Autumn Term
22 MARCH 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020
Dear Parents, After the year that we have had, I feel as though I have said everything that could possibly be said already, and probably twice. But nevertheless, my sentiments remain steadfast. Thank you for your wonderful support of St Teresa's and for sending your daughters up the hill every day - it is a pleasure to be a part of their lives. I wish to thank every single member of staff, whatever their capacity, for their fleetness of foot, their opening and closing of school, their good cheer, their ability to adapt, and for making it all seem so effortless when the reality is the opposite. It has been a hard term, no doubt, and I wish a very well-deserved rest to all. And finally, to our pupils: you are super, well done! Enjoy yourselves this holiday, and we will see you all in the summer term (and who knows, perhaps there will even be some proper normality!).
Sending you every good wish for a restorative Easter. Kind regards, Dr Claire McShane
ART WORK OF THE WEEK COMPETITION
Our winner of this week’s art competition is Elena L in Year 8. Please do send your entries to n.menzies@st-teresas.com
DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE EXPEDITION D of E resumed this weekend now that the winter lock down is slowly coming to an end. Forty-two Year eleven students arrived at St Teresa’s main car park last Saturday; they were fully equipped and ready to go. This was the real expedition, full kit list and big 65-litre rucksacks! However, spirits were high and the weather was good. All students were ready to set off after checking over the route on their maps. Mr Stephens met students on-route throughout the day to see how the groups were doing. However, Miss Corbat managed to walk the whole route! At the end of day one the students were tired but happy. The longest part of the routs was now over. On day two all students turned up! No one had decided to drop out which shows the fantastic determination of students at St Teresa’s. Day two went much the same as day one with students undertaking good navigation and keeping team spirts high! All groups arrived back at school no later than 5pm to successfully complete their Bronze D of E expedition.
MATHS NEWS On February, students studying mathematics in Years 9, 10 and 11 participated in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. The 60-minute challenge, consisting of fiendishly difficult multiple-choice questions, is sat by students across the country. Congratulations go to Rebecca L and Iris Z in Year 11 who achieved a gold award, awarded to the top 6% of participants. Well done also to Amily Z and Alyna B who were awarded silver certifications, as well as Elizabeth M, Evelyn N, Amelia S-M, Rhiannon E, Isabelle H, Ruoyan J, Rose M, Alexandra N, Kirsten L and Anna Y who achieved bronze awards. Mr Kasey Nunkumar, Maths Department
Correction to last week’s bulletin, the winner of the Portrait of a Scientist Competition was Zoe W, Year 9, for her drawing of Katherine Johnson the Nasa Mathematician. Congratulations Zoe.
BOARDING NEWS On our last weekend on the hill, we celebrated Issy's birthday. Her mum surprised us with a Domino’s delivery and chocolate cake. Our lovely chef also made doughnuts for the girls to share. Saturday morning started out with more baking and in the evening we had our last supper of the term. The girls requested McDonald's for dinner. On Sunday, we did lots of Easter activities, word searches, mazes, and mini basket making. The girls will do anything for chocolate - especially a chocolate bunny! Miss Mentz then made various milkshakes as an incentive for the girls to pack their rooms. We hope you have a wonderful Easter from the Boarding Team.
YEAR 7 SCIENCE CLUB The girls were given two weeks to grow some dried beans, seeds or lentils. Layla chose to grow a variety of mixed dried beans. She put some beans into three cups with some wet cotton wool, and placed them into different positions in her house to see the effects of the temperature and light levels. She was delighted with the end result which we think is magnificent. Well done Layla! The girls were told the theme for the science club quiz next week: animals, astronomy and acids. Prizes will be awarded for the top three.
ENRICHMENT SOCIETY
This week, Enrichment Society welcomed Grace G (Year 13) who delivered a fantastic presentation on the US Government’s role in the creation of ISIS. This presentation linked very closely with the research that Grace had undertaken for her EPQ, which was entitled ‘To what extent are the Bush Administration culpable for the rise of ISIS in Iraq’. Many thanks to Grace for preparing such an insightful presentation and to Dr Wedlake for chairing the session.
EnSoc will resume on Thursday, 22 April at 4:30pm with another pupil presentation, this time from Ella M (Year 12), who will present on artistic intention and links between the creative arts. Not to be missed! Happy Easter from the Enrichment Society Team!
CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD SUCCESS ‘Natasha and I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this years Chemistry Olympiad. The questions were very challenging and stretched our problem solving abilities. We would both recommend this to the year below to give it a try when they have the opportunity because it was such fun and well worth the challenge.’
ENGLISH NEWS Year 10 English classes have been writing newspaper articles on the murder of Sir Danvers Carew. Here are some great pieces written in the Victorian style, captured beautifully by Alexandra N and Jadwiga KL.
LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR 3 BABY GEESE! Florence in Year 12 needs to find a permanent home for 3 baby geese. She has acquired three eggs and once hatched will be keeping the geese for the first 2-3 weeks but is unable to keep them. They are currently in an incubator developing and they have around 3 weeks to go. She would love to find them a nice home before they hatch. If you are interested please contact Florence on florence.wigley@st-teresas.com
SPORT NEWS TENNIS IN THE EASTER HOLIDAYS ESTA is delighted to be offering tennis camps and private lessons during the Easter holidays! Our tennis camps are running from 9-12pm and 1-4pm each day of the holidays and are open to players aged 7+. Parents can either create their own 'ready-made' bubble of players (maximum of 8) or we can try to place your child within the appropriate group for their age and ability. Private lessons are also available from 4pm each day. Please email Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org to book your child's place.
Mrs Gibson from the PE Department is the Head Coach for the Richmond Under 10’s Lacrosse Team and is looking for boys to sign up, if any of our girls have brothers who may be interested please get in touch.
Visit our website www.st-teresas.com/ equestrian
E-mail: equestrian@st-teresas.com Call: 01372 750257
Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’s Equestrian”
We hope that you all have enjoyed being back the past three weeks. Time has just flown by hasn’t it?! We’re so looking forward to running our Pony Days over Easter, and we’re even more excited to get back to our termly lessons when the school resumes in April. Have a lovely Easter holiday, and don’t fill up on Easter eggs!
If you’ve booked onto our Pony Days, make sure that you’ve booked and paid through the new system. Places have only been reserved through the office.
Our office staff are still on part-time furlough, so if you need to call the office please only do so on Mondays and Thursdays. We are trying to stay active on the emails Monday to Friday, but please bear with us if there is a slight delay.
Easter Pony Afternoons Our Pony Days are now full.
For those who have booked in for the Easter Holidays, please bring your own hat and boots to ride in as we are not lending out equipment until it is deemed safe to do so.
NSEA Reports Competitions will be opening from Monday 29th March, and we hope our NSEA riders are as excited as we are to get out and about competing for 2021! We have some riders already booked in for a show jumping competition on the 8th April at Felbridge Showgrounds. We wish them the best of luck!
We’re still busy raising money for the 2nd hand uniform project. Many thanks to those that fed their ideas through their class reps at the meeting last week. Please do keep your ‘covid-safe’ fundraising ideas coming.
WANTED: Your books, Christmas jumpers and clothing Today we are launching the Bag2School initiative. The Easter hols are a great time to have a spring clean, and with lockdown ongoing and the charity shops still closed we thought it was a great opportunity to adopt this initiative. Over Easter please gather your unwanted adults’ and children’s clothes, shoes, hats, belts, handbags and soft toys and place them in a bag/bin bag. Collection/drop off dates at the school for the Summer Term: 19th, 21st and 23rd April 8-8.45am & 3.15-4.15pm FOST will receive a cheque based on the weight of our donations. For more please visit https://www.uk.bag2school.com We’re also collecting books and Christmas jumpers (please separate from bag2school donations in a separate bag) We are collecting unwanted books in the hope of holding a Summer book fair (covid depending) later in the Summer term – more details to follow. Christmas jumpers: We are also collecting these hardly worn items and will be stocking them in our uniform cabin for purchase later in the year.
HOP, SKIP AND JUMP This week the prep girls took part in the Easter Hop, Skip and Jump obstacle course. As a special Easter treat, FOST provided a chocolate egg to all who took part. Well done girls!
AGM All committee members will be attending the AGM on the 22nd April at 7.30pm on Zoom. If you would like to attend the meeting please contact Cathy Hastoy, FOST secretary by emailing Secretary.fost@icloud.com
This Week Today, we joined together as a school community for our End of Term Lenten Reflection. We observed the traditional devotion of the Stations of the Cross, accompanied by specially composed versions of the traditional Good Friday Hymn, Stabat Mater Dolorosa. At each Station, we meditated on the images of the Stations of the Cross from the School Chapel, and we reflected on the meaning of Jesus’ actions for us today. And, in an imaginative twist, we also heard reflective monologues from Pilate, Peter and the Centurion. Special thanks goes to all those who contributed so generously, particularly to Ella, Lara and the Schola Cantorum for their music, and Cameron, Ella, Charlotte and the Sixth Form Senior Prefect Team for leading the prayers and reflections so sensitively.
Menu Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Starter
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Main
Traditional Beef Lasagne
Roasted Chicken Breast with Yorkshire Pudding
Locally Sourced Pork Sausages
Chicken Burritos with Fresh Tomato Salsa
Traditional Battered Cod & Cod Fishfingers
Chef’s
Chef’s Salad/ Marinated Olives
Chef’s Salad
Chef’s Salad
Shredded Iceberg salad
Chef’s Salad
Vegetarian
Fresh Vegetable & Quorn Lasagne
Fresh Vegetable & Noodle Stir Fry
Meat Free Sausage
Vegetable & Bean Burritos with Fresh Tomato Salsa
No Chicken Teriyaki with Noodles
Sides
Crusty Bread & Roasted Vegetables
Roasted Potatoes & Mixed Vegetables
Mashed Potato & Broccoli
Cajun Slaw & Sweetcorn
Chips & Peas
Additional
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Dessert
Chocolate Cake Slice
Country Apple Cake
Banoffee Pie
Shortbread Biscuit Rounds
Fresh Berry Mousse
Trolley
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher