CLUBS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Year 8 Chemistry Club

Venue - Lab 32

Time - Wednesday 1:40-2:10

Come and experience the fun, excitement and magic of Chemistry in lab 32!

Chemistryyear 11 Revision Schedule

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)

Medsoc Notice

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.

Thinking of Joining FOST?

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.

Calling Senior parents please!!

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

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

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 C

The 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!