30th June 2023
Key Diary Dates:
Fri 30th June Year 6, Summer Production of ‘Mary Poppins’ (with Year 5 chorus) 19:00 to 20:00
Mon 3rd July Moving-up afternoon & Year 7 induction day
Tue 4th July Prep School Sports Day, school field 13:00 16:00
Thu 6th July Prep School Prize Giving, Mairlot Hall (please RSVP above) 19:00 20:00
Fri 7th July Term Ends
Study will run as usual until 4.15pm, but there will be no after school clubs or After School Care.
Buses will run as usual
Thu 7th Sep t Term Starts
Mon 11th Sept Prep School Parents' Welcome Drinks Reception, Mairlot Lawn 18:30
Tue 12th Sept Year 6, Meeting with Dr McShane and Tour of Senior School, 9:00 Henderson Hall
Mon 18th Sept Safer Internet Week All Week
Wed 20th Sept Karl Hopwood, e-safety Workshops and parent talk All Day
Message toYear 6 Parents, Induction Day—Monday 3rd July 2023
Please can your daughter arrive at the Prep School as normal on Monday 3rd 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 30th June, 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.
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. Secure your place via this link. Contact Miss Rippington s.rippington@st-teresas.com for booking or if you have any questions.
Before or After School Clubs—Next Week
There will be no ‘teacher run’ before or after school clubs in the last week of term.
The following clubs will run as usual, unless you have heard otherwise:
LAMDA
Tennis Gymnastics
Dance
Friday After School Swimming Lessons
Study and After School Care will also run as normal from Monday to Thursday.
This week you should have received:
Years 3 to 5 Staffing & Classes for 2023-2024
Years 3 to 5 Extra-Curricular Timetable & Sign up for Autumn 2023
Whole School Message from ESTA re tennis lessons
If you require copies of any of this information, please contact the School Office prepinfo@st-teresas.com
Golden Book
Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week:
3KC Ava-Skye N for fabulous effort with her times tables every week and for moving up yet another level recently.
Thea BH for being very enthusiastic about the science experiments this week including sharing her predictions with the class.
Sophia for an extremely detailed non number of paragraphs on the doctor's findings.
3RN Anna for her questioning and enthusiasm in Science this week. Anna loves taking part in experiments, and she used her knowledge to discuss reversible and irreversible changes!
Skyla for her fantastic effort with her reading this term. Skyla reads with lovely expression and has a very good understanding of what she has read.
Ivy for excellent effort using TTRS this week. Ivy has worked very hard on her times tables, practicing at home, increasing her speed and accuracy.
Rosie for her detailed non-chronological report on James Lind and his discovery of a cure for scurvy! Rosie included all the features carefully, using clear sub headings and paragraphs.
4BB Summer C for her excellent work building a concise, factual, and well-structured paragraph in English.
Poppy E for another term of continued kindness, hard-work, and thoughtful behaviour towards others.
4CR Sofia G for her fabulous attitude, shown particularly when working on her Adi Tribe report.
Anna P for her desire to strive to complete her work in the best way that she can.
Sophia SS for her fantastic effort on her Adi Tribe report.
5HC Alice F and Isabella G for their enthusiastic participation in the singing for Mary Poppins.
Willa S and Bethany DW for their thoughtful and reflective prayers for our world in RE.
5MK Catrin V and Sienna L for making huge leaps in spelling this year. Well done girls!
5KH Francesca J and Jessica L for their work on our RE topic of 'Stewardship'
6HI Poppy H for her leadership in choreographing dances and helping others to learn them.
Lily J for her calm supportive role backstage in Mary Poppins
Steffi C-B for her super creative contributions to the programme stage props in Mary Poppins.
6JG Iola M for showing perseverance and positivity.
Saskia H for acting with kindness to others.
Nicci W for her energy and focus on stage.
Olivia K for her having bundles of energy despite her long trip over the weekend with her hockey club.
Sports News
Cricket
Well done to the U8 cricket team who played against CLFS on Friday afternoon for their last cricket match of the year. The girls batted and bowled very well and worked hard throughout their matches. They didn’t win this time, but they still had lots of fun! Well done to everyone that took part.
Well done to the U10 cricket girls who took part in a Sutton High Cricket Tournament. The girls worked very hard as a team and batted and bowled extremely well, scoring some 4s, 6s and wickets too! The girls won every game which led to the girls winning overall! Well done all!
Tennis
The U9-11 tennis team played against CLFS on Friday afternoon, the girls played lots of double matches and played well in their pairs. Each pair had some great rally’s and communicated very well together. Overall, both schools lost some and won some. Well done to everyone who took part!
Well done to the U10+11 tennis pairs who took on Tormead on Tuesday afternoon for their last tennis match of the season. The girls played really well with their partners, they communicated well and had some great rally’s. The girls lost some, drew some and won some, the girls worked hard and showed good sportsmanship throughout their games. Great effort girls!
Sports Day—Tuesday 4th July, 1- 4pm
The girls are super excited for Sports Day on Tuesday. The afternoon will start with a short parade at 1pm. A quick reminder for the day:
• Girls should arrive in sports kit. All to wear skorts/shorts and t-shirt to run in
• Don’t forget water bottles, hats and sun cream
ESTA Group Coaching Autumn 2023
We are delighted to announce our tennis groups will run at the following times during Autumn term 2023. Sessions are open to boys and girls across the trust. Please contact Kirsti for the link to the booking forms.
• Years 2&3 - Thursdays @ 4:15-5:15pm
• Year 4 - Wednesdays @ 4:15-5:15pm
• Year 5 - Mondays @ 5-6pm
• Year 6 - Wednesdays @ 5:15-6:15pm
• Year 7 - Fridays 5-6pm
• Year 8 - Tuesdays 5:15-6:15pm
• Years 9 - Mondays 5-6pm
• Years 10&11 - Thursdays 5:15-6:15pm
• Years 12&13 - Thursdays 6:15-7:15pm
• St Teresa’s Boarders - Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 6:15-7:15pm
• Performance Squad (invitational) - Wednesdays @ 6:15-7:45pm ESTA also offers private individual, joint and small group coaching. Please contact Kirsti for details and availability. We look forward to seeing your children on court during the Autumn term!
Music News
Musicians of the Week
• 5MK for being an absolutely amazing chorus!
• 5HC for being an absolutely amazing chorus!
• 5KH for being an absolutely amazing chorus!
• 6HI for being the most wonderful Mary Poppins cast!
• 6JG for being the most wonderful Mary Poppins cast!
T-Fest
Our inaugural T Fest was a huge success! We were blessed with perfect weather and have had many lovely comments about what a relaxing and entertaining evening it was. We heard various styles of music from many of the different musical groups across the Trust.
Music Activities Next Week
The Prep school was represented by St Teresa’s Singers who sang a lively version of ‘Naughty’ from Matilda and the Chamber Choir who sang ‘Lean on Me’ and their wonderful version of Whisper’.
String Ensemble were thrilled to join the ‘big girls’ to play Mamma Mia and the Wind Band kicked off the evening with the William Tell Overture. We’re looking forward to next year’s already!
There will be no after-school music activities next week. There will be no Wind Band, String Ensemble or Guitar Ensemble. Girls in the orchestra should bring their instruments into school on Thursday so that they can rehearse for Prizegiving. Assembly Band should bring their instruments to school as usual.
One-to-One Music Lessons & Instruments
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.
This Week
On Thursday we gathered together as a whole school community – Prep School and Senior School – to celebrate the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul. It was wonderful to also be able to invite many parishioners who joined us for Mass as well, of course, as Fr Stephen who celebrated Mass with us.
This great feast day celebrates two of the great heroes of the early Church. It is interesting to consider how different they each are.
St Peter is remembered as one of Jesus greatest followers during his earthly ministry. From a humble fisherman, he was chosen by Jesus to be leader of the twelve Apostles, those individuals who represented the new tribes of Israel and who were specifically commissioned and sent out to continue Jesus’ work. Simon, who was renamed Peter, was impetuous and could always be relied upon to speak first and think later. However, this served him well in the incident that we heard about in our Gospel, when he is the first to declare openly that Jesus is indeed the long-awaited Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God. His ministry was to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, which put him in conflict with Saul, or Paul as we know him.
If Peter came to decisions quickly, Paul took much longer, perhaps because his conversion was so profound. He began as a devout Pharisee who opposed the early Christians with such vigour that the early followers of Christ lived in fear of him. His conversion began with a great epiphany on the road to Damascus. He was blinded (surely a symbolic indication of his total lack of faith) before finally not just converting to the faith he had previous persecuted, but also becoming its boldest, most courageous evangelist. His mission was to the gentiles, those who followed the plethora of pagan religions across the Roman empire, and, with staggering success, brought a countless number to faith.
Despite being so very different (God calls every type of person!) they both shared a deep desire to follow Jesus’ command and to preach the Gospel to all peoples and, we, perhaps, are proof of their success as we, two thousand years later, along with over 2 billion others, declare the faith that Peter and Paul shared with our ancestors.
A saint is not a perfect person. Instead, it is someone who recognises that they have been called, and, despite their failures and difficulties, remain faithful to that call. Perhaps as we celebrate this great day, we can reflect on how God is calling us, and how we can respond.
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We hope that you have had a good week.
The school year is almost over, and we hope that you have had as good a term as we have! With still one week to go, the invites for the Equestrian Prize Giving have been sent out, but all who ride with us are welcome. Do RSVP by emailing the office on equestrian@st-teresas.com
If your daughter will not be riding next week due to activities, holidays or any other reason, 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.
Although it feels like a long way off! We have started to have a look at planning for next term’s timetable. But for those who are not continuing with riding from September, please let the office know sooner rather than later. Once we have organised all of our current riders and their requests to time changes for next term, then we will be contacting those on our waitlist to fill the remaining spaces. Please do get in touch if you have any queries or would like your child/ren’s name added to the waitlist.
We will see you next week for the last week of the school year!
Summer Holidays
There are still spaces over the summer holidays for private lessons and Pony Mornings/Afternoons!
Have a look on our online site to book your spaces now!
Charlie has been a bit poorly this week as well but is feeling better now! And the NSEA is off to Hickstead on Friday, we all hope they win!
The horse of the week is Bobby!
~ Libby CFor all the riders who are heading to Hickstead on Friday 30th for the Championships - we wish you the best of luck!
NSEA NewsSchool Uniform Shop (shed behind ESTA pavilion clubhouse)
Open Monday and Fridays from 8:30-9am and Saturdays by appointment (usually first Saturday of each month) in term time only.
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Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.
Prep School Pork sausages & mash
Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
BBQ Fish fingers/ tomato pasta
Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato
Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Whole school BBQ – Come & enjoy a selection of locally sourced BBQ meats
Traditional battered fish fillet or jumbo fish fingers
Eat healthy choice Char-grilled turkey & crispy bacon bits with house salad
Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice
Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad
As above King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles
Vegetarian Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato
Sides Mashed potato Broccoli
Pasta arrabiata Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake
Vegetarian choices as above
Macaroni cheese with green salad
Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn
Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables
Bread rolls
Chef’s salad bar
Chips Peas Baked beans
Desert Chocolate brownie
Peach & raspberry crumble & custard
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher
Mango cheesecake
Ice lollies
Summer berry smoothie