses.

And If your child cannot attend one of their lessons, then please let the office know by phone or by email, or the lesson can be cancelled on the booking site. As if you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer credit.

Topic of the week: the Dentist

It is very important for a horse to have healthy teeth. Horses over the age of 5 should be checked by the dentist at least once a year, and if your horse is under 5 they should be checked every 4 or 5 months. A few signs that your horse needs the dentist are head tossing, weight loss, spilling food, drooling and spooking.

DID YOU KNOW?

You can tell the age of your horse by looking at their teeth!

~ Libby C

We wish the team and individuals the best of luck at their next competition!

Menu—w/c Monday 2nd October

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

Prep Creamy chicken curry & rice

Freshly baked pizza slice

Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara / chicken wraps

Cod goujons / cod fishfingers

Main Chicken tikka masala with rice & poppadum’s

Eat healthy choice

Beef meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce & whole wheat fusilli pasta

Vegetarian Vegetable & chick pea curry & rice

Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad

Chef’s carvery –Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara Traditional battered fish / jumbo fishfingers

Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad

Soy & honey glazed pork loin steak with rice noodles & Asian greens

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

Sides Rice / pasta Broccoli

Additional Jacket potato & beans

Dessert Apple pie & custard

Cheese & tomato pizza slice

Stuffed peppers filled with roasted vegetables in a tomato sauce

topped with halloumi

Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto

No meat meat balls in a tomato sauce

Baked wedges Carrots

Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables

Jacket potato & beans Jacket potato & beans

Choc chip & coconut flapjack slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauce

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

Roasted new potatoes

Sweetcorn

Jacket potato & beans

Chocolate milkshakes

Chips Peas

Jacket potato & beans

Victoria sandwich slice