St Teresa's Prep weekly bulletin June 2023

Key Diary Dates:

5KH—Class Assembly

Parents of girls in 5KH are invited to join us for their class assembly on Wednesday 14th June 2023 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

This week you should have received:

Year 3 Recipe letter

Whole School Wellbeing parent talk information

Whole School Sports day information

If you require copies of any of this information, please contact the School Office prepinfo@st-teresas.com

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.

Clubs—W/C 12th June

Orchestra will not be running on Tuesday 13th June. Country dancing club will not be running on Wednesday 14th June.

Effingham Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all the girls who completed the Reading Challenge for their brilliant achievement. 6JG was the most successful class and the youngest to finish was Isabella M-S in Year 4. You are all stars. Our joint celebration with Cranmore is on Thursday June 22nd at 9.00am in the Senior library - there will be certificates, a discussion about the books and a vote for our favourite (and treats, lots of treats!). Well done to everyone who joined in.

Fund Raising for Cancer Research

Hi, My name is Darcy, I'm 9. My Grandma lives in Cartmel in the Lake District but as I live in Surrey I don't get to see her as much as I would like. My Grandma has a rare cancer which is a Neuroendocrine tumour and she is hoping for treatment at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. I am raising funds for Cancer Research by having my hair coloured and if you sponsor me, you get a vote to choose the colour. Teresa from Teresa Weller Hair Art will be colouring my hair in June, depending on the colour most voted for! www.justgiving.com/page/darcy-blue-rowsell-1683709248917

Explore Lectures

As you are aware, we are celebrating the value of Intellect this year. When we speak of ‘Intellect’, we strive to explore different spheres and topics beyond the curriculum

Under this guise, we have organised a fabulous series of lectures on a vast and diverse range of topics to run throughout the rest of the academic year. Our eminent and exciting speakers will aim to stimulate curiosity and encourage us all (parents, friends, family and staff) to explore something new.

The final lecture will take place on Tuesday 14th June in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre. Nibbles and drinks will be served from 5:30pm for a 6pm start and a 7pm finish.

Golden Book

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

3RN Layla B for her excellent effort using clocks this week to tell the time to 5 minutes. She has tried very hard with her learning.

Isla M for exceptional understanding of her work on time this week. She has worked very hard and showed others what to do.

3KC Clemmie W for her fabulous attitude in class this week especially during whole class sessions when answering questions in all subjects.

Cecily P for amazing homework on adverbs showing her full understanding of how they are used in the sentences.

Abby VR for fabulous reading throughout this year both at home and at school and for going up yet another reading level this week.

4BB Harlow G for her excellent language choices in building similes and metaphors about mountains in English.

Isabella M for her thoughtful, kind, and all problems, and guiding those in need.

4CR Emily W for her fabulous effort and work this week, especially in English.

Evie R for her excellent calligrams, including a super calligram completed for homework.

Khrystyna H for her fabulous effort to write descriptions using adjectives.

5HC Veronika K for her excellent and confident contributions to our class discussions in PSHE this week.

Clemmie H and for their super work and progress in English, beginning to use the "Point, Evidence, Evaluate" technique when answering questions about a text.

5MK Lyla S for her excellent use of figurative language incorporated into a poem to describe a hornet.

Sienna L and Olivia P for their super research in RE this week, finding out about people who have followed Jesus’ example by serving others.

5KH Ella M and Perla L for their imaginative and bold designs showing their understanding of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

6HI Sophia A for her sustained hard work in learning her tables and accelerating through the Times Tables Rock Star levels; making impressive progress.

Lettie W, Florence B and Natalia O for their application and impressive focus to learn long division this week.

6JG Tabitha St G and Georgia C for their enthusiasm for their ID projects and the pleasing work that they have produced so far.

Kaiah and India for working so hard to learn their lines for Mary Poppins and being so reliable in rehearsals.

Drama Stars of the Week

Year 3 Rosalind for being such a positive member of her small group and letting others choose their roles.

Year 4 Penny for working so enthusiastically throughout the lesson.

Year 5 Florence for working with such a calm and thoughtful attitude in rehearsals for class assembly.

Year 6 Poppy for her wonderful choreography for ‘Step in Time’.

Year 6—FrenchTrip

The Year 6 girls had a fabulous in France before half term. The weather was glorious and the week was action packed! After a visit to the market on Tuesday, where the girls were able to practise their French while enjoying some traditional crêpes, they headed off to a Chocolate Factory, where we could see the process of creating hand made chocolates from cacao bean to chocolate ganache. Our knowledgeable coach driver, Alan, also took us to a local beach for some seal spotting and a walk along the sand. Our focus for Wednesday was The Battle of the Somme. Following our visit to the Albert Museum, we went on a tour of key sites, including the Lochnagar Crater and Thiepval War Memorial. Before heading back to dear old Blighty on Friday, we spent the day on some outdoor and adventurous activities, including paddle boarding and canoeing! The girls were fabulous ambassadors for St. Teresa's, often complimented by staff and members of the public on their excellent behaviour and good manners. It was a pleasure to take you to France, girls and we are very proud of you.

Year 4

As part of their new topic, Year 4 have been scaling great heights and learning about the tallest mountains in the world. In teams, they have created scale versions of the different peaks and placed them beside our very own Ben Nevis and Snowdon. We have even had volunteers decide that they would like to climb Everest. Best of luck intrepid explorers!

Ballet Performance

Our Year 3 ballet dancers treated us to a very special performance in assembly this week. The girls have been learning with Miss Tash from Inspire Academy of Dance as an extra-curricular activity and they delighted girls and parents alike with their enthusiasm and poise.

Sports News

Well done to the U11 cricket teams who played against Sutton High on Tuesday afternoon, all four teams won! The girls worked extremely hard and great teamwork was displayed. Some excellent batting and fielding was also demonstrated. The U11 A team won by 18 runs. Players of the match were Olivia K and Emma. The B team won by 9 runs it was a very close game! Players of the match were Saskia and Sophia. The C team also won a very tight game. Well done to Paris and Isola for being awarded player of the match. The D team won by 4 runs. Player of the match was Georgia. Well done to all 4 teams on such super results!

10 tennis team went to Freemans on Thursday (25th) where they showed off their great tennis skills in match play. Well done to the U10 tennis pairs who took on Notre Dame on Monday afternoon. All pairs worked really hard and worked well with their partner. 5 pairs won every game they played. Well done to all of the girls who took part.

Inter-House Swimming

This week the Prep School had their annual inter house swim competition. The standard of swimming was incredibly high and we were extremely impressed with the speed, technique, grit and determination of the girls. Huge thanks to all of the PE staff for helping the girls achieve such high standards. An special congratulations to Miss Fogwill our Head of Swimming on organising such a slick and polished event. The results were as follows:

Year 3: 1st place St Francis

Year 4: 1st place St Ignatius and St Dominic

Year 5: 1st place St Dominic

Year 6: 1st place St Franics

Fixtures (12th June)

Monday U10+U11 tennis v St George’s (A) 4:30pm

Tuesday U11A&B Cricket V Rowen 2:15pm (A), U10A&B Cricket V Manor House 2:15pm (H), West Surrey Athletics @Guildford Spectrum. 8am

Wednesday U11 IAPS Cricket (A) 9am

Thursday U8-U11 gala v Wimbledon (H) 3.45pm

Friday U9A+B Cricket V Manor House (H) 2:30pm, U8 Tennis V Parkside (H) 2:30pm

Saturday U9-U11 tennis v Danes Hill (A) 8.30am

India attended a training day with GB swimmers Mark Foster & Katie Sexton held at Cranleigh school. India thoroughly enjoyed the swimming camp; which included pool and land training with the former Olympians, as well as a fantastic talk that covered everything from nutrition in swimming to training a healthy mind. She even got to hold their Olympic medals! She thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 Rosie M for excellent focus and answers in our lesson on ‘The Voice’

Year 4 Ruby S for continued excellent effort and a consistently positive attitude to learning

Year 5 Abi F for her wonderful singing and infectious enthusiasm, keep it up Abi!

Year 6 Tabitha S-G for a wonderful start to performing her Mary Poppins song

Infant Music Festival

We were thrilled to welcome St Michael’s and Peaslake Schools to St Teresa’s this week to join us for some singing and music making. The children had a wonderful time and performed beautifully for their parents at the end of the day. Chamber Choir made a guest appearance with their version of ‘Whisper’ and our guests were very impressed with their performance. Thank you also to Alana, who entertained our guests on the harp before the concert.

Well Done!

Year 5 have been working on playing together and composing their own strumming patterns in groups this week in their ukulele lessons. Mrs. Harris was very pleased with their focus and developing ensemble skills. Keep it up girls!

Thank you and well done to Matilda R who played her exam pieces for us in Celebration Assembly this morning. Congratulations to Lilia-Anna H who passed her Grade 3 Musical Theatre with Distinction – a wonderful achievement!

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 c.harris@st-teresas.com.

This Week

A week after the great feast of Pentecost, celebrated during half-term, we have the feast of the Blessed Trinity. The truth is that many people shy away from discussing, or even thinking about, the Trinity as they fear that it can tie themselves and others up in impenetrable intellectual knots.. It can be easier so way what the Trinity is rather than enter into an explanation peppered with errors.

We often call the Trinity a ‘mystery’ and we need to remember that this means, ‘something that is revealed bit by bit’ - that is, not something that remains hidden for ever. So perhaps it is worth remembering that the Trinity, was first and foremost something that God has revealed to us. For example, at Jesus’ own baptism we hear the voice of the Father, revealing Jesus as his beloved Son, with the physical manifestation of that love descending from heaven to earth with the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.

Jesus himself declared, ‘Father, into your hands I commend my Spirit.’ Again, the Trinity there before our eyes. Indeed, Jesus final command was to ‘Go make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’

Jesus revealed to us the very essence of God as a community of love, for that, as St John reminds us, is what God is, ‘God is love!’ St Augustine reminds us that for this to be true there must be one who loves, that is, the Father, one who is beloved, that is, the Son, and the love that they share, that is, the Spirit.

In perhaps the most famous depiction of the Trinity, the icon writer Rublev presents the Trinity seated around the sides of the table. This, of course, leaves one place free. We are invited to enter into that community of love. Perhaps, each time we begin our prayer with the Sign of the Cross, we can remember this invitation.

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We hope that you have had a good half term.

Please make sure that your child puts on sun cream for riding and a top that covers the shoulders. It has been very warm in the afternoons and evenings recently, and it feels even hotter when riding in the arena!

If there are any school trips or events that your daughter will be doing instead of riding, 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. Any later and we are unable to fill the slot with a rider for a catch up lesson or off the waitlist.

Summer Holidays

The summer dates are available to book!

st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk NSEA News

Have a look on our online site to book your spaces now!

Charlie is feeling better and is back in lessons!

Over the half term there were lots of pony days and lessons with the beautiful weather. The staff also had a lot of fun playing rounders on the Saturday!

The horse of the week is… Red!

~ Libby C

We wish you luck in the next competition!

Calling all stall holders or friends of potential stall holders who would like a stall at our annual Christmas Fair on 1st December 2023.

Please contact:

FOSTeffingham@gmail.com

School 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.

Email FOSTuniform@gmail.com for more info.

!! Parents needed to volunteer for class representative role for upcoming school year. Please let the existing class reps know if you’re willing to take your turn to help out !!

Please follow us on FOST instagram account:

@fost_st_teresas_effingham

Menu—w/c Monday 12th June

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

Monday Tuesday

Prep School Pork sausages & mash

Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato

Eat healthy choice

Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes

Traditional battered fish fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Char-grilled turkey & crispy bacon bits with house salad

Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice

Poached salmon with asparagus, Tenderstem broccoli & wholemeal pasta

Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad

King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles

Vegetarian Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato

Sides Mashed potato Broccoli

Desert Chocolate brownie

Additional Salad Bar

Pasta arrabiata Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Peach & raspberry crumble & custard

Salad Bar

Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables

Mango cheesecake

Salad Bar

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

New potatoes Carrots

Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce

Salad Bar

Macaroni cheese with green salad

Chips Peas Baked beans

Summer berry smoothie

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

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

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter