St Teresa's Senior Weekly Bulletin

20 May 2024

This Week’s Headlines

Sunday 2 June…………………………………………………..Boarders Return

Monday 3 June…………………………………..……...Summer Term Resumes

Monday 3 June……..………..…...….A Level and GCSE Examinations continue

Monday 3 - Friday 7 June……….....…………...…....……….School Exam Week

Friday 7 June………………………………………..Year 7 Geography Field Trip

Friday 7 June………………………………………………...Year 8 Arundel Trip

Friday 7 June…………………………………………...Year 9 London Zoo Trip

Friday 7 June……………………………………….CCF Trip to Headley Court

Friday 7 June………………..…..FOST Coffee Morning in Nelson Pavilion 8:00

Friday 7 - Sunday 9 June…...…………………….…..Year 10 Isle of Wight Trip

We wish all our pupils the best of luck in both their GCSE and A Level exams.

You have all worked so hard this year and we are so proud of you all!

SIXTH FORM NEWS

Hi all,

I hope your week has been good. In the Sixth Form we have been busy with exams and revision.

On Monday, Year 12 had a careers talk about writing CVs. We were given tips and tricks on the best method to write an effective CV: being organised, professional, direct and researching specifically for the job.

This week our Sixth Form Events Committee selected their two new members for the remaining, and coming, academic year. We are so excited to welcome Jess M and Ellie H into the committee! Our first meeting was a great success, and the planning of our next event is well underway.

Alicia C

On Friday, the rounders match organised by the Head Girl Team to raise money for Toilet Twinning took place. It was a great match with much excitement, and we raised lots of funds for a great cause. Well done to the winning team and thank you to everyone who got involved and baked treats to be sold.

If you would still like to donate you can do so by clicking THIS LINK HERE

Good luck to everybody for the upcoming exams!

Have a nice half-term,

Amelia

(Deputy Head Girl)

BOARDING NEWS

The boarding house remains lively and filed with laughter and chatter. Our afternoons have been spent soaking up the lovely summer weather, taking walks around our green campus, playing tennis matches and, visiting the horses at the equestrian centre. Evenings have also been spent putting our knowledge and vocabulary to the test, choosing games like Uno and Bananagrams to enjoy playful competitiveness and end our evenings on a high.

On Saturday, our boarding pupils enjoyed a delicious lunch and outing together with friends and boarding staff in Cobham, with choices a plenty!

As we now move towards the half-term break, we hope everyone takes this time to relax and recharge. Have a happy and safe half term!

REIGATE AND REDHILL MUSIC FESTIVAL SUCCESS

Alana E and Ella J competed in the harp section at the Reigate and Redhill Music and Drama Festival on Saturday with great success.

They delivered a traditional Scottish 17th century duet 'Skye Boat Song' in the harp and voice category and to their delight won Honours Certificates. The adjudicator remarked on 'Ella's lovely emotional singing' and 'Alana's beautiful flowing harp arpeggios'.

He praised the 'beautiful dynamic contrasts and amazing partnership' between the girls. Well done girls for making St Teresa's proud!

Alana competed in a further 3 categories on her harp and won certificates in all of them, as well as a medal and an outstanding performance trophy!

We are so proud of the girls.

BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE

Year 10 feel well prepared for their Duke of Edinburgh expedition in June, having completed their practice in the Surrey Hills last weekend. The girls put their teamwork and navigation skills to the test, enjoying plenty of exercise and fresh air in the lovely weather we had.

LOWER SCHOOL CONCERT

" After school on Wednesday evening the girls and I had the pleasure of performing in our lower school concert. It really was so lovely to be able to listen to what our wonderful musicians like to play. We were lucky enough to have a wide variety of instruments including voice, clarinet, flute, piano, trumpet, guitar and even a harp! Furthermore, not only did we have a wide variety of instruments, we also had many different styles of music. I know that I speak for all of us when I say that the concert was truly lovely. "

The Eco council have been hard at work this week planting hanging baskets with recycled plants to hang around the school!

ECO COUNCIL NEWS

Tuesday 25 June - Used Book Sale Thursday 27 June - Pre-loved Clothes Sale

Eco-council are looking for donations if you have any used books or clothes you wish to part with! All money will be donated to Wildlife Aid Foundation.

ECO

NOTICES

ARTS SCHOLARS’

FESTIVAL DAY

YEARS 7-13

The Art Department would like to invite all Art Scholars to attend our annual Arts Festival Day on Friday 28 June. St Teresa’s will be hosting two visiting artists, Camila Aguais and Miesje Chafer, who will be delivering both sculpture and textile workshops throughout the day.

The workshops will start at 8:55am and conclude at 4:15pm, allowing all scholars to participate in the sculpture and textile workshops. All works produced during the festival will be exhibited at the forthcoming Art Private View, which will be held on Tuesday 2 July from 6.00-8.00pm in Mairlot Hall.

Y10 CHEMISTRY TRIP TO BOUGH BEECH RESERVOIR AND TREATMENT WORKS

The Chemistry department has arranged for all of Year 10 to visit Bough Beech reservoir and treatment works. This trip is a great opportunity for pupils to gain a better insight into potable water, how it is produced, how much energy is involved and the importance of conserving water. It directly supports the GCSE curriculum and provides an opportunity to see how science works.

The trip will take place on either 28th June or 1st July, and your daughter will be informed nearer the time on which day she will be attending.

If you consent to your daughter attending, please complete this Microsoft form by 9.00am on Friday 7th June to give consent and to select what your daughter would like to eat.

LITERARY EVENING

VALUES WEEK

As part of Values Week the English Department are hosting a Literary Evening to celebrate all the wonderful creative writing your daughters have accomplished throughout the year.

The event takes place on Wednesday 19 June. On the day, your daughter will stay after school for a final rehearsal and supper will be provided. We hope you can join us from 5:45pm for a 6pm start in the library. The evening should end at about 7:00pm. Please RSVP using the link below.

https://forms.office.com/e/XpLSzWrWnK

EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS

Room 29A

Tuesdays 1:45 - 2:10

MEDSOC

Room 38

Open to all in Year 10 - 13 1:45 - 2:10pm

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We hope that you are looking forward to the half term!

Do keep a look out on the booking system for any spaces that appear due to lesson cancellations, you will be able to book on directly through the system where we have availability.

A reminder that we require 48hrs notice for a cancellation in order to offer credit or a catchup lesson, and we require 6 weeks’ notice for termly lesson cancellations. If you will not be continuing riding lessons from September, then do let us know in the next few weeks so we won’t book your child in for the next school term when we start planning the timetable.

The May Half Term dates are fully booked!

If you missed out on your chance to book on for the half term, then do have a look at the Summer Holiday dates on the booking system.

Date for your Diary

Equestrian Prize Giving is on Sunday 30th June at 11am at the Equestrian Centre.

We will be giving out a full range of awards to include Most Improved Rider, Recognition of Volunteers and Dedication to Riding NSEA Achievements, and Best STE Horse.

Invites will be sent out in the next week to RSVP.

This Week

With the passing of fifty days since the Feast of Easter and the celebration of the Resurrection, this week came the celebration of Pentecost. This feast was originally a Jewish festival, remembering the harvest. For the disciples of Jesus, it marked the moment where their fear, following the death of Jesus, was replaced by the joy of the resurrection and the desire to share the Good News of God’s love with the whole of the world..

Surrounded by the great symbols of God’s presence - the wind and the fire - the disciples realised that they were surrounded by God’s Spirit who empowered and enlivened them.

St Augustine helps us to understand God’s Holy Spirit. He reminds us that God is love, as it says in the Sacred Scripture. For God to be love there must be a person who loves, referring to the Father, a person who is beloved, referring to the Son, and the love that they share, referring to the Holy Spirit. God’s Holy Spirit is the love that God shares with all of us.

Perhaps the most beautiful example of this is the passage from Psalm 130 where we have the image of a mother cradling their child. God loves the child, just as He loved His own Son Jesus. The child is loved by God, just as Jesus loved. And the love that they share is the love of the Holy Spirit.

And when we, like the disciples, are enlivened by God’s Holy Spirit, we too will be able to share the Good News of God’s love to our neighbours and to the world.

Soup of the day Tomato & basil