St Teresa Senior Weekly Bulletin 23 September 2022

BOARDING

Friday night we celebrated Mexican International Day the girls made guacamole and had a dance party. On Saturday the boarders were taken to Guildford Spectrum Bowling.

Sunday, we went to church then did our weekly shop at Sainsbury’s.

Monday, we had an amazing afternoon tea in the games room which was decorated to celebrate the Queen’s funeral by the house team. We had a delicious cream tea with lots of different flavoured sandwiches including cucumber sandwiches, cakes, biscuits and everyone’s favourite jam and cream mini scones with a cup of tea or squash. Everyone paid their respects and had a lovely time.

We used the swimming pool for the first time this school year and had a great time with lots of fun and games. The girls asked if they could go again tomorrow but we had to remind them that they had school!

Domino’s was served for dinner due to it being a Bank Holiday. The girls really enjoyed the pizza and fizzy drinks, and most were very grateful. Thank you from the staff as well we all really enjoyed our pizzas.

Mrs Zoe Wragg Acting Head of Boarding

MEDICAL

The HPV vaccinations for year 8 will take place on Thursday 29th September please can your daughter wear a short sleeve shirt on this day please.

Many thanks, Mrs Papageorgiou, Lead School Nurse

Eco Council:

If your daughter would like to join our Eco Council please do ask her to complete our application form as we welcome new members to the group.

Combined Cadet Force

Dear Parents 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.

THE WEEKLY QUIZ:

Welcome to the famously fabulous St Teresa's Weekly Accumulator Quiz Week 3, 2022.

All you need to do to enter is click the link. Answer the questions and every right question goes through our complex, sophisticated, maths department invented algorithm to be added to your House's points total.

After two weeks the scores are:

So come on Ignatius and Dominic!!

Here are this week’s questions....... https://forms.office.com/r/8v7i5i39Ji

Last week’s answers……

1. “Let me make this clear, you don’t have to listen” (4, 2, 4) was Read my Lips.

2. It was Victoria Beckham who said that “sometimes you have got to know when it is time to leave the party”.

3. Debbie’s probability of choosing two tins the same from 5 of tomatoes and 7 of beans was 31/66 or 0,4697 or 47%.

4. Someone sent up the river was going up The Hudson to Sing Sing. The Treaty of Paris of 3 September 1783 brought the American War of Independence to an end. Finally the first thing that the Daniel Spargo Mabbs Foundation want you to know about vaping is that tolerance and dependence on nicotine can develop quickly.

Somebody may be wondering what do you get when you cross a circus strongman with an iPhone? Well I’m afraid the answer is that you get proof that it is much easier to come up with a set up line for a joke than a punchline.

Best wishes and good luck, Mr Neate

On Tuesday Hannah E, an ex-student, came to Medicine Society to present a talk about non alcoholic fatty liver disease; a subject which she has been studying at university. The talk was interesting and engaging; I learnt that the liver is the only organ that can completely grow back to its original size even after up to 90% of it has been removed. I recently joined the MedSoc team to learn more about Medicine which is a career path which I have been considering. It was fascinating, and I would highly recommend MedSoc for other students who are considering Medicine or think they might be interested. Our next Med Soc meeting is on the 4th October and we have Dr Anna Maria Rollin MBE coming into school who is a consultant anaesthetist and is going to give a talk on her experience working in the medical field. Emily J Year 11

The second Enrichment Society session of the year will take place on Monday in the Library, 4:30pm - 5:15pm. I will be presenting a session on "Alan Turing: How computing helped to crack the code".

A reminder that if you are an Academic Scholar inYears 7 - 10 or inYear 12, you are expected to attend a minimum of 3 EnSoc sessions each term.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best wishes,

Mr Field

Cherry Trees, one of the charities that we are supporting this year, is holding the following event :

SIXTH FORM NEWS

I hope everyone had a restful Bank Holiday; it was a lovely weekend to pay our respects to Her Late Majesty.

During Registration this week we have been doing target setting for the year ahead in our form groups. The Year 12 Students had their Careers Lesson in Period 2 on Tuesday where there was a specialist talk about the value of extra curricular opportunities, specifically D of E. The Year 13s used their UCAS lesson as an opportunity to continue to work on their first draft of their Personal Statement.

On Thursday morning, the Head Girl Team and some of the Prefects delivered an Opportunities Assembly to the Year 12s. This means that they can apply for various roles including being in the Sixth Form Events Committee, being a co-editor on the Student Magazine, being the Year Representative in Student Council and lots more! Good luck to all the Year 12 students who are applying. We all had our pastoral check ins on Thursday morning and the Year 13 Senior Prefects went to their allocated Year during this time and got to know the girls more which I particularly enjoyed. The Year 12 students were in groups with the Year 7s, where the Year 12s helped them to decide which theme they are going to choose for their Enrichment Project. As a treat during our pastoral check iIns, the Sixth Form enjoyed some delicious pasties and fresh fruit juice. Thank you, Gary and the Catering team!

On Friday the Sixth Form Coffee Van arrived for the first time! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the delicious iced coffee, hot chocolate, snacks, and plenty more! Thank you so much to Miss P for organising this very special treat for us which we will be having every Friday outside the Sixth Form Centre!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to updating you on more Sixth Form fun next week!

Emma W (Deputy Head Girl)

On Tuesday, MedSoc re-started strongly for the year. We were very lucky to have the opportunity to hear from Hannah Evans, who studied applied medical sciences at UCL. She shared her knowledge on liver cells and the lab research involved in her degree. Interesting fact; Non- Alcoholic Liver Disease is the most common liver disease!

Ariella W (Year 12)

NOTICES

As you know, at St T's we have five values that we cycle through annually, and this year I welcome you to the Year of Intellect. Whilst we are, of course, planning a wonderful range of intellectual activities for the girls, I thought I would take this golden opportunity to resurrect Parent Book Club! This was a very popular initiative during our last Year of Intellect, and I warmly invite any interested parents to join. We will meet half termly in the evening, with wine and nibbles provided.

If you are interested in joining a mailing list for further details, please email c.mcshane@st teresas.com by 7th October.

Happy reading!

Dr Claire McShane Headmistress

Year 7 Team Bonding

Absence From School

To report an absence from school, please call the School Office before 8.30am and speak to a member of staff or email absence@st-teresas.com Please also use this email address for medical and dental appointments.

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Dance A Level

The Performing Arts Department was delighted to launch Dance A Level at the A Level Options Evening last week. The Department is delighted to be able to offer this opportunity to our STPA students. Dance A Level will start in 2023.

STPA Extra Curricular Clubs and Activities

We are offering a wide variety of clubs and activities this year. Please see our STPA extra curricular activities timetable for more details. Everyone is welcome.

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.

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.

Performing Arts Instagram account

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.

Spotlight on......

Our fabulous new Year 10 and Year 12 who are rising to the creative and exciting challenges of GCSE and A Level Drama and GCSE Dance.

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 daughters’ involvement in the Performing Arts, in and out of school.

‘ROMEO AND JULIET’

Auditions for our exciting production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ finished with a final audition at Cranmore on Tuesday and the cast list went up on Wednesday. Cast members know which group they are in and the following groups are required for rehearsals in September. A full schedule will be published next week.

REHEARSALS

THURS SEPT 22 4.15-6.00

GROUP 10 4.15-5.00

GROUP 7 4.15 – 5.30

GROUP 14 4.15 6.00

GROUP 13 4.15-6.00 FRIDAY SEPT 23 4.15 6.00

MONDAY SEPT 26 4.15-6.00

GROUP 3

TUES SEPT 27 4.15-6.00 GROUP 6

GROUP 9

GROUP 12

WED SEPT 28 4.15 6.00 NO REHEARSAL NO REHEARSAL

THURS SEPT 29 4.15 5.30 PROLOGUE, CHORUS AND GUIDES FRI SEPT 30 4.15-6.00 GROUP 4 ONLY BENVOLIO, MERCUTIO & ROMEO

PLEASE COME TO M4 AT 4.15

GROUP 8

IF YOU HAVE TO CATCH A BUS THEN YOU ARE WELCOME TO LEAVE THE REHEARSAL BEFORE 6.00 PM.

PLEASE BRING A SNACK AND DRINK WITH YOU.

PLEASE BRING A PENCIL AND YOUR SCRIPT, WHICH YOU WILL BE GIVEN AT YOUR FIRST REHEARSAL

WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE A REHEARSAL SCHEDULE THAT WORKS AROUND YOU SO IF YOU SAID YOU WERE FREE ON A PARTICULAR AFTERNOON AND YOU HAVE A REHEARSAL THEN WE EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE. IF YOU SAID YOU WERE UNABLE TO DO A PARTICULAR AFTERNOON AND THERE IS A REHEARSAL ON THAT DAY FOR YOUR GROUP THEN WE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO BE AT THE REHEARSAL.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND A REHEARSAL YOU MUST INFORM US IMMEDIATELY AS THERE ARE SOME REHEARSALS WITH JUST A FEW PEOPLE AND IF TWO OUT OF THREE PEOPLE DO NOT COME THEN IT IS BETTER TO KNOW SO THAT WE CAN RESCHEDULE THE REHEARSAL.

Year 8 Chemistry Club

Venue Lab 32

Time Wednesday 1:45 2:15

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.

MedSoc

Exciting club open to all year 10s to year 13s

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

NEW CLUBS

We are delighted that we have two new clubs starting :

Football Club starting on Wednesday 13:15 - 13:45

Ben Mitchell will be coaching; he is an ex Chelsea coach who now coaches independently https:// www.rollwithitfootball.com

Touch Rugby on Tuesday 13:1513:45

Coach is Nick Harris who is the current Surrey Women’s Head Coach

MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

We are really excited to announce that our fabulous Mental Health Ambassadors are hosting a Mental Health Conference in coordination with the Mental Health Charity Stem4 https://stem4.org.uk/which will be attended by 12 local schools on Wednesday. We look forward telling you about it next week.

Paula Cawley

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We are so pleased to have started our riding lessons for the term! We hope that you have all had as good a week as we have!

As the weather is so variable at the moment, please make sure that you come with a jumper (no hoodies!) and/or a coat to wear when it’s chilly out. As we are on top of a hill, we get a bit of a cold wind when riding in the arena!

A reminder that if you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer credit. Any later and we are unable to fill the slot with a rider for a catch up lesson or off the waitlist.

Autumn Term Riding Dates

Lessons run from: Tuesday 20th September to Saturday 15th October

Half Term Monday 17th October to Sunday 30th October

Lessons run from: Monday 31st October to Saturday 10th December

Adhoc / Catch up lessons w/c 12th December

The horses have had a lot of checks this week! First they had the dentist who came to see all of the horses and they also had a full pedicure from the farrier with new shoes to wear!

The horses also had a vet check for their Council Licence. This is to make sure that they are suitable to be used in the riding school. And they all passed!

The termly lessons started on the 20th September and the horses are already enjoying their lessons!

~ Libby C

The October dates were emailed out last week, we are running Pony Mornings, Pony Afternoons but also adhoc lessons.

So please check out bookings site to book your spaces now!

NSEA News

The NSEA team have been doing an amazing job over the summer and are already preparing for the 2022 23 competition year!

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!

This Week

As the new year begins, we are used to teachers setting out their expectations for the year and explaining what is most important in their area. And in Chapel this week we thought about the same idea for our lives. What are the most important things to remember?

No one likes being asked a trick question yet that is exactly what happened to Jesus (Matthew 22:34 When asked what is the greatest commandment, Jesus accurately answers with the TWO great commandments firstly, to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength” and then, no less important, to “love your neighbour as yourself.”

It is no wonder that love of God is so central. The God, who is love, lavishes his blessings upon us through the beauty of creation, through the gifts and talents we have been given, through our family and school, and in countless other ways. Every experience of genuine love is an experience of God, and we are hardwired to love in return.

Yet that love can never exist in isolation. Once we have experienced love, we are compelled to share that love with others, to reach out to those around us and to share that love with them. In the first instance this would be to our family, but in time we realise that we are compelled to share all the graces and blessings that we have received with those we meet, to be the face of God to others and to recognise in them the presence of God.

And perhaps we should also remember that none of this depends on how we feel about ourselves. Whatever we think, whatever we think about ourselves, whatever we have done, we are precious in the eyes of God. Nothing that we or anyone else does to us can ever stop God loving us and reaching out to us in love. Have a good year!!

Main

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Eat healthy dish

Turkey & vegetable tikka masala with vegetable rice

Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice

Beef & broccoli in black bean sauce with noodles

Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles

Vegetarian

Cumberland style sausages potato

Pasta arrabiata

Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

Macaroni cheese with green salad

Mashed Potato & Broccoli bread Peas & sweetcorn Vegetables & Mixed Vegetables Potatoes & Carrots Chips Peas & Baked beans cake frosting sauce