Prep Bulletin 4 March 24

Message from Mrs Conrad

It was wonderful to see so many of you and your extended family and friends at our Spring Concert on Wednesday evening. The girls were absolutely superb and performed an eclectic programme of songs including Bob Chilcott's ‘Can you hear me?’ with sign language and the gospel finale ‘How can I keep from singing?’. Their tone and diction was beautiful and the two-part singing was extremely impressive. Our musical ensembles also delighted us with their instrumental pieces. There was a real sense of joy about the whole occasion with the girls really enjoying their music making and taking part so enthusiastically.

Thank you to all the staff for helping with the organisation behind the scenes and huge congratulations to Mrs Harris on such a successful concert.

Key Diary Dates:

This week you have received the following communications

Year 3: Volcanoes and Earthquakes workshop

Year 3-5: LifeLab Fair - Friday 15th March

Year 6: Yr. 6 - Lifelab Fair and Yr. 6 France trip, Parent information evening

6RW: Reminder, Class Assembly, Friday 8th March 2024

Whole School: Reminder, World Book Day Dressing up day, Friday 8th March 2024

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

World Book Week

This week, we have been celebrating Book Week with a range of exciting activities, visits and competitions.

The girls enjoyed swapping their £1 book tokens for their chosen World Book Day book and it has been great to see the girls reading these throughout the week.

We were incredibly excited to welcome our visiting author, M.G. Leonard, on Tuesday! She led an engaging whole-school assembly and read the girls an extract from her new book in the Twitchers series, “Feather”. This was followed by creative writing workshops for each year group as well as individual book signings for those who purchased one of her books.

On Thursday, West End in Schools delivered ‘Bringing Books to Life’ dance workshops for each class. These work shops were based on the book, ‘Butterfly Lion’ by Michael Morpurgo. The girls loved getting creative and enjoyed performing their dances.

To celebrate World Book Day, children around the world dressed up as their favourite book characters, and St Teresa’s was no exception. We had some fantastic costumes and were very pleased to see so many homemade costumes – what a great way to get involved at home!

Thank you to everyone who participated, including staff who went the extra mile with their costumes.

World Book Week

6RW Class Assembly

This morning, Year 6 kicked off dress-up day with their World Book Day themed assembly. They re-told various extracts from famous books, performed poetry and entertained us by singing their own World Book Day song!

Prep School News

Year 4, Parent Meeting for Wild Child trip 13/03/24

We are holding an information evening for the Year 4 trip to Wild Child on Wednesday 13th March at 4.30pm in the lecture theatre . All Year 4 parents are welcome. Please park in the Senior School car park and walk across to the meeting to join Mrs Ridulfa, Mrs Hall & Mrs Baker. Year 4 Trip Parent Information Meeting

Year 6, Parent Meeting for France trip 14/03/24

We are holding an information evening for the Year 6 trip to France on Thursday 14th March at 4.30pm in the Lecture theatre. All Year 6 parents are welcome. Please park in the Senior School car park and walk across to the meeting to join Mrs Gibson, Mrs Kearley, Miss White and Mrs Irons. Yr. 6 Parents' Meeting for France trip

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates women's achievements and calls for more equality. It's been happening for over 100 years and belongs to everyone around the world. It's not just for one country or group, but for everyone.

This week, in our celebration assembly, we reminded the girls about this important day and highlighted this year's theme of 'Inspire Inclusion'. When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world. When women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment. The girls wore their purple ribbon stickers with pride as they left the hall, ready to follow up on some of these ideas in their classrooms.

Year 6, LifeLab, 15th March Final Pitch, Henderson Hall

Year 6 are busy putting the final touches in preparation for their LifeLab day on Friday. They can be seen practising their Perfect Pitch presentations and making their products. It has been impressive to see their teamwork skills and creativity come together.

SOCS

Parents can see team sheets and results by visiting the SOCS website: St Teresa's Effingham | Sports Home (stteresas.com) to check team sheets and use the password: stteresasteams

Summer Uniform

Please may the girls in Years 3 to 5 return to school after Easter wearing their summer uniform. Summer uniform is optional for our Year 6 girls. However, they will be required to wear their winter uniform for special occasions such as Prize Giving and the Leavers’ Mass. As a reminder, the summer uniform consists of: pink and white striped dress; white ankle socks; blazer and cardigan.

Golden Book

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

3RN Molly W

shared her ideas on why we need light to see and how light travels! She also worked vey well in a group to sort sources of light and reflectors of light.

Caitlin I

'The firework ways to improve her vocabulary when describing the fire and flames.

Olivia H used exciting sentence starters and wrote in paragraphs. Well done Olivia.

3KC Ivy H for her wonderful reading both at home and at school including answering questions about the text. Well done Ivy.

Sophia H for her fabulous fraction work this week and her super effort with her mental maths too. Well done Sophia.

Arabella N for her super effort and enthusiasm during maths this week especially during the whole class in put. Well done Arabella.

4LH Bea S-G

Jessica A

Daisy B Day.

4AB Ania S

Gemma J

Anna R

4CR Sophia D

Ava-Skye N

Cara A S

5HC Summer C, Elodie B and Eva C

Tudor Banners.

Lily B for her consistent effort and enthusiasm in all Maths lessons.

5KH Khrystyna H and Alexa H for their effort, perseverance and participation in maths lessons, which has re sulted in increased confidence

Evie R for her wonderful 'Lenten Ladder' created in RE which was thoughtfully written, with an original de sign

6MK Harriet L for great musicianship, accompanying the Year 5's on the Djembe drum in the Spring Concert. Elsie W for introducing the Year 6 song so clearly at the Spring Concert

Ella McA for singing her solo in the Year 6 song so beautifully.

6JG Bella G for her contributions to RE over the past few weeks where she has demonstrated a real depth of knowledge and understanding.

Alice F for her fabulous involvement in Book Week.

6RW Pascale E for her excellent effort and practise in preparing for the Spring Concert. Rachel H for her enthusiasm and hard work learning lines for our class assembly. Lyla S for her enthusiasm and hard work learning lines for our class assembly.

Drama Stars

Year 3 Mikayla O for her use of body language and gesture in showing characters from books.

Year 4 Electra B for her increased confidence and ability in Drama

Year 5 Sofia G for working so positively on learning her soliloquy.

Year 6 Rachel H for listening and responding so well to direction.

Prep School News

Ivy & Pablo XII NSEA Coombelands

Ivy M was riding as an individual for St Teresa’s at Coombelands NSEA last week. She came 2nd in her class, which qualified them for the final at Hickstead in May. Congratulations Ivy!

Atom Learning Discount

The school discount code for parents to use is HALFTERM20 redeemed before the 8th of March

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 Mikayla O for working so hard and learning our songs so well – well done Mikayla!

Year 4 Primrose L for fantastic progress and beautiful singing

Year 5 Isabella M for always trying her best and singing our concert songs so well.

Year 6 Amie B for being very brave and singing so beautifully – great work Amie!

Prep School Spring Concert

We were all very proud of the girls on Wednesday. They sang with so much enthusiasm and joy and we hope you enjoyed listening to all their hard work.

String Fever

We were thrilled to welcome back the Broadbent family, aka Stringfever, to perform at this year’s Cranmore Live. Cousin Graham, brothers Neal and Ralph and sister Sophie, are all superb musicians in their own right but the magic really happens when they come together as Stringfever. Violinist Ralph, oversaw the afternoon workshops which saw 43 young string players from Cranmore, St Teresa's, Manor House and St Thomas of Canterbury work on their concert piece, 'Stand by Me'. After the workshops and a hearty dinner, the pupils, supported by Stringfever, put on a fabulous rendition of their piece at the start of the concert. This was followed by an immensely entertaining set by Stringfever, the highlights of which were the film medley, Tchaikovsky medley, The History of Music in 5 minutes and their ever popular and extremely amusing take on Ravel's Bolero. The 250 strong audience showed their appreciation with applause and laughter in equal measure. A special mention must go to Mr Chapman and Mr Heaver, who were somewhat surprised to be plucked from the audience and displayed their talent for violin playing during the Bolero. They may have played just a single note, but what a note it was! My thanks to Claire Harris (Director of Music, St Teresa’s Prep School) and Nevada Summerley (Head of Music, Manor House ) for bringing and supporting their pupils throughout the event. Also to Cranmore music staff, Piers Roberts and Lara Horn for their support on the day. Lastly, thank you to Caroline Yalden (Director of Music, St Teresa’s Senior School) who joined us for the concert. It was a truly wonderful and inspiring evening for us all and I am already looking forward to planning next year's Cranmore Live.

Senior School Music Festival

Year 4 and 5 had a wonderful time today listening to some of our Senior School pupils play in the Music Festival. We heard singers, string players, brass players and pianists. It was really interesting to listen to the adjudicator and hear his thoughts. The girls were really inspired to practice and maybe even to learn a new instrument!

Music Groups

Orchestra 3.45 - 4.45, Monday

Assembly Band Monday and Friday

St Teresa’s Singers 4.15 - 5.00, Tuesday

Wind Band 10.55 - 11.15, Wednesday

String Ensemble 12.45 - 1.15, Wednesday

Chamber Choir 4.15 - 5.00, Wednesday

Rock Choir 12.45 - 1.15, Friday

Guitar Ensemble 12.45 - 1.15, Friday

This Week

This week we continued our exploration of three encounters found in Mark’s Gospel where Jesus reaches out, literally as well as metaphorically, to those on the margins of society. This week we reflected on the account of the healing of the woman with a haemorrhage (Mark 5:25-34).

The woman in questions would, at this time, have been totally isolated from both society and from the worship in the temple. There would have been a deep rooted suspicion that this ailment that had lasted for so many years would have been the result of immoral behaviour, with the illness being some form of punishment. As if to add insult to injury, she would have been prevented from taking any part in the worship of the community due to the consideration of blood being unclean, and such an illness meaning that she could not even set foot within the Temple, let alone worship.

What then becomes apparent is the woman’s courage. We see the seed of faith grow in her as she seizes the opportunity to approach Jesus as he walks through her town. Seemingly in secret she catches hold of the hem of his garment and, in that moment of tentative faith, her ailment is healed and she is made whole again. The disciples, in their typical way, are aghast at Jesus when he askes who touched him. Yet this provides an opportunity for the woman to confirm her faith. After her faltering first approach her experience of healing and inclusion enables her to declare her faith in Jesus her saviour- literally, her healer - as she bows down before him.

As we reflect on this account we can recall that we too are drawn into that relationship of love that is always on offer. The simplest action from us opens the floodgates of that grace that is on offer. And likewise, having received that grace so we too can be alert to those who we meet who feel excluded, disenfranchise and on the margins so that we can be the hand of welcome that invites them back into a community of love.

Sports News

U11 Interhouse NetballTournament

The U11 girls had a great time during games on Tuesday afternoon playing in the interhouse netball tournament. It was a fun afternoon where the girls were able to demonstrate all they had learnt during their games sessions.

The final scores were: 4th St Francis, 3rd St Benedict, 2nd St Ignatius and 1st St Dominic. Well done to all the girls who competed.

U11A Hockey

Another week, another hailstorm for the U11s to endure! This time the match was against Tormead and the team all played brilliantly, even through the challenging weather. The strong press from the team meant that Tormead found it difficult to pass through us, resulting in quick attacks when we forced the turnovers. Goals from Rachel, Liv and Tabby secured a 6-2 victory. Well played all!

Prep Swim Gala

On Thursday 29th March the U8-U11s hosted a swim gala v Rowan Prep. The girls had been working hard in their lessons and were determined to put their new skills to the test. It was particularly pleasing to see all squads perform so well in the Breast stroke races. The U8s and U9s were up against a tough opponent but showed great determination to never give up despite racing against girls swimming out of age group. The U10 and U11s A&B relay teams secured overall victory with some fantastic takeovers. Something they have all been working hard on during their lessons. Well done to all prep school swimmers on a fantastic gala and as always thank you to those that came to support and cheer the girls on. The spectator area was once again full!

IAPS

On Wednesday 28th March, the U10 and U11 swim squad attended the IAPS qualifiers. The girls were nervous but excited for the day and determined to do well, not only for the school but also for their fellow team mate Stef von Ey who agonisingly had to pull out on the day of the competition due to a sprained ankle. The competition got under way with the relays and after many weeks of practising takeovers the girls performed seamlessly well to get some fantastic times. During the individual events, every member of the squad came in the top 2 of each race, giving themselves every chance to qualify. When it comes to standout performances it would be difficult to highlight specific individuals as every swimmer gave their all and worked as a team to perform to the best of their ability. We await with baited breath to see if we have qualified for any events in the coming weeks. Well done U10 and U11 IAPS squad.

Surbiton

We were very proud of Rachel H from the Prep School who was asked to join Mrs Elliott to play with the ladies1's and 2's in a premier league hockey match vs Bowdon at Surbiton Hockey Club. We hope she enjoyed the match, feels inspired by the hockey and comes along to support again soon!

Tag Rugby Club

The girls had a great time at club this week where they were demonstrating their passing skills through a variety of engaging drills and game play.

Fixtures (week commencing 11th March)

Saturday 9th March — U10 & U11 ‘It’s a Fish Out’ @ Dorking Leisure Centre 5-9pm

Tuesday 12th March—U10A-E Netball vs St Catherine’s (A) 3:30pm

Thursday 14th March U10-U11B&C Swim Gala vs Manor House (H) 4pm

Friday 15th March U8-U11 Gymnastics V St Catherine’s (A) 2:15-4:15pm

Friday 15th March U8C&D Netball V Downsend (H) 2:30pm

Saturday 16th March SSSA Primary Schools Swimming Gala @ Spectrum 5:30-9pm

If you missed out on your chance to join us over the half term, have a look at what dates are available over the Easter Holidays. Also keep an eye out on the booking system for when we have cancelled lessons during the week. The spaces are being published for anyone to book in.

Design an Easter Egg!

Use one of the pre-made paper templates found in the equestrian office or design your own.

You can take it home, or if you pin it on the board STE will use them in Easter Egg Hunts over the holidays!

Holidays Activities 2024

We have released our holiday activities on our online booking system for the rest of the academic year!

Easter Holidays, May Half Term and Summer Holidays We will be running a variety of Pony Mornings, Pony Afternoons, Private Lessons, Lunge Lessons, Day Camps and a few others.

They are all on the EcPro system and you can book a place now!

Dates for your diary:

Easter Holiday Activities

6th April - NSEA Inter House Show Jumping May Half Term Activities

30th June - STE Prize Giving

1st-5th July - Inter House Dressage

8th-10th July - NSEA Camp Summer Holiday Activities

Booking System: st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk

For more information, please visit our website www.st-teresas.com/equestrian

You can also call direct on 01372 750257 or email : equestrian@st-teresas.com

Find us on Facebook: St Teresa's Equestrian | Leatherhead | Facebook

Easter Camps

Horsley & Send Cricket Club

HSCC are busy preparing for the cricket season! Children are welcome to come along for a free taster session at the beginning of the season.

If you would like any further information please do get in touch: membership@horsleyandsendcc.co.uk

If you have any questions regarding the Easter Cricket Camp please contact Tom Collins: tomcollins@horsleyandsendcc.co.uk https://hscc.as.me/eastercamp2024

Please follow us on FOST instagram account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

SAVE THE DATE:

Saturday 15 June 2024

FOR ST TERESA’S FIRST

Regency Ball

Are you a business owner or an employee at a business?

Would the business you are involved in like to advertise to our wider school community whilst supporting FOST in their fundraising endeavours?

If the answer is yes, we have the perfect solution for you!

On Friday 15th June, we are hosting our FOST Summer Ball at the school. The event is a fun evening for parents with great food, dancing and a silent auction.

It’s a great opportunity to promote your business with space for five event sponsors with 4 spots still open.

There are sponsorship packages to suit different budgets allowing you to decide which will best suit your needs.

By becoming an event sponsor, you will be helping us celebrate and support the school while showcasing your business to our school community.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the Summer Ball, please email Cathy Hastoy (Chairman of FOST) at: fosteffingham@gmail.com

We look forward to partnering with you and making this year's event a success!

Menu—w/c Monday 11th March 2024

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

Soup of the day Tomato & Basil Winter vegetable & lentil Minestrone

Prep

Pork sausages & mash

Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread

Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato

Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Leek & Potato

Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes

Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes

Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato

Cod goujons or fish fingers

Traditional battered fish fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Eat healthy choice

Vegetarian

Roasted red pepper, tomato & turkey coated wholemeal pasta with house salad

Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato

Sides

Additional

Mashed potato Broccoli

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Spanish style chicken, chorizo & roasted vegetable ragout with wholemeal rice

Ratatouille & mixed bean filled roasted peppers

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Beef bourguignonne

Paella with crusty bread

Chinese style noodles & Oriental vegetables

Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

Macaroni cheese with green salad

Roast vegetables

Mixed vegetables

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

New potatoes Carrots

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Chips Peas Baked beans

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Dessert

Items

Chocolate brownie

Peach & raspberry crumble & custard

Pan au choc bread & butter pudding

Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce

Summer Berry smoothie