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February 2023
Tuesday 28 February…...”Good Interior Design” Explore Lecture 17:30
Tuesday 28 February………………………………..School Recital 18:30
Wednesday 1 March………………………...End ofYear 13 Mock Exams
Thursday 2 March……………………………………....World Book Day
Thursday 2 March…………………...……Year 8 Parents’ Evening 17:30
Friday 3 March…………………………………………….Year 8 Retreat
Saturday 4 March………………………………………..Flame Congress
This week within the Sixth Form we were delighted to welcome the 2023/24 Student Leadership Team.
On Monday all of the new leadership team members had individual hand over meetings with the previous students who worked within their area of responsibility last year. After having this important opportunity to get some advice and to ask any questions, the new team started to get stuck into their new roles! As the week has progressed all of our new student leaders have met with their link teachers to agree upon their projects for the year ahead and started to support the students throughout the school within their weekly duties in the Dining Room or Day Girls’ Study duty. Next week the team are meeting together to share their aims for their time in leadership and so we look forward to sharing some of their ideas with you over the coming weeks.
On behalf of all of the staff and students of St T's, I would like to take this opportunity to express a heartfelt thank you to all of the members of the 2022/23 student leadership team. They worked incredibly hard and have left a very valuable legacy for all of the students at St T's; we have all thoroughly enjoyed working with them over the last year.
Lastly, I am excited to share with you the news that our new Deputy Head Girl Julia will be taking over the responsibility of writing the Life In the Sixth Form section of the bulletin for you every week, beginning next Friday.
Thank you to Emma W who has diligently kept everyone up to date about Sixth Form Life for the last year. I am sure that you will agree with me that her wonderful writing style and dedication for Sixth Form life has provided us with highly enjoyable updates every week. Thank you to Emma for all of the time that she has dedicated to our section of the bulletin every week.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a very warm congratulations to all of our new 2023/24 student leadership team, I am very much looking forward to working with them all.
- Miss PitchfordOn Thursday evening the Academic Scholars in Years 7, 8 and 9 were treated to their annual Scholars' Dinner. The dinner serves as an opportunity to celebrate the commitment of our community to the pursuit of academic excellence, and an enriching, sophisticated time was had by all (save the occasional slips of Mr. Melvin's table into a decidedly un-elevated conversation about recent Star Trek spin-offs).
The event began, as ever, with a traditional Latin grace read by Dr. McShane and Dr. Poffley. During the main course - Head Chef Gary's ever-popular Katsu Curry - the academic scholars were challenged to discuss a range of interesting and unusual topics, ranging from whether one can separate great art from a terrible artist to what one would say if given five minutes to justify humanity's existence to hostile aliens. These were delivered from table to table in Dr. McShane's now-legendary Jug of Conversation.
After the main course our star speaker - newly appointed Academic Prefect Corellia W - gave a heartfelt, quirky and erudite speech on why we should appreciate the moon. Apparently she was inspired to choose this topic by a recent dream, and we are glad she was. The girls sat riveted as she explained the motion of the tides, the reflection of light from the sun, and how we have immortalised the moon in art and poetry throughout human history. A well-deserved round of applause later and it was on to cake and ice-cream, with final words of encouragement from Dr. McShane.
On Tuesday the houses had their Interhouse mastermind quiz. It was an extremely competitive and exciting event with both the Junior and Senior teams ending in a tie. This resulted in a playoff for the winners. The eventual winners were St Francis for the Junior section and St Benedict for the Senior section. Well done to all the participants and congratulations to the winning teams.
We have an exciting opportunity to enter the Young Seacole Trust's upcoming competition: 'Who is your modern-day Mary Seacole?' Entries can be a written story, a song or poem, a video or picture! there are plenty of options to unleash your creativity!
Please see the entry requirements and guidance booklet HERE to be considered. If you would like to enter, simply send your submission to: a.burgess@st-teresas.com
Deadline is the 5th March.
The girls had a lovely time on their visit to the Horniman Museum in London. They went to see the fantastic collections of natural history specimens, cultural artefacts, and musical instruments. The trip gave the pupils the chance to collect vital first-hand research which they will be able to use back in the classroom!
The pupils recently visited the Brighton Pavilion and Museum. The Royal Pavilion is one of the most extraordinary buildings in the country, given its Northern European location. The Museum next to the Pavilion houses a wide variety of fascinating artefacts, including paintings, ceramics, and furniture.
Afterwards they enjoyed lunch at a pizzeria before heading to the pier to take photos and observe the interesting structures.
On the 1st of February 100 of our students in Years 9, 10 and 11 participated in the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge (IMC). They competed against thousands of students across the UK and the world.
The IMC encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. They are designed to make students think. Most are accessible, yet still challenge those with more experience. The following students deserve a special mention: Sophie A, Lucie B, Emilie C, Veronica C, Isabel C, Katy H, Emily H-F, Hanna K, Lucy
Summer O, Pretoria R, Cara S and Amelia S-M who all received a bronze certificate.
The following students achieved a silver certificate: Jamie L, Alisa F, Kiara G, Julia L and Sophie S.
Congratulations to all our students who participated.
K, Lynn L, Harriet L, Andrea L, Emily M, Indiana M,
Congratulations to Laiya A for winning the Online Safety Week poster competition!
Summer O and her dad, will be hiking up Mt Kilimanjaro* (Tanzania, Africa) for Red Nose Day 2023. If you'd like to help them to support the Red Nose Day appeal, please donate whatever you can - your donation will make a powerful difference to people here in the UK and around the world (including Africa). Don't forget to tick the Gift Aid option, if you can, so Comic Relief can claim an extra 25% from the government.
You can donate by CLICKING HERE
* At around 6,000m, Kilimanjaro is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world!
The green fingered students have started introducing indoor plants into the Form Rooms across the school in an Eco boosting initiative. In the spirit of the Eco Club the plants have either been re-homed or have been propagated, but we are still a few short so if you happen to have any that you would like to donate we would appreciate it.
In the same spirit of re-using we are also looking for any saucers or medium sized plant pots
Thank you from the Eco Council
We have extra spaces available to attend the One Ocean workshops, you do not need to be an eco team member. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
If you have an interest in marine biology, conservation and microplastics this may be worthwhile; you can also add this to your UCAS application.
There will be a trip in the Summer Term to Brighton, so if you sign up and attend the talks you will automatically receive an invite.
There will be a further two workshops on the 2nd and 9th of March at 13:30 in Room 35.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to invite you to your daughter’s forthcoming virtual parents’ evenings via the Parents’ Evening Module on the following dates:
Year 8
Year 12
Year 13
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Thursday 16th March 2023
Thursday 16th March 2023
Year 7 Medicals will be carried out on the 6th of March
If you have not yet had an opportunity to listen to our Podcast.
Listen to the first episode here
This year there will no longer be a paper £1.00 book voucher for Secondary School children, instead the voucher is online and can be downloaded from: worldbookday.com/ secondary-digital-token/
St Teresa's has been registered to be part of this exciting new initiative.
Wednesday
Thursday 8:00-8:35am
String Ensemble with Mrs Wallace in M2
Tuesday 28 February Year 9 and aboveSoloists’ Recital
Tuesday 7th and
Wednesday 8th
March
All Day Chapel
Thursday 9th March
Inter House Music Festival
6:30PM Mairlot Hall Ensembles Concert
Friday 17th March
6:30PM Mairlot Hall Jazz Evening
Monday 20th March Evensong for Lent
Wednesday 22nd
March 6:30pm Chapel Classical Concert
After School with Miss Cantwell in
with Miss Cantwell in M2 with Mrs Yalden in M3
1:45 – 2:15pm
Trombone Group with Mr Caister in M3
Pop Group with Mr Palmer in the drum room (starts after half term)
Concert Band with Ms Haystead in M2
Year 7 Ukulele with Mrs Yalden in M3
Music Technology Years 9-11 with Miss Cantwell in M2
Year 7 Choir (occasional) with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall
Friday 1:15 – 2:00pm
Schola Cantorum with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall
Rock Guitar group with Mr Smith in M3
Jazz Group with Mr Walker in M2
Symphony Orchestra with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall
Sinfonia Orchestra with Miss Cantwell in M2
Senior Choir with Mrs Yalden in the Chapel
GCSE/A Level Composition Clinic with Miss Cantwell in M2
GCSE/A Level Composition Clinic with Miss Cantwell in M2
Dr Richard Graham will be joined by two stem4 ambassadors to discuss their experiences either working with or living with eating disorders. We know that early intervention is key to minimising the impact of these disorders and we aim with this webinar to empower parents and carers to support their young people at an early stage.
WEDNESD
Cindy
(TERESA’S DANCE TEAM)
TDS (TERESA’S DANCE SQUAD)
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES’ TIMETABLE SPRING 2023
WEDNESDAY TDC (TERESA’S DANCE COMPANY) YEAR 913
Venue - Lab 32
Time - Wednesday 1:40-2:10
Come and experience the fun, excitement and magic of Chemistry in lab 32!
When: Wednesday 1.45pm
Where: Room 28
Date Topic
1st Electrolysis
8th Organic (triple and trilogy)
15th Quantitative chemistry (triple and trilogy)
22nd Required practicals
29th Chemical analysis (triple and trilogy)
Exciting club open to all Years 10 to 13. If you are interested in all medical (including dentistry and veterinary science) related issues and like to discuss ethics, assess case studies, be up to date with current affairs in the field and listen to speakers then let Dr Evans know so you can join the team.
We meet on alternate Tuesday lunch times, 1:15-1:45pm, Room 29 Please email Dr Evans for further information.
FOST is always looking to increase its team size, especially with parents from Senior School, so we can do more in terms of events and improvements for our school community! Should you be interested in assisting on an ad hoc basis or joining the FOST committee, please get in touch via email fosteffingham@gmail.com; through an existing committee member; or a class representative.
If there are any small groups of parents who are keen to volunteer and get involved on an ad hoc basis to run an event or two (eg a movie night, social or fun evening) for our Senior School girls, please let Jo Clark (joannaclark121@gmail.com) know if you would be happy to volunteer.
School uniform shop - open (within term time) Mondays and Fridays 8:30-9am.
First Saturday of every month 10am-10.30am - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - Please email whipple.fost@gmail.com or camilla2ndhand@gmail.com to book.
This week we marked the beginning of the Church’s season of Lent with our Ash Wednesday Services. The forty days of Lent remind us of the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing for his final journey to Jerusalem where he would face his condemnation and arrest.
During this season we are called to engage in the three great practices of Lent - to pray, to fast, and to give to others.
Prayer is perhaps both the easiest and the hardest. You can pray at any time, in any place, using whatever words are most natural to you. Yet it also requires both discipline and, perhaps most importantly, honesty. God, our loving father, knows us better than we know ourselves, so prayer isn’t intended to change God. Instead, by spending time in the presence of God, sharing our hopes and desires with Him, we find our will being shaped by God’s loving plan for us.
Fasting, or ‘giving things up’ is often where people start their Lenten observance. Many of us start with those familiar themes of giving up treats like chocolate, sweets and cake. This isn’t a bad place to start, but don’t stop there. The main idea is that we fast from those things that keep us away from God. So consider fasting from selfishness, self-centredness and pride. Pope Francis gives us some great ideas on the next page.
Finally, we are called to reach out to others and give generously. Certainly it is a time to consider what it is that you do for charities. Perhaps consider doing more than you would usually go. But again, that is the starting point. Our aim is to recognise that all the gifts, talents and opportunities that we are given are intended to help us serve others.
We wish everyone a happy and holy Lent!
On this first anniversary of the tragic war in Ukraine we join with all people of goodwill and pray for peace
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We had a lovely half term and a very quiet start to the second half of the term.
The staff focused on getting the horses ridden and exercised before we are back to lessons from next Monday!
Over the half term there was NSEA training with Georgie and they had competitions which they did really well in! There were fun Pony Days arranged which the ponies and riders really enjoyed! They run every holiday so if you want to book one you can go onto the STE website. This week was really quiet as there were no lessons and the team focused on exercising the ponies, though there will be lessons and volunteering again as normal next week. The horse of the week is… Roxy!
~ Libby CThe NSEA riders have had a busy half term.
Some riders were out competing at the NSEA County Challenge dressage at Parwood as well as the Pony Club Spring Championships held at Arena UK.
At Parwood, Lilly S and Teddy were crowned County Challenge Prelim Champions as the only combination to achieve over 70%. Rosie C and Briggs were very close behind in 3rd with over 69%. Rosie also did a great test with Majyk for 7th.
At Arena UK for the Pony Club Spring Championships, Lulu S had a very successful show finishing 3rd in the Novice warm up class with +69% and then winning her arena in the Intermediate Championship with another +69% score. Well worth the long trip up to Grantham!
We then enjoyed a great afternoon of show jumping training here at STE on Thursday and over the weekend we had several riders out competing.
Lilly S was at Felbridge NSEA showjumping, jumping double clear in the 80cm and the 90cm for 9th and 12th in large classes.
Rosie C went to Pyecombe and won the 60cm and finished 3rd in the 70cm.
Congratulations to Saskia T-V who went to her first competition and finished 6th in the 80cm at Parwood.
Well done all and we are looking forward to another successful half term of competitions!
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Main Chicken tikka masala with rice & poppadums
Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad
Chef’s carvery –Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding
Eat healthy choice
Beef meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce & wholewheat fusilli pasta
Vegetarian Vegetable & chick pea curry & rice
Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad
Thai coconut infused pork wholemeal rice
Mrs Twit’s wiggly worm spaghetti carbonara with garlic & cheese bread
Chicken chicken bang bang wraps
Breaded cod fillet / cod fishfingers
Poached salmon with nut free pesto pasta & olive salad
Cheese & tomato pizza slice
Sides Rice / pasta Broccoli
Baked wedges Carrots
Fresh tomato coated pasta
Horrid Henry’s stinky school vegetarian sausages & messy mash
No meat meat balls in a tomato sauce
Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables
Additional Jacket potato & beans
Plain pasta & tomato sauce
Jacket potato & beans
Hogwarts herby new potatoes
Peter Rabbits
carrots
Chips Peas
Mrs Twits wiggly worms’ spaghetti
Dessert Fruit pie & custard Choc chip & coconut flapjack slice
Victoria sandwich slice
Jacket potato & beans
Charlie & the chocolate factory cake
Chocolate milkshake
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher