St Teresa's Prep Weekly Bulletin 2 October 2023

Key Diary Dates:

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.

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.

Years 3 to 11, Flu Vaccinations Friday 13th October

The Surrey Immunisation Team will be coming to St Teresa’s on Friday 13th October to administer the nasal flu immunisation to girls in Years 3 to 11 where parental consent has been given.

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 is now open.

Individual School Photographs — Wednesday 8th November

Fresh School Photography will be in school on Wednesday 8th November to take individual and St Teresa’s sibling photographs. If your daughter/s have swimming or games their photograph/s will be taken before these lessons but they will not be able to be taken before morning swim squad or sport training. If you have a child in the Senior School, we will be contacting you separately about sibling photographs with them.

6KH—Class Assembly

Parents of girls in 6KH are invited to join us for their class assembly

On Thursday 9th November 2023

At 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

LAMDA Examination Results 2023/4

Well done to all the girls who took their LAMDA examinations last term. It was a superb set of results, with every single girl who entered passing with either Merit or Distinction.

The results were as follows: Pass with Merit

Isabella M, Jena W, Summer C, Harlow G, Eva C, Matilda G and Paris C Pass with Distinction

Isola R, Natalia T, Calista J, Isabella M-S, Darcy R, Thea S, Esme S, Ava-Skye N, Layla B, Sophie B, Eloise B-S, Victoria M, Pascale E, Viola K, Maysie R, Amaya H, Perla L, Tabitha D, Poppy H, Eliza P, Imogen S, Zara O’D, Sophia S-S, Holly E, Natalia O, Emma v E, Olivia L, Ella C, Nicci W, Elizabeth L, Anna R, Lucy A, Sophia C, Olivia L, Stephanie v E, Sienna L, Rachel H, Matilda R, Abigail F, Alexandra v E, Clara de A, Harriet P, Lilianna O’D, Mia M, Jessika R, Coralie H, Charlotte C and Imogen W

LAMDA Lessons are now in full swing this term with our fabulous teachers, Gael and Michael. We do still have a few spaces available in some of the classes, so If your daughter is interested in joining, please let the School Office know at prepinfo@st-teresas.com.

Lessons run after school on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Lost Property

We are seeing a very high volume of lost property at the moment. The teachers will speak to the girls about taking good care of their possessions. Please may parents ensure that all items that come into school (including water bottles) are clearly named (or renamed, if they were purchased from the second hand shop) so that we can ensure that they are returned to their owner.

Winter Uniform

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

Head Bumps at School

If your daughter sustains a minor head bump at school you will be sent a generic head bump email from the School Nurses or the School Office to let you know to keep an eye on her when she gets home. Included in this email is advice for care should she begin to feel unwell. Please rest assured that if the injury is considered serious, we will call and speak to you.

Golden Book

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

3RN Liel G knowledge to compare 3 digit numbers. Well done Liel.

Annabella H lessons this week, thinking of imperative verbs in her instructions on how to wash a woolly mammoth! Well done Annabella.

3KC Mikayla O

estimating and comparing numbers to 1,000. Well done with your speedy mental maths too. Eloise K woolly mammoth.

4LH Esther H work!

Daisy B week. I cannot wait to see the final performance. A shining star!

4AB Ivy M

Esme S

4CR Maggie M

Skyla N

5HC Anna P tidy.

Matilda G and what made him unique.

Darcy R for excellent and accurate drawings of Ancient Chinese symbols on the oracle bones.

5KH Lottie F for her kind and caring nature that shines through on a daily basis

Sybella J and Sophie B for their imaginative character descriptions using figurative language.

6MK Amaya H for her fabulous transformation of a 'dull' story into an engaging narrative, full of varied sentence starters and rich vocabulary.

Elsie W and Syna S for their comprehension homework this week which demonstrated their command of PEE in higher mark questions.

6JG Imogen W, Jess R and Charlotte J for their creative and thoughtful School Council presentations. Excellent effort, girls

6RW Mia M for putting 100% effort into all lessons and for helping others. Tara S for being a kind friend to everybody in 6RW and for always having a big smile on her face!

Year 5—Art

Year 5 have begun to explore different surface patterns. They began by looking at the surface patterns of Chinese vases and, "deconstructed" the surface patterns. They exploded the marks across their page and then drew an outline on top of their studies at the end. The aim of this exercise was to focus on the patterns, and to take away the need to represent the container and confine elements within it.

Year 5 then looked at the work by the artist, Gillian Adair, who created surface patterns on paper by making holes . The girls were challenged to create their own simple pattern and to name what they think theirs resembled.

Year 4 Science

This week, Year 4 have continued their work on Vertebrates and Invertebrates by exploring classification keys and creating their own keys to sort Haribo. They asked yes or no questions using differences between the sweets, to end up with individual or groups of Haribo that were the same. All girls resisted temptation and worked hard to separate the different types of sweet!

Sports News

Well done to all the U8s who played in the football match against Danes Hill on Friday. Everyone played with determination and had a fun afternoon showing off their football skills! Well done to those who scored goals for their team. We look forward to more football fixtures in the future. The U8C were tenacious, tough and determined. They went 2 goals down in the first half but some excellent passing and teamwork later in the game meant it finished 2-2. Well done to Olivia H and Emilia C for scoring the goals and to Florence D for being nominated as player of the match.

Netball On Friday 29th September, the U11A&B netball teams played Sutton High School. The girls came out with fight and determination. The A team won 8-1 and the player of the match was Olivia. The B team won 12-2 and the player of the match was Imogen. Well done girls!

Cross Country It was an absolute pleasure to take this group of girls to such a fun and enjoyable cross-country team event on the afternoon of Tuesday 3rd October. Rikkyo School hosted a Japenese inspired relay event which involved passing the sash between teammates. Alongside this, we had Elliot Giles, an English middle-distance runner from Birmingham, specialising in the 800 metres, join the event. He is best known for winning the bronze at the 2016 European Championships and the girls were lucky enough to be led in a warm-up by him, have him start their races, get his signature, as well as attempting to run one lap of the track (400m) at his normal 800m pace! This most certainly provided the girls with the exposure of just how impressive these athletes are!

The U11 team consisted of three teams of three runners from Year 6. Within their team, each girl ran 0.75 miles across a thrilling cross-country course around Rikkyo School. The highlight from the U11 race was Sophia Nugent's impressive first lap for her team, which saw her challenging everyone including some of the under U11 boys. All the girls worked incredibly hard and showed determination and resilience throughout the races.

Biathlon On Sunday 1 October, a number of St Teresa's girls competed in the National Biathlon Qualifiers, where they swam at Downsend School in the morning and ran at the Guildford Spectrum Athletics Track in the afternoon. The girls competed with sheer determination and we were very impressed with the standard on display. They all gave 100% effort and pushed themselves outside their comfort zone in a challenging event. We look forward to seeing how the girls got on once all the qualifying results are in. The national finals are due to take place in Bath in March.

If this is something that you or your daughter is keen to do, there is still an opportunity to enter a qualifiers for this years National Biathlon. See information here https://pentathlongb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/37853/home Whitgift School are hosting another qualifiers on Sunday 12th November. Please use the link to the Pentathlon GB website, where you can enter this event from 12th October. If you wish your daughter to take part, please create an account on Sport80, purchase a membership, and then enter the Whitgift School event specifically. Please also ensure that they are affiliated to St Teresa's School when you sign up.

Fixtures (week commencing 9th October)

Tuesday 10th October U10A&B V Cobham Free School (H) 2:30pm

Tuesday 10th October U11A&B V CLFS (A) 2.15pm & U11C&D vs CLFS (H) 2.15pm

Friday 13th October U9A&B Football V St Hilary’s (A) 2:30pm

Friday 13th October U11A&B Netball V Cobham Free School (H) 4:15pm

Half TermTennis Camp at ESTA

ESTA is delighted to be running a tennis camp during half term at St Teresa's from 23-27th October!

Please note the timings below:

9-12pm Years 2-4

9-12pm Performance Camp (invitational)

1-4pm Years 5&6

1-4pm Years 7+

Prices are £39 per camp day with 10% discount for the full week option. Children outside the school are very welcome to attend! We are also offering individual, joint and small group coaching during this week for adults and children.

Please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org or on 07980 604372 to book in.

We hope to see your children on court over half term! ESTA

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 Annabella H for such an enthusiastic and smiley start to music at St T’s!

Year 4 Ania S for wonderful sight reading and playing in assembly band and orchestra

Year 5 Ruina Z for excellent effort in music class and Chamber Choir

Year 6 Matilda R for resilience in working on her keyboard harmony

Assembly Performance

Thank you to Charlotte J and Coralie H who performed ‘Maybe’ from Annie for us this morning in assembly. Beautiful singing girls – well done!

Music Scholarships

If you are intending to apply for a music scholarship or have any questions, please contact Mrs Harris. We will be running sessions to help prepare the girls for the scholarship audition and interview as soon as we have a list of the candidates applying.

Harvest Assembly

We have all been working hard on our Harvest Assembly and are very much looking forward to performing for you!

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

No sooner than we finish celebrating the feast of St Thérèse, we immediately celebrate the feast of not only one of the most popular saints but also one of our House patrons, St Francis of Assisi (4th October). The life of St Francis is rich with significance for today. He lived a life of extreme poverty, forsaking all other earthly possessions, despite coming from a wealthy family. He is a model for choosing a life of simplicity, in solidarity with the poor. In his lifetime, one of his greatest achievements was his dialogue with Islam. At a time of conflict and tension, he went out of his way to communicate and build friendships with the Muslim nations of his time. He is a model of reaching out in genuine care to those who hold opinions and beliefs different to ourselves. Following his personal call to living a life of sanctity, he drew huge numbers of followers. This is still the case with Franciscan communities all over the world. He is a model to us of how none of us do what we do alone and that we are always drawn into communities. His sanctity was borne out when he received the stigmata, the wounds of Christ on his own body. He is a model for us of a saintly life, one dedicated to becoming the person God calls us to be. He is perhaps best remembered by us today because of his great Canticle of Creation, where he recognises our closeness to the beauty of creation, God’s most abundant gift to us all. On his feast day this year, his influence was seen once again by his namesake, Pope Francis, who named himself after St Francis to show his solidarity with the poor. Pope Francis has published his second great letter to people of goodwill across the world reminding us of the climate crisis that we all face. We pray that as we reflect on the life of St Francis we will learn from his example.

St Francis, pray for us!

Menu—w/c Monday 9th October

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

Prep School Beef lasagne & crusty bread

Chicken breast goujons

Roast chicken breast/gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli with rice & nacho’s

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Main Beef lasagne with crusty bread

Eat healthy dish Chargrilled sweet chilli chicken with little gem, cherry tomato, sweetcorn & carrot salad

Vegetarian Vegetable & spinach lasagne

Southern fried chicken fillet burger with shredded iceberg & piri piri mayo

Pork & Chinese vegetable chow mein

Honey roast gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli nachos, grated cheese, guacamole, sour cream & salsa

Traditional battered fish fillet or fish fingers with tartare sauce

Pan fried beef strips with fresh coriander, lime & chilli served with avocado salad

Lemon & basil chicken breast served with Italian, mozzarella & olive salad

Seafood & chilli spiced linguine with roasted green peppers & fresh herbs

Sides Crusty bread

Peas & sweetcorn

Dessert Chocolate chip cake & custard

Additional Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Spiced quorn mince & bean wrap

Jacket wedges

Broccoli

Roasted vegetable & mozzarella bake

Chilli glazed tofu with peppers & red onions

No chicken teriyaki noodles & Oriental vegetables

Fruit & berry crumble & custard

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Roast potatoes

Mixed vegetables

Rice Carrots

Chips Peas Baked beans

Raspberry cheesecake

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

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

Rocky road

Sliced melon platters

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter