St Teresa Prep 18 March 2022

Issue 9

Spring Term

18th March 2022

Message from Mrs Conrad “Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is”. I think this quote sums up the spirit of positivity and joy that has filled the school over the last few days! How blessed the girls are to study and learn in such a beautiful setting which looks even more glorious bathed in the Spring sunshine with daffodils and blossom around every corner.

The girls have been excelling themselves in recent swimming galas and sporting fixtures, the music department is excitedly preparing for the Spring Concert and the Easter Brunch, and the highlight of the week must surely be today’s business fair: Year 6 demonstrated their entrepreneurial skills, coming up with fantastic business plans for a range of exciting products. With the teams’ creative branding and clever financial planning, I can definitely see some St Teresa girls becoming the Karren Bradys and Deborah Meadons of the future! Watch this space!

Key Diary Dates: Mon 21st Mar

Year 5&6 no running club on Monday morning

Mon 21st Mar

No Orchestra after school

Mon 21st Mar

Lenten Evensong, Chapel (all are welcome)

17.30

Tue 22nd Mar

U11A-C Football V Rowen (A)

14:45

Wed 23rd Mar

Year 5 Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms

8.45—9.30

Wed 23rd Mar

Cross Country @ Danes Hill

AM

Wed 23rd Mar

U11A Football Tournament @ Greenfield School

13.00

Wed 23rd Mar

Community Mass, Chapel

16.30—17.30

Thu 24th Mar

4CR Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30

Thu 24th Mar

U8-U11 Swimming Gala v Tormead (A)

16.00

Thu 24th Mar

Year 5 & 6 RSE Parent Talk—POSTPONED to 12th May 2022

Fri 25th Mar

FOST Break the Rules Day

All Day

Fri 25th Mar

U9A-C Netball V Feltonfleet (A)

14:45

Fri 25 Mar

U10A&B Hockey V Guildford Hockey Club

18.00—19.00

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.

Swimming Lessons Mrs Farrier will be running one on one/two swimming lessons, lifeguarding and beginners and advanced diving lessons in the weeks commencing 4th and 11th April.

Please email makingwaves@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

4CR—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 4CR are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 24th March 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

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 after drop–off 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 23rd March—Year 5 Wednesday 27th April—Year 4 Wednesday 4th May—Year 2 Thursday 5th May—Year 3 We really look forward to welcoming you.

Eco Tip of the Week Many garden centres accept washed plastic pots once you have finished with them, and Knights Garden Centres have suggested these uses for old plastic pots here.

Years 4 to 6 Spring Concert,Thursday 31st March Mrs Conrad and Mrs Yalden would like to invite parents of girls in Years 4 to 6 to our Spring Concert in the Mairlot Hall on Thursday 31st March 2022 at 6.30pm Refreshments will be served from 6.00pm

Years 2 & 3 Easter Brunch, Wednesday 30th March We are really looking forward to welcoming you to our Years 2 & 3 Easter Brunch on Wednesday 30th March at 8.45am in the Henderson Hall.

This will be an opportunity for the children to share some springtime songs and poems with you whilst you enjoy an Easter brunch.

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.

Amy Wilson Books The order of Amy Wilson books has now arrived. The girls who were unable to purchase one during Book Week will be able to buy one on Monday or Tuesday from Mrs Clark in the Prep Library.

Everyone will have a chance to purchase one if they wish.

As before they will be exactly £6.00—cash only please in a named envelope.

This week you should have received: Whole School

St Teresa’s Easter Camp information

Whole School

ESTA Tennis Camp information

Whole School

ESTA private tennis lessons information

Years 4 to 6

Spring Concert information

Years 3 to 6

Pentathlon Easter training Information

Year 5

Open Book Morning information

Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of this letter—prepinfo@st-teresas.com

Please share with your friends and families.

Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 2EB

Liberty C for working so incredibly hard on her handwriting this term. Liberty thinks carefully about her hand position, paper position and the formation of each letter.

Esther H has been working hard to think carefully about the spelling of high frequency words and the formation of letters - even beginning to self-correct.

3RN

Sophie B for creating a fantastic leaflet about Berlin, including excellent description and using persuasive language.

Evie C for creating a detailed leaflet about Berlin, using description, persuasive language and engaging illustrations!

Sofia G for working independently this week, creating an email describing a trip to Berlin! Sofia used adjectives to describe different landmarks and included her common exception words, well done!

3KC

Serena O for creating a super informative leaflet all about Berlin including wonderful descriptions and persuasive language especially about the tasty food options!

Harlow G for writing an informal email about her trip to Berlin using rhetorical questions and adjectives.

4BB

Lainey H for her exceptional and original idea when coming up with her own animal creation myth in English.

Flori H and Mia M for their hard word in Maths this week, particularly adding fractions.

4CR

Isabella G for her fantastic effort to learn her lines and improve her writing.

Sienna L for her effort when working with decimals in Maths.

Isabel R for her fantastic use of language in her story.

5MK

Poppy H and Olivia L for making huge progress in the weekly Rainbow times tables tests this year.

Florence B for working hard in English over the last few weeks, especially in our creative lessons, to improve her use of descriptive and persuasive language

5HC

Ailsa S for her excellent creative writing recently, listening carefully to feedback and using it to improve her sentence structures and for making very good progress with her handwriting.

Kaiah C for her thoughtful and careful consideration about the thoughts and actions of Judas Iscariot and his betrayal of Jesus.

Georgia C for super progress and improvement with her written work, taking the time to re-read and edit her work.

6KH

Alice B and Phoebe H for really stepping up and investing a lot of their own time to produce their Lifelab products

6JG

Layla S and Phoebe R for their enthusiasm and commitment to completing their work this week at a particularly busy time for Year 6.

6LD

Eloise H for always participating enthusiastically in the lessons and for producing a great non-chronological report.

Hattie H for demonstrating a mature and positive approach to all her work and for producing a well-written report.

Eco & Gardening Club During a rather wet afternoon, the girls in Eco and Gardening Club prepared the raised beds for some new plants.

They weeded using all the metal implements we have at school including forks, spades, rakes and trowels. They put the weeds in the compost bin and tried to avoid pulling up the bulbs that are germinating there.

Afterwards, the girls placed the plants in the raised beds ready for next week. We will be planting two types of hebes, rhododendrons and three types of herbs. These plants were chosen because they are bird and bee friendly.

The girls also collected all the plastic pots and Mrs Cooper will take them to a garden centre to recycle.

5MK Class Assembly Today in assembly, Class 5MK took us on a journey back in time to the 1500's, to meet Henry VIII and his six wives. A domineering dynasty, we learnt the fate of each wife as we took a stroll through the portrait gallery at Hampton Court.

Art & Photography Club This week in Art and Photography club, the girls worked with water colours. They used the water colour paints to complete their drawings of their beautiful horses. Some girls decided to add backgrounds, and some focused on the finer details in their horse's features. We are looking forward to finishing these next week!

Year 3 In Year 3 we have started reading Emil and the Detectives, about a boy's adventures in Berlin. After researching Berlin and creating a mind map of information we created a leaflet, persuading people to visit the vibrant busy city of Berlin! We looked at famous landmarks, places to eat and how to travel around the city.

Year 2—French This week in French, Year 2 took advantage of the beautiful weather and had a lesson "en plein air". The girls chose which food they like and dislike in French. They then used fruit and vegetable dictionaries to make up their own table in their books.

Year 2—George’s Marvellous Medicine Inspired by George's Marvellous Medicine and their recent revolting creation in the classroom, Year 2 took their newly learnt apothecary skills into the woods this week. The girls thought big and created their own unique medicinal remedies using a range of woodland ingredients including grass, mud, moss, sticks and stones. They used a variety of implements to blend their potions including sticks, their hands and a pair of pink wellington boots! The girls had lots of fun and got very messy!!

Music News Musicians of the Week Congratulations to the following girls who have been awarded certificates this week: Maggie M in Year 2 for her fantastic contribution to class singing and the St Teresa’s Singers rehearsals.

Harlow G in Year 3 for her consistent energy and enthusiasm in music lessons.

Lilia-Anna H in Year 4 for making a fantastic contribution to the singing in class this week.

Tabby SG in Year 5 for making a very enthusiastic contribution to class work and the Young Voices choir.

Erin C in Year 6 for making a very good contribution to Chamber Choir.

Music class of the week – Year 4BB

Flute and 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.

Evensong – Monday 21th March Everyone is invited to join us for Evensong for Lent in the Chapel on Monday 21 March at 5.30pm. The service will be led by the Schola Cantorum choir.

Orchestra There will be no orchestra on Monday 24th March. Instead, Orchestra will be at lunch time.

Easter Music Course 2022!

This year’s course will take place from Monday 11th to Thursday 14th April. This will be the 10th anniversary of this course at school directed by Mrs Yalden. The course is open to girls and boys from all schools in Years 3- 6 who have passed Grade 1 on their instrument.

Please email Mrs Yalden on c.yalden@st-teresas.com for further information.

Sport News Pupil news Well done to Poppy H (Year 5) for winning her netball match at the weekend 11-5 and receiving the player of the match! Go Poppy!

Swimming Well done to Sophia C, Zara B, Alice B and Jasmin K who took part in the Primary Schools Relays at the weekend. They came 1st overall in both the medley and freestyle relays. They have qualified for the South East Region event on the 8th May. Superb effort!

On Tuesday 15th March, the U9 & U10 swim teams travelled to GHS to take part in an invitational swimming gala. Many of the girls achieved personal bests, improving by over 2 seconds for 25m. Highlights included Ella (Year 5) placing 3rd in breaststroke final and Isabella K (Year 4) came 3rd in front crawl final. Well done to all girls that swam.

On Thursday 17th March, the U8-U11 swim teams competed against Rowan. All the teams won and the swimmers of the gala were Stef (Year 4), India (Year 5) and Isabella M (Year 6).

Netball On Saturday 12th March, the U8A&B netball teams competed in a tournament at St George’s. The A team came 5th out of 10 teams. Well done to all the girls who played. In the last few weeks, the girls have been working hard on learning the positions and this showed in the super way they approached the match.

Hockey On Thursday 17th March, the U10 hockey team travelled to Cranleigh School to take part in the Surrey In2Hockey Cup Competition. The girls won 2 matches, lost one and drew one putting them in to the play offs. Their final match was against Hoebridge, which they won 2-0 placing them 5th in the competition. Players of the tournament were Peyton and Kaiah. Well done.

Hop, Skip and Jump On Wednesday 16th March we held our annual Hop, Skip and Jump event. It was great to see so many girls, staff and parents involved and we managed to complete the course before the rain!

Upcoming Fixtures Monday 21st March—No Year 5&6 running club AM Tuesday 22nd March—U11A-C Football V Rowen (A) 2:45pm Wednesday 23rd March—Cross Country @ Danes Hill AM Wednesday 23rd March– U11A Football Tournament @ Greenfield School 1pm Friday 25th March—U9A-C netball V Feltonfleet (A) 2:45pm Friday 25th March—U10A&B Hockey V Guildford 6-7pm

This Week We remembered this week St Patrick, whose feast day fell on Wednesday. Little is known of St Patrick’s life, except that he lived on the western coast of Britain, was abducted by pirates and sold into slavery, spent six years as a swineherd, during which God spoke to his heart, spent time training for the priesthood in France and then returned to Ireland where he was an extraordinary missionary. From the youngest age, he had a profound sense that God was calling him to a special mission. In the course of this mission, legend tells us, he used the shamrock as a potent symbol of the God we believe in, a God who is Father, Son and Spirit. This was central to his teaching and a reminder to us that whenever we make that sign on our bodies, we are recalling our Baptism, and remembering, at the beginning of our prayer, that we are always in the presence of God, and as we end our prayer, that we once again are sent out on our Mission as Patrick was.

Thank you We would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who has contributed to the six minibus loads of items for our Ukraine appeal. May the God of peace bring a blessing to all those who will receive our offerings over the coming weeks. Amen.

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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!

Please make sure that coats are brought up to ride, even if you don’t end up wearing them! The weather is very unpredictable at the moment, and while we do have some showerproof coats for you to borrow, it is best to bring your own just in case!

Please also make sure that all riders turn up with time to spare before their lessons! This will give you time to get your horse ready and out to the arena.

We will also ensure that instructors and yard staff help you get ready so that you can make the most of your riding lesson on the horse!

Just a reminder: We are not running riding lessons or clubs on the last week of the term. Our termly lessons will end on Saturday 26th March.

Easter Pony Days We do have one or two spaces left for over the Easter Holidays. Check out the booking system if you’d like to attend!

If you would like to be added to the waitlist in case of a cancellation, then please email the office or there is an update on the system where you will be emailed automatically if a space becomes available.

Also, if you’d like to join our mailing list for future holiday dates, then contact the office by phone or email.

NSEA Competition Reports This weekend is the BSJA Just for Schools Championships in Wales! As well as Show Jumping Qualifier at Coombelands on the Sunday!

We wish everyone who is heading out to compete the best of luck!!

Menu—w/c Monday 21st March 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

Pork sausage hot dogs

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 with green vegetables & 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

Desert

Fruit pie & custard

Strawberry cheesecake

Victoria sandwich slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauces

Strawberry milkshake

Sides

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

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