May we remind you that we have our Open Morning on Saturday 17th Septhe whole school is in attendance.
12th September 2022 This Week’s Headlines Monday 19 September.……………...Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of the Late Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday 21 September……………………………………………………Year 7 Team Building Friday 23 September……………………...…………………..….….…Flamenco/ Salsa Workshops Saturday 24 September………………………………………………………….ESSA Senior Relays Sunday 25 September…………………………...…………………………….CCF Gliding Upavon
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Could the girls please arrive at 10.30am so that they may register in their form rooms (with their classes), the girls will be ready for collection at 12.30pm. Girls will be allocated to assist in a subject area for the morning.
A very warm welcome back to you all and a very special welcome to the new families who have joined us this September.
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BOARDING NEWS
Two birthdays already celebrated in the first week with more in the calendar Thank goodness we love cake in the house! Friday is now our Movies night. We enjoyed watching The Princess Diaries with popcorn and sweets. The sixth form girls cooked a feast to celebrate Moon Festival for the other boarders.
lots of exciting trips planned for the term.
Mrs Zoe Wragg Acting Head of Boarding
Guildford was our first trip out at the weekend followed by Sainsbury’s and dance competitions on
We are glad to introduce Mrs Wragg as Acting Head of Boarding. New Housemistresses Miss Hill, Miss Sillars and Ms NewLynchGap Students Miss Maria and Miss Molly.
We are looking forward to Open Morning on Saturday.
The Boarders were welcomed back with new faces to the Boarding team.
Eco Council:
We are extremely proud to announce that St Teresa’s has just been awarded the prestigious Eco Schools Green Flag Award in recognition of the environmental work that has taken place over the course of the past academic year. Climate Change and sustainability is without doubt the most important issue that our students’ generation will have to face, and we strongly believe that it is our duty to raise awareness of the impact of the climate crisis through our curriculum as well as extra curricular activities.
The language heard making form of payment was “Cheque”. I let you have Czech even though that does slightly miss the point that it is the language that is heard and the form of payment that gets made….and doesn’t have the right number of letters. Henry Ford said working together is success. Spot on. For the maths problem the correct application of brackets gave you (3 + 4) x (2 + 6) = 56. Personally I really enjoyed the one about the origin of “the moment of truth”. Partly because I really enjoyed making up the story about Judge Horace Satchpole, the story about the Cuckoo Clock industry and the story about Noah and his dove. Which means that Spanish Bullfighting was the correct origin. Finally Richard III was the last Plantagenet monarch.
NOTICES:
Benedict have gone straight into the lead. Note that by moving to absolute scores it is much more important to have a go now than when I was using averages. Just one right question a week really helps your House.
THE WEEKLY QUIZ:
You are cordially invited to the CCF Welcome Talk on Thursday 6th October at 17h30
Mr Mark Stephens will be holding an introductory talk if your daughter is interested in joining the CCF and there will be an update of activities carried out so far.
Dear Parents
Combined Cadet Force
Year 13 Biology trip to Juniper Hall
After registration on Thursday morning, the Head Girl Team ran the Sixth Form assembly which involved the Year 12s getting to know their Year 13 buddies in the common room. To make the morning even more special, we organised breakfast for the Sixth Form. Thank you to Gary and his catering team for making the most delicious pastries for us. On Thursday evening it was the Sixth Form Open Evening. Pippa and I gave a speech explaining what it was like to be a Sixth Form student. The Year 11 girls and their parents were then able to get a thorough insight into Sixth Form life in the Sixth Form building where they could see both the A Level subject teachers and current Sixth Form students.
On Wednesday the Hockey XI Team participated in a Super 6’s Tournament at St George’s College. Along with my fellow teammates, I really enjoyed a day of lots of matches and team spirit. During Period 4 on Wednesday the rest of the Sixth Form had their weekly PE lesson. They all played football which was lots of fun and it was great for the Year 13s to get to know the Year 12s more.
This week was the first full week of the academic year, and it was a very busy week for both the Year 12 and 13 students. On Monday morning the Year 13 students took the Year 6 girls and their parents on a tour around the senior school after listening to a speech from Dr McShane and Olivia M (Head Girl). It was lovely to meet the Year 6 girls and their parents.
Charlotte Roberts (Lower School Prefect)
SIXTH FORM NEWS
Our new academic year began when the Year 12 girls came in for their Sixth Form Induction day last Wednesday. They had a welcome assembly from Miss Pitchford followed by meeting their new form tutors. To end their first day, the Head Girl Team organised a quiz about life in the Sixth Form for them, where they were in small groups with a Year 13 Senior Prefect in each group. Thank you to all the prefects that helped, we really enjoyed getting to meet our new Year 12 students. It was lovely to see the whole of Years 12 and 13 in school last Thursday for the first official day of school this year. We have vertical tutoring in the Sixth Form and so each form has both Year 12 and 13 students in it and so for our first form time we got to know the new members of our tutor group followed by Sixth Form cookies at break time!
The Year 7 girls came up the hill to start a new, exciting chapter in their life. All came with happy, enthusiastic smiles to meet their class as well as their form tutors. Mr Breeze gave them the debrief on what happens at St Teresa’s, along with a quick tour. I look forward to seeing what our new bunch of Year 7s create and discover!!
Emma W (Deputy Head Girl)
I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend and I look forward to updating you on more Sixth Form fun next week!
Hello Everyone, welcome back!
The Year 12 Students had their first Careers lesson on Tuesday where they started their journey to learn about University and different career paths. Meanwhile, the Year 13s had their UCAS session where they continued to complete their University Applications. At lunch time the Year 13 Senior Prefect Team had their first meeting of the Autumn Term, it was very constructive and there are lots of exciting plans ahead!
Production Autumn Term ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Welcome back to all our talented young actors, dancers, Musical Theatre lovers and theatre makers and a huge welcome to all the new talented students joining us this year. There are lots of clubs, productions, and opportunities for everyone to be involved, at any level, so we look forward to meeting everyone over the coming months.
LAMDA pupils are sent their timetable the previous week of their lesson, on a weekly basis. The LAMDA timetable is also always available for pupils to view on the Performing Arts notice board. If you think your daughter should be starting LAMDA this term and has not had a lesson or you are interested in your daughter starting LAMDA, then do please contact the department.
Performing Arts Welcome
We are offering a wide variety of clubs and activities this year. Please see our STPA extra curricular activities timetable for more details. All our clubs and activities started this week and everyone is welcome at any time. We are also exceptionally lucky to work very closely with Mark Jermin Management, who provide classes and is also an agency. If you are interested, then please contact Hannah at hannah@markjermin.co.uk.
Auditions for this term’s promenade and immersive production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ finished on Wednesday and we are off to Cranmore on Tuesday to complete the audition process.
STPA extra-curricular clubs and activities
LAMDA lessons started this week and Miss Church and Miss Hamilton were delighted to see their students. A huge congratulations must go to the LAMDA pupils who took their examinations last term; 75% received Distinction and 25% received Merit. Congratulations to all involved!
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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS
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We are also delighted to be collaborating with Mark Jermin who will be running a residential course in the October half term and performing ‘Six’ at the end of it. Pupils have been emailed all the information about this exciting venture and should contact Mark Jermin for further details or queries.
all the new and returning students who are joining us this term. STPA is looking forward to meeting you and working with you.
Keep up to date with all the exciting things we are doing and follow us on Instagram @stteresasperformingarts.
Costumes
If you have any items of clothing that you think would be an excellent addition to our Costume Cupboard and would like to donate, then do please contact Miss Hansen; j.hansen@st-teresas.com.
If any students have been involved with any productions or events over the summer holiday then do please let us know as we would like to celebrate all your students’ involvement in the Performing Arts, in and out of school.
Thank you so much for auditioning.
‘The plays the thing’ William Shakespeare
Thank you for auditioning. It has been lovely seeing you all perform.
‘ROMEO AND JULIET’
The full cast list and rehearsal schedule will be posted on Wednesday September 21 as we are auditioning at Cranmore onTuesday September 20.
Rehearsals will start onThursday September 22 so please ensure you are checking your emails and the board for rehearsal times.
If you signed up for backstage/ make-up/ lighting etc then we will be sending you an e-mail in a few weeks.
If you are interested then please contact Hannah at hannah@markjermin.co.uk
SPOTLIGHT ON……
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, 1.45 2.15pm, room 29
Freya G H, and all of our other talented and dedicated dancers.
Keep up to date with all of the exciting things we are doing and follow us on Instagram @stteresasperformingarts
PERFORMING ARTS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
Come and experience the fun, excitement and magic of Chemistry in lab 32. We will be starting this Wednesday with the screaming jelly baby experiment. There will also be the opportunity to experience some fascinating wet bench experiments which you can do at home.
Year 8 Chemistry Club
Time Wednesday 1:45 2:15
Venue Lab 32
COSTUMES
CLUBS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
If you have any items of clothing that you think would be an excellent addition to our Costume Cupboard and would like to donate, then do please contact Miss Hansen; j.hansen@st-teresas.com.
MedSoc
Exciting club open to all year 10s to year 13s
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This is a notice from the Sussex Police.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF POLICE CATCH YOU RIDING AN E SCOOTER IN PUBLIC?
You could be prosecuted under section 165A of the Road Traffic Act
The penalty for no insurance is £300 and 6 points & for driving without a licence is £100 and 3 points
Message from Mrs Cawley from Surrey Police
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS BETTER KNOWN AS E SCOOTERS ARE ILLEGAL TO RIDE ON THE ROAD OR IN A PUBLIC SPACE IN SURREY.
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ARE YOU CONSIDERING BUYING AN E SCOOTER FOR YOUR CHILD?
Year 7 had their Yondr presentations on Thursday and their contributions to the discussions demonstrated great maturity. Many of them were shocked when they calculated the amount of time they spend on their phones and several realised that they are addicted, in particular to Snap scores when they feel obliged to use Snapchat daily to avoid breaking a streak. I strongly recommend the Netflix film "The Social Dilemma" if you would like to understand phone addiction and why we have introduced the Yondr system to help the girls learn to regulate their phone usage.
Mrs Cawley From
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I want to thank all the girls for their support of our no phones policy.
IT’S NOT ILLEGAL TO BUY AN E SCOOTER AND ONE CAN BE RIDDEN ON PRIVATE LAND WITH THE LAND OWNERS PERMISSION.
report an absence from school, please call the School Office before 8.30am and speak to a member of staff or email Pleaseabsence@st-teresas.comalsousethisemailaddress for medical and dental appointments.
Lessons run from: Monday 31st October to Saturday 10th December
The NSEA team have been doing an amazing job over the summer and are already preparing for the 2022 23 competition year!
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~ Libby C
The Summer Holidays have been a busy time for the equestrian team! At the start of the holidays the horses had a well deserved holiday while some of the NSEA riders had a riding camp! There were then a lot of Pony Days and riding lessons which is great fun.
Autumn Term Riding Dates
Bank Holiday Monday 19th September
NSEA News
NSEA News
There will be more changes to the ponies over the next few months while we look for new members to join our team. All ponies go through a ‘trial period’ for us to decide whether they will be happy here and whether our rider will like them! Our fingers are crossed that we will have new friends to join us before the new year!
After a very hot summer, we finally have the classic English weather and a lot of rain! Because of this the grass has grown back really quickly and the horses are loving it!
Half Term Monday 17th October to Sunday 30th October
Adhoc / Catch up lessons w/c 12th December
We hope that you all have had lovely summer holidays and a great week back at school! We have had some changes to our ponies over the summer. Diesel has left the school and found a lovely new home, and Tango is at a loan home and is being his usual cheeky self and having fun! We also had to say goodbye to the amazing Twinkle, he will be dearly missed.
The pony of the week this week is… the new horse Fleur!
As there have been a lot of results, we will make sure that it all gets published on the website before the half term begins!
Visit our website www.st teresas.com/ equestrian
The staff have put in a lot of work to paint the stables and it really shows! Hopefully the ponies won’t get it too dirty before the Open Day where there will be lots of visitors!
E mail equestrian@st teresas.com
Lessons run from: Tuesday 20th September to Saturday 15th October
This Week
This was not the week for which we had prepared. Usually we begin Chapel in the first week of this term with thoughts of the year ahead. Instead, as we observe a week of mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we instead reflected on how and why we mourn and show our sadness at these moments when a loved and much-respected person dies. The indications of this period of mourning are all around us. We have seen many making floral tributes. Many events, including sports fixtures, have been cancelled and we are hearing how shops will close out of respect for the Queen. Colour, of course, is important. Even our own school logos have adjusted. Flags are at half mast and many thousands have travelled to personally show express their condolences. Everyone is encouraged, in whatever way they are able, to mark this time of mourning, both for the Queen, and for all those whom we mourn, that they may, as we always pray, Rest In Peace.
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