Issue 11
Spring Term
1st April 2022
Message from Mrs Conrad This week brings us to the end of the Spring Term and what a wonderful week it has been! On Wednesday morning, the Year 2 and 3 girls treated their parents to an Easter Brunch - a celebration of new life through songs and poems. The girls performed superbly and the audience certainly left with a spring in their step! On Thursday evening, the girls in Years 4, 5 and 6 performed in the annual Easter Concert, delighting us with a variety of songs both amusing and moving. There were also performances from the Chamber Choir, the Young Voices Choir, the Orchestra, the Wind Band and the String Ensembles, all of which were outstanding polished performances and a fitting celebration of the musical life of the school. Today, we gathered together as a school family for our Lenten Service to remind ourselves of the real meaning of Easter. Two special visitors (Noodles and Gizmo!) helped us re-enact Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and led us in a procession from the Henderson Hall to the Chapel where we remembered the events of Holy Week and Easter through scripture, reflection and song. May I take this opportunity to wish all a very happy and holy Easter.
Key Diary Dates: Mon 25 Apr Tue 26 Apr Wed 27 Apr Thu 28 Apr Fri 29 Apr Mon 2 May Tue 3 May
Wed 4 May Thu 5 May Fri 6 May
Sat 7 May Tue 10 May
INSET Day TERM STARTS U11 Tennis V Surbiton @ Hinchley Wood (A) Year 4, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms Year 4, Sayers Croft Parent Information Evening, Henderson Hall Years 5 & 6, Canoe Club U9 to U11 Tennis V Sutton (H) MAY BANK HOLIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED Year 2, Infant Music Festival, Mairlot Hall Year 2, Concert for the Infant Music Festival, Mairlot Hall Year 5, Depart for Osmington Bay Year 6, Depart for Norfolk Lakes Year 2, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms Year 3, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms Whole School, Open Morning Year 5, Return from Osmington Bay Year 6, Return from Norfolk Lakes U8-U15 GHS Triathlon Whole School, May Procession U11A-C Cricket V St Catherine's (A)
15:00 08:15 - 09:00 16:30 - 17:15 15:30 15:00 - 16:30 All day 13:45 AM AM 08:15 - 09:00 08:15 - 09:00 AM PM PM 10:30-13:00 08:30 - 09:15 TBC
Summer Uniform Please may the girls in Years 2 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; navy crested baseball style sun hat; (Year 2 only); blazer and cardigan.
Prep School Open Book Mornings We will be holding Open Book Mornings for each Year Group over the next few months. This is an opportunity for your daughters to show you their books and their classrooms. Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am and, once the girls are settled, you will be taken to the classroom from 8.30am until 9.00am. Please see the dates below. You will be sent a form to confirm your attendance nearer the time. Wednesday 27th April—Year 4 Wednesday 4th May—Year 2 Thursday 5th May—Year 3 We really look forward to welcoming you.
This week you should have received: Year 5
PGL additional Information
Whole School
Calendar dates for Summer Term 2022
Whole School
Portrait of the Queen request/information
Whole School
ESTA Summer Term group lesson times
Whole School
Half termly reports
Years 5&6
Chelsea Football Club information
Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of this letter—prepinfo@st-teresas.com
Eco Tip of the Week A really simple and fun way to jazz up the garden is to make plant pots with your old wellies. Not only do they look unique, but they will add some colour. Here is how to make your own: Give the wellies a quick wash using warm soapy water. Drill a few small holes in the sole of the boot (ask an adult to help). This will allow any water to drain out of them. Fill the bottom of the boot with some pebbles. This will help to drain the water and act as a weight in case of blustery weather. Add in some compost, making sure it reaches all the way to the bottom. Leave about a 2” gap at the top, this is where the seeds/flowers will go. Now you are ready to plant your seeds or plants. Once planted, fill the rest of the welly boot with compost and water.
Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 2EB
Magdalena M for writing an excellent, descriptive three-part story independently. Skyla N for her impeccable manners displayed at all times of the day.
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Sophia S-S for her excellent use of adjectives and personification to describe a setting in English this week. Well done Sophia Isabella M-S Thoughtful responses to our RE lessons this week and excellent retelling of events in her newspaper report.
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Isabella M for her word recognition improvement when reading and her super positive attitude in everything she does. Eva M for her fantastic effort and attitude in all she does in class especially with her concentration and focus in maths and English.
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Scarlett C for her positive attitude and consistent hard work in Maths. Lyla S for her brilliant skills and concentration when making dream catchers. Jessica T for her excellent Scratch knowledge and helpful attitude towards others.
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Isla B-H for her technical help in Science, reliably being helpful and supportive Seren S for her kind and thoughtful outlook this week and for creating not one but two poems on the theme of Growing. Lottie C for her thoughtful, mature contributions in RE, when discussing the events of Holy Week.
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Natalia O for careful sewing of her impressive Tudor banner this week in our DT lessons. Peyton S and Bella H for reading with great expression and sensitivity during our Easter assembly.
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Saskia D for her impressive perseverance with her sewing when making her Tudor banner. Isola R for her thoughtful reflection on Jesus' sacrifice in RE.
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Katerina B for excellent focus in English with the poetry. Rosie H for her excellent poem.
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Grace H and Laiya A for their fantastic poetry writing and editing this week
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Allegra M for writing an excellent ‘Growing Up’ poem. Jasmin Knight for always working with determination and perseverance and for pleasing progress in all her work.
Urban Pioneers Year 3 have been studying the topic, "Urban Pioneers" and created cityscapes by pulling paint across the page and then adding details. They studied the illustrator, Marx Junior to inspire their images, trying to vary marks, shapes and sizes of buildings.
CAFOD’s Walk Against Hunger St Teresa's joined CAFOD’s Walk Against Hunger appeal to help cover 40,000km – the distance around the world - in solidarity with the 200 million children whose lives are at risk because of malnutrition. Our staff and girls each completed 2km and raised £385 for the appeal. Well done to all!
Road Trip USA Year 4 have had a busy week and, as part of their topic "Road Trip USA”, have made gorgeous dream catchers for the Iroquois, who are a Native American tribe. They are designed to bring in the good dreams and block out the bad ones.
Year 5 RE Year 5’s prayerful reflection through art of the events of Good Friday and the sacrifice that Jesus made.
Year 5—Off with Her Head To conclude their topic ‘Off with her Head’ the girls in Year 5 designed their own Tudor- style family banner. They experimented with different types of stitching to hold the fabric in place.
Music News Musicians of the Week Congratulations to the following girls who have been awarded certificates this week: Sophie in Year 2 for her fantastic enthusiasm and contribution to songs for the Easter Brunch. Eliza in Year 3 for working consistently hard in music this term. Alice in Year 4 for making such a good contribution to the songs for the Spring Concert. Paris in Year 5 for making a very enthusiastic contribution to the Young Voices choir rehearsals. Eliza in Year 6 for making a very enthusiastic contribution to the Young Voices choir.
Associated Board Exam Results Congratulations to Poppy H in Year 5 who has passed her Grade 2 piano exam. Well done Poppy!
Spring Concert Congratulations to all the girls who performed so well in the Spring Concert last night. The girls worked incredibly hard to prepare for the concert and it was wonderful to be able to perform once again for the parents. Huge thanks to all the Visiting Music Staff who helped girls learn the music for the ensemble pieces.
Easter Brunch Well done to our Years 2 and 3 girls who performed a selection of spring poems and Easter songs for their guests at our Easter Brunch this week. The girls sang beautifully in their spring hats and were accompanied by four spring chickens!
Flute & Cello Lessons Please speak to Mrs Yalden if your daughter would like to trial flute lessons. Our flute teacher is offering an enticing deal for beginners. There are spaces for cello lessons too and trial sessions are available if your daughter is interested.
Individual Music Lessons Please note that fees for these lessons will rise in September to £224 per set of ten half hour lessons. Parents are reminded that a term’s notice to the instrumental teacher and the Director of Music is required if a pupil wishes to stop lessons.
Easter Music Course It’s not too late to sign up for the Easter Music Course! Please email Mrs Yalden if you have a son or daughter who might be interested—c.yalden@st-teresas.com
Sport News Pentathlon A group of girls took part in pentathlon disciplines this weekend at St Teresa’s. They learned laser target shooting and fencing skills.
Netball On Friday 25th March, the U9A-C netball teams travelled to Feltonfleet. We had some great results in all 3 teams. The A team drew and the player of the match was Lainey, the B team won and the player of the match was Tabitha and the C team also won with Alice F as the player of the match. On Wednesday 30th March, the U10A-C netball teams travelled to Manor house to play their last game of the season. They ended on a high winning all 3 matches! The players of the matches were Ella, Ruby and Isabella H.
Football On Tuesday 29th March the Year 5&6 football teams played against Surrey Hills School. All the girls did very well. The players of the match were Hermione (Yr 6) and Alex (Year 5). Well done to all girls that took part.
Cross Country The last cross country time trials were held on Tuesday lunchtime and its been great to see so many girls attend regularly and many improved on their race times. U8 – The winner was Ruby and the most improved was Poppy. U9 – The winner was Isabella K and the most improved was Matilda. U10- The winner was Natalia and the most improved was Coey. U11 – The winner was Sophia C and the most improved was Phoebe H.
Upcoming Fixtures Tuesday 26th April – U11 Tennis V Surbiton (A) 3pm Friday 29th April – U9-U11 Tennis V Sutton (H) 3pm
Pre-Season Cricket Training Pre-Season cricket training will take place at Horsley and Send Cricket Club on Friday 22nd April. All children from Years 2 to 6 are invited, regardless of experience. Please see the timings below: 2, 3 & 4—11am to 12.30pm Years 5 & 6—1pm to 3pm
EASTER 3 DAY CAMP BOOKING FORM: https:// forms.gle/9GviHqh6M9YqcmRQ8 Cost: £65 per day or £165 for all 3 days!
Save The Date – FOST Committee Meeting and AGM 7.30pm Board Room Monday 9th May Save The Date – Class Rep Meeting 8.30am ESTA pavilion Friday 13th May
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School Uniform Shop Submission forms are under FOST 2nd hand uniform on the St Ts website. REMINDER: CASH or CHEQUE only please for the foreseeable future. Open on Mondays & Fridays 8.30am-9am and the first Saturday of every month 10am-10.30am during term time.
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We hope that you all have had a lovely week and end of the Spring Term! Some of you may know, but we are having a change to our STE staff with Evie having stepped down as Yard Manager and Tess going on maternity! Georgie and Jackie will be taking over Tess’s role and Yasmin is our new Yard Manager. We would like to offer a big welcome to our new STE team!
If we do not see you over the Easter Holidays for a lesson or on a Pony Day, we look forward to seeing you all back at school on the week of the 25th April. Have a lovely Easter!!
Summer Term Riding Dates Lessons run from: Monday 25th April to Saturday 28th May Half Term – Monday 30th May to Sunday 5th June Lessons run from: Monday 6th June to Saturday 9th July We have some spaces for next term if you are interested. If your child/ren is 5yrs and older please contact the office by email to find out what we have available. The office is not staffed on Fridays. If you call or email on a Friday we will do our best to get back to you on the following Monday.
NSEA Competition Reports There are a number of competitions over the Easter holidays and next few months for our NSEA team. We wish them the best of luck!!
Menu—w/c Monday 26th April Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Prep School
Pork sausages & mash
Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes
Fish fingers/ tomato pasta
Main
Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato
Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes
Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers
Eat healthy choice
Healthy turkey tikka masala with vegetable rice
Salmon and nut free pesto traybake with baby roast potatoes
Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad
Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice
King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles
Vegetarian
Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato
Pasta arrabiata
Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake
Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice
Macaroni cheese with green salad
Mashed potato Broccoli
Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn
Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables
New potatoes Carrots
Chips Peas Baked beans
Chocolate brownie
Apple crumble & custard
Mango smoothie
Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce
Tropical fruit platters
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Sides
Desert
Additional
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher
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