St Teresa Prep Weekly Bulletin 4 November 2022

Issue 6

Autumn Term

4th November

Message from Mrs Conrad Welcome back to the final half term of the Autumn Term which promises to be full of exciting events and activities. This week alone, Year 3 have been giving fantastic presentations about significant historic monuments, Year 4 were visited by a Viking (!), Year 5 travelled to the Winchester Science Centre, and Year 6 completed their mock examinations in preparation for the entrance exam. This is in addition to a beautiful mass commemorating the Feast of All Saints and exciting preparations for Christmas. The next few weeks are certainly going to whizz by!

Key Diary Dates: Tue 8th Nov

Year 3, Trip to Butser Farm

All day

Wed 9th Nov

Individual and sibling school photographs

All day

Thu 10th Nov

5HC, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30—9.00

Thu 10th Nov

Year 3, Monument Mayhem, Henderson Hall - please park at the Senior School and walk down to the Prep School.

15:20

Fri 11th Nov

Music and Readings for Remembrance Day, Chapel (parents & girls are welcome 5:00 to attend)

Tue 15th Nov

Entrance Examination morning for Prep School candidates

AM

Tue 15th Nov

Music Scholarship Assessments

PM

Thu 17th Nov

Drama Scholarship Assessments

AM

Thu 17th Nov

Art Scholarship Assessments

PM

Fri 18th Nov

Sport Scholarship Assessments

All day

Fri 18th Nov

FOST Christmas Market

PM

Mon 21st Nov

Maths Week

All week

Mon 21st Nov

Dress up as a rock star!

Wed 23rd Nov

Year 6, Trip to the National Maritime Museum

All day

Wed 23rd Nov

4CR, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30—9.00

Thu 24th Nov

Whole School, Subject Revolution Maths Workshops

All day

This week you should have received: Whole School

Maths Week information

6KH

Updated timetable

Year 3

PSHE letter

Year 3

Monument Mayhem information

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

5HC—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 5HC are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 10th November 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

4CR—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 4CR are invited to join us for their class assembly on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

Individual School Photographs—Wednesday 9th November Fresh School Photography will be in school on Wednesday 9th November to take individual and sibling photographs. If your daughter/s has swimming or games her photograph/s will be taken before these lessons. If you have a child in the Senior School, we will have contacted you separately about sibling photographs with them.

Message for Year 6 Parents If you wish to accept the place for your daughter to join the Senior School in September 2023, please return your completed Form of Acceptance to Mrs Charles as soon as possible but no later than Monday 28th November 2022 in order to guarantee the place.

Key Dates—2022/3 As outlined in the Parent Handbook, and reiterated at the Parent Welcome Reception, there are three key dates in the school calendar that are compulsory for all the girls to attend. This is to help them understand the importance of team work and collaborative responsibility as these are events where they are all involved and need to support each other.

These dates are as follows: Christmas Service Spring Concert Prep School Prize Giving

Wednesday 7th December, 18.30 to 19.30 Thursday 23rd March, 18.30 to 19.30 Thursday 6th July, 19.00 to 20.00

We would be grateful if you could keep these dates free so that all girls can be present at these important community events.

Drama Stars of the Week Amelia H for her articulating her ideas with clarity and confidence.

Elsie W for her impressive winning streak in the warm-up game.

Nicci W for her enthusiastic approach to her group task.

Years 5 & 6—Photograph Competition Rotary Young Photographer is a well-established and successful annual competition promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RGBI).

It is a three-stage competition designed to support and encourage the development of photographic skills starting with a local heat in February, with the best entries going forward to a District competition and on to a National Final at the end of March. Entries are submitted in age groups for fairness. The initial task is submit one photograph based upon the theme, “The Beauty of Architecture” with a sentence to explain the relationship to the theme.

This competition aims to encourage young people to experiment and express their ideas and interpretation of the subject through the medium of digital photography. Judges will consider technical merit, content and composition, and imagination and style. Competitors will receive a certificate of participation with appropriate awards for the winners at all stages of the competition.

Entries for the local heat, closing date Saturday 4th February 2023, are invited on behalf of the Mole Valley Rotary Clubs and should be submitted to Miss Shear - s.shear@st-teresas.com no later than Wednesday 1st February ‘23.

In half term, Paris visited the Tate Modern and also found David Hockney at the Tate Britain!

In half term the Hall family travelled around France. On one of their day trips they went to the local market village of Mirepoix. They visited the stunning Cathedrale St-Maurice de Mirepoix, c.1298 and came across a statue of St Therese de Lisieux, which the girls were thrilled to find.

They all lit a candle and offered up their own prayers.

Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 3RN

Lucy A for her excellent effort in Maths this week, using different methods to subtract, recording carefully and neatly.

Primrose L for her excellent letter to Ida Moore, telling her what the mysterious objects were in her garden. Primrose wrote her letter using all the features of a formal letter with a detailed introduction.

Magdalena M for a detailed formal letter to Ida Moore, using description and including all the features needed, including paragraphs. Well done Maggie.

3KC

Sophia D and Victoria M for amazing practising of their holiday spellings and for using their spelling books to show different spelling methods too.

Amelia H for exceptional presentation skills when sharing her Monument Mayhem Project with the class.

4BB

Holly E for her lovely choice of language describing a hero in English.

Eva M for her excellent concentration, effort and attitude to learning in classroom lessons.

4CR

Sophie B for her positivity, for her super effort on her descriptions and for doing her monitor role with dedication.

Olivia G for her super effort to describe characters.

Matilda G for throwing herself into everything with great gusto.

Arabella H for her fabulous enthusiasm when acting out Beowolf.

5MK

Lainey H and Matilda R for their beautifully designed wedding cards in RE - complete with a quote about love from the Bible and a thoughtfully composed poem on the inside.

Isabelle D for settling in so well this week, joining in all activities with enthusiasm and a huge smile.

5HC

Veronika K for a fantastic week trying hard to practise and use spoken and written English independently in all lessons.

Charlotte J for being such a helpful, organised and willing volunteer in the class.

Jessika R for her beautifully designed and thoughtful wedding card in RE.

5KH

Sophia C for keeping a detailed Reading Record.

Lilia-Anna H for her fantastic research into the scents of Egypt.

6JG

Alana E for super focus and hard work this week.

Susie Y for always trying her hardest in every task that she undertakes.

Isabella H for creating a wonderful new addition for our pastoral check-in area.

6GH

Amelia S has shown creativity when planning an adventure story.

Steffi C-B has worked very well in a group to share ideas for RE.

Year 3—Art Club The girls in Year 3 Art Club, enjoyed experimenting with oil pastels to create an eerie night-time backdrop, before drawing and cutting out back silhouettes to make a spooky festive picture.

Year 4—Viking Workshop On Thursday, the Year 4s were transported back in time to Anglo-Saxon Britain! With a day full of swords, axes, chainmail, spices, gold, and some very strange clothing, we were taught so many new and interesting facts about the Vikings! We battled against each other, using Old English and Latin commands and we even had the chance to try on some battle armour. We also acted out Beowulf which was awesome! Performing the Viking burial was a little scarier. Did you know, warriors were buried alongside their armour AND their horses!? It was a brilliant day, and we most certainly all learnt a great deal of new things about the Vikings.

Eco & Gardening Club During Eco and Gardening Club, the children made ephemeral art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. They collected various items for the school grounds such as leaves, pine cones, stones and pine needles. Afterwards, they made their own pictures using what they had found on a vibrant background. We talked about the autumn colours too.

Monument Mayhem Projects The girls in Year 3 were amazing at presenting their Monument Mayhem projects to the class. There were a variety of PowerPoints and tremendous booklets which the girls shared confidently, especially the letters to the other tribe! Some of the girls even visited the actual monuments like Stonehenge and created their monuments on the beach!

A lot of work and effort has gone into each monument, with the girls having so many creative ideas.

Well done! A super successful project and a wonderful end to your first topic in Year 3.

Music News Musicians of the Week Year 3

Elizabeth L for wonderful singing in assembly and music class and always giving her best efforts.

Year 4

Eva M for excellent focus and beautiful singing while learning our new songs.

Year 5

Lainey H for always trying her best in music lessons and wonderful singing.

Year 6

Poppy H for consistent good work in music and singing so beautifully for Mrs Harris this week.

This Week in the Music Department Preparations for Christmas are in full swing in the Music Department! Mrs Conrad and Mrs Harris have had a wonderful week listening to auditions for the solo parts in our Christmas production. They have been so impressed with the quality of the singing and are very proud of the girls for singing on their own even though some of them were very nervous. Well done everyone!

Assembly Performance Thank you to Ella J who sang a wonderful rendition of 'Chim Chim Cheree' for us this morning.

Well done, Ella!

Instrumental Lessons We still have some spaces for lessons and 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.

Music Clubs Tuesday

Year 5 & 6 Years 4 to 6 Wednesday Years 5 & 6 Years 3 to 6 Years 5 & 6 Thursday Years 3 & 4 Friday Years 3 to 6

Young Voices Singers Orchestra Wind Band String Group Chamber Choir St Teresa’s Singers Guitar Ensemble

8.00 15.45—16.45 Lunchtime 15.45—16.30 15.45—16.15 Lunchtime

Sport News Cross Country Our biathlon team set off to Guildford High School to take part in a qualifying race for the National Schools Championships. The girls performed outstandingly! In Year 3, Thea placed 3rd in the run, fighting off the competition with a strong finish. Isabella in Year 5 gained another PB in her run, with a sub 3 minute time and at least a 50m lead ahead of her competitors. Our final race was from the Year 6, where India stormed through on the swim and Natalia kept the competitors at bay in the run. A great start to the biathlon season. We look forward to seeing how many girls qualified for the finals.

Hockey Two teams in Year 5 travelled to Notre Dame for a hockey match on Tuesday. The girls were very excited and showcased their skills learnt on the pitch. The E team won 3-1, showing superb teamwork and passes up the pitch. The D team had some beautiful attacking play, scoring a goal in the second half. Players of the matches were Pascale and Izzy. Great work girls!

Pupil News Well done to Ella J in Y5 who has qualified for the ESSA South & South East Primary Individual Championships competing in Backstroke and Breaststroke. Ella will compete on the 11th November representing St Teresa’ s, best of luck Ella!

Congratulations to Apollonia in Year 4 who has been selected for the National Schools Alpine Squad. This exciting news means Apollonia will represent St Teresa's at various national competitions over the year and will gain access to additional training camps. Great work Apollonia!

The ski team continue to work hard, with another training night at Aldershot ski slope. This time, the team were joined by Bella and Grace in Year 7 and Saskia in Year 6. Although the girls were nervous at the start, they all made huge progress throughout the evening. Keep up the great work girls!

Fixtures (week commencing 7th November) Monday

U10A+B v Notre Dame (H) 4.30pm

Tuesday

U10 A-D Hockey @ CLFS 2:15pm U11 A-D Hockey vs Felton Fleet (H) 2:30pm

Friday

U8 A-D Hockey @ Downsend 2:15pm U9 A-D Netball vs Manor House (H) 2:30pm

Saturday U8 - U18 Biathlon 3pm U10B & U11B Hockey @ Downsend 8:30am

Sunday

U8 - U18 Surrey Skiing 8am

Clubs (week commencing 7th November) Mon

Years 5 & 6 Hockey Cub 4:15-5:30

Tues

Years 3 & 4 Netball Club 7:50-8:20, Year 3&4 Netball Shooting Club and Years 3-6 Rugby Cub 12:4513:15

Wed

Year 6 Swim Squad and Years 5 & 6 Development 7:50am, Year 3&4 hockey club 7:50-8:20am and Year 3 & 4 Running Club 12:15-12:45 and Year 3-6 Football Club 12:45-13:15

Thur

Year 3-6 Football Club 7:45-8.20, Years 5 & 6 Running Club 12:15-12:45 and Year 5 & 6 swim squad 15:45-16:45 and 16:30-17:45

Fri

Years 3 & 4 Swim Squad and Development 7:50-8.20 and Year 5 & 6 Netball Club 4.15-5:30

This Week On Tuesday both our schools joined together to celebrate the Feast of All Saints. On this day, we remember the example of the countless number of those who have lived heroic lives of virtue and who, we believe, already enjoy the eternal life of heaven. Many of these are saints we know by name and we recalled those most familiar in our own school environment - our house saints, St Benedict, St Francis, St Dominic and St Ignatius; but also those who have buildings in our school named after them - St John Bosco (the English and Mathematics departments), St Thomas More (the Science and Geography departments) and St Edmund Campion (the Art and Modern Foreign Languages departments). And of course, we have very recently recalled our own school patron, St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

We recalled that we are all called to be saints, that is, to recognise that God has called each and everyone of us to a very particular mission. May we enable the seed of that calling to grow and flourish in our lives.

REMINDER—Shoebox Appeal Everyone is reminded that the final date to send your shoebox in for our ’Children in Distress’ appeal is Friday, 11th November.

Please bring your completed box and add it to the display in the School Chapel. Thank you!

Thanks to everybody that entered the Front Cover Competition for the Christmas Fair programme.

We had so many lovely entries, we are still deciding which one was the overall winner.

We will make the final announcement in next week’s newsletter.

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We hope that you have all had a lovely half term.

We have sent out a questionnaire to all of our riders so that we can run more of a variety of activities during the holiday period. We will be collecting these responses on Thursday 17th November and will have the Christmas Holiday activities published the following week ready to book.

As the weather is so variable at the moment, please make sure that you come with a jumper (no hoodies!) and/or a coat to wear when it’s chilly out. As we are on top of a hill, we get a bit of a cold wind when riding in the arena!

A reminder that 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.

In the half term holiday, STE ran Pony Mornings and Afternoons which are fun for both riders and ponies!

There were also NSEA training sessions in preparation for the team who competed at the NSEA Championships! And on the 25th, STE also hosted a biting clinic which was a big success!

The horse of the week is… Sidan!

Finally, while the weather is showing on and off rain, we’d like to remind our riders that we still run lessons in the wind and rain provided there is not a risk to anyone’s safety. As an alternative for those who don’t want to ride, then we do offer stable management lessons in the warm barn.

~ Libby C

NSEA News What amazing results there were over the half term at the NSEA Championships! The highlights are: •

The St T’s Blue team, Izzy L, Amber B and Lottie B, in the 70cm SJ finished 10th

•

Lilly S placed 5th with a double clear in the 80cm JwS

•

Chloe B placed 12th out of 200 in the 80cm SJ

•

Amber B, Antonia S, Fenella B and Lottle B placed 2nd in the 70cm

•

St T’s Pink Team, Antonia S, Izzy L, Lulu S, in the 80cm placed 8th

•

In the 90cm, Amber B, Chloe B, Lilly S and Lulu S came 6th

•

Cassie C scored 62% in the Elementary Dressage to come 7th

We will post the results on our website over the next few weeks, or have a look on our Facebook page for a full write up with photos!

Menu—w/c Monday 7th November 2022 Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Prep

Creamy chicken curry & rice

Freshly baked pizza slice

Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding

Sausage rolls / chicken wraps

Cod goujons / cod fishfingers

Main

Chicken tikka masala with rice & poppadum’s

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

Beef meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce & wholewheat fusilli pasta

Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad

Thai coconut infused pork 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

Vegetable & chick pea curry & rice

Cheese & tomato pizza slice

Fresh tomato coated pasta

Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto

No meat meat balls in a tomato sauce

Rice / pasta Broccoli

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

Jacket potato & beans

Dessert

Fruit pie & custard

Choc chip & coconut flapjack slice

Victoria sandwich slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauces

Chocolate milkshake

Sides

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