Autumn Term
19th APRIL 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020
Dear Parents, I do hope you all managed to have some rest over the Easter holiday; it is always wonderful to welcome the girls back up the hill, and we have been blessed with some beautiful spring weather. Over the holiday, our super Maintenance team have kept the school looking spick and span, and, excitingly, repaired the bell above the chapel as well as giving it a fresh coat of paint. It has not rung for years, and its cheerful sound will now become part of the rhythm of the school week. The new Head Girl team have also been beavering away, coming up with a number of exciting schemes: the greenhouse has been cleared ready for the cultivation of peppers and tomatoes, a student magazine is going to press, and with the generous help of FOST, a number of outdoor blankets have been purchased to give our bubbled year groups something slightly softer to sit on outdoors - a launch assembly awaits on Monday. Years 11 and 13 have been given further special assemblies by myself and Miss Nelson to bring them up to date on developments from JCQ regarding Teacher Assessed Grades (or TAGs), and I wish to reassure you that we are planning exceptionally carefully for these. It is worth mentioning that part of the guidance suggests that evidence should be, wherever possible (with the possible emphasised), consistent across cohorts, and should show appropriate breadth to reflect the qualification. This will ensure fairness and credibility, and a sample of our evidence will be sent off for external moderation. We are not permitted to cherry-pick the 'greatest hits' unique to each and every individual; but we will always, always do our very best for your daughter. They are in safe hands. Please can I gently remind you to ensure that, if you have consented, you continue to test your daughters twice-weekly with Lateral Flow Tests. Please note that there has been a refinement to the guidance: a confirmatory PCR test must be undertaken if a positive LFT results. I wish you all a very pleasant weekend, and thank you, as ever for your wonderful support. Best wishes, Claire McShane
ART WORK OF THE WEEK COMPETITION Our winner of this week’s art competition is Elena in Year 8. Please do send your entries to n.menzies@st-teresas.com
BOARDING NEWS The Boarders returned on a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, it is wonderful to have the girls back in the Boarding house. They were very excited to see the photographs of Mrs Wragg’s seven puppies which were born over the Easter break. This weekend the girls are meeting to do their Duke of Edinburgh training so we will stay on-site and do some baking, a pamper session in the evening and we have mass on Sunday. We look forward to taking the girls off site in the weeks ahead and have lots of fun outdoor activities planned. Miss J.Mentz Head of Boarding
ENRICHMENT SOCIETY
Enrichment Society is every Thursday at 16:30. If any parents, guardians, or other family members, are interested in delivering a talk at Enrichment Society via TEAMS during the year, please email Mr O’Farrell on j.ofarrell@st-teresas.com. All areas of interest and expertise are welcome!
YEAR 7 SCIENCE CLUB In Science Club we celebrated the return to school with a boomerang competition. The winner was Kelly CH who had a very impressive flight. Our finalists were Katy H, Eris R, and Layla G who also gave splendid shows. Special mention goes to Scarlett H and Jessica J who seemed very determined to assassinate Dr Evans and Ms Edwards!
MEDICAL NEWS LATERAL FLOW TESTING KITS The next batch of lateral flow tests have been delivered to the Medical Centre and will be distributed to girls over the next few weeks.
MEDICALS FOR YEARS 7, 8 & 9 All pupils in years 7, 8 and 9 will receive a medical test in the next few months, see dates below. The medicals consist of height and weight, vision test and a discussion around health. Parents would have consented to this when completing the medical form when starting at St Teresa’s however if you do NOT want your daughter to have the medical please email the nurses on medical@st-teresas.com Year 7 - week commencing 10 May Year 8 – week commencing 14 June Year 9 – week commencing 17 May
2021 CENSUS This year on March the 23rd was the UK Census Day. Here at St Teresa’s, we also did our own version of the Census in our mathematics lessons. This involved asking questions to the whole school from Year 7 to Year 13. Some of the questions were ‘how long does it take you to get ready for school’ and ‘how many languages do you speak’. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 used this data to create various charts to represent this data. We then wrote a report and discussed the data. The answer that stood out the most was that a very high percentage (80%) of students only spoke English. We really enjoyed presenting our own charts of data to the class. By Georgia S and Lila R
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’ve had a lovely half term and are excited as we are to be back! While we are still sticking to a majority of our preventative procedures, such as social distancing, staggered lessons, masks within 2m and hand washing. Riders are allowed once again to collect their horses from the barn for their lessons, and return them to their stable at the end.
We want to say thank you to you all for your patience with booking on the new system. We’re still in the trial period and any feedback is greatly appreciated to improve the experience going forward.
With the system, our cancellation policy has changed slightly, we still require 48hrs notice of a cancellation for the lesson to be credited but we no longer require a reason for a catch-up lesson
May Half Term Pony Days Once we publish the dates for the Pony Mornings and Afternoons for the half term, we won’t be asking for bookings through the office. You will be able to book straight on with the online booking system.
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 On Friday 9th April, we had a team of four riders out competing in an Eventers Challenge at Felbridge. Chloe, Inde, Lottie, and Sofie came 4th overall in the 70cm class. Well done everyone!
ESTA is delighted to be running the Road To Wimbledon event for our U14 tennis players on Tuesday 25th May from 4:30pm. Further details to follow shortly. For all tennis related enquiries including booking private, joint and small group lessons, please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org We look forward to seeing your children on court soon.
Bag2School Thank you so much for all your donations this week FOST will receive a cheque based on the weight of our donations so we are extremely grateful. For more please visit https://www.uk.bag2school.com We will organise more Bag2School collections after half term. Thanks again. FOST Team.
This Week It was wonderful, this week, to return to school and be able to wish every one a ‘Happy Easter!’ Easter is the greatest feast of the Church’s year and during the week we have reflected on the account of the resurrection of Jesus. We began by remembering how the women went to the tomb early on Sunday morning, only to find that the stone had been rolled away and that Jesus had risen. The news reached the apostles but they were still filled with fear. They expected to be arrested and possibly to face the same tortuous death that Jesus himself had faced. It was into this situation that Jesus himself appeared. Most significantly he began with the words of reassurance, ‘Peace be with you!’ Whatever burdens of fear and worry they had, he offered to remove them forever. Thomas, famously, was not there at that moment. He couldn’t believe what the others had told him. It was only when Jesus appeared once again - this time with Thomas present - that Thomas made his great declaration about Jesus, ‘My Lord and my God!’ How unfortunate that Thomas has been given the nickname ‘Doubting’ when, in fact, he is the first of the followers of Jesus to recognise who Jesus really was - ‘Our Lord and Our God!’ We pray that we can recognise this over the coming weeks as we celebrate the great joy of the season of Easter.
Menu Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Main
Locally Sourced Pork Sausage in a Soft Roll
Pasta Bolognese
Chicken Fajita’s
TraditionalCottage Pie
Traditional Battered Cod & Cod Fishfingers
Chef’s
Chef’s Salad
Chef’s Salad
Chef’s Salad
Chef’s Salad
Chef’s Salad
Vegetarian
Lincolnshire Style Vegetable Sausage in a Soft Roll
Macaroni Cheese
Fresh Vegetable Fajita’s
Lentil & Vegetable Bake
No Meat Bacon Carbonara
Sides
Jacket Wedges & Carrots
Crusty Bread, Sweetcorn & Peas
Vegetable Rice & Broccoli
Mixed Vegetables
Chips & Peas
Additional
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Jacket Potato & Beans
Dessert
Chocolate Brownie
Ginger Cake Slice
Marble Cake Slice
Rocky Road
Fresh Fruit Salad
Trolley
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher