YEAR 8 CHEMISTRY CLUB

Venue - Lab 32

Time - Wednesday 13:40-14:10

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

This Week

On Thursday we gathered together as a whole school community – Prep School and Senior School – to celebrate the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul. It was wonderful to also be able to invite many parishioners who joined us for Mass as well, of course, as Fr Stephen who celebrated Mass with us.

This great feast day celebrates two of the great heroes of the early Church. It is interesting to consider how different they each are.

St Peter is remembered as one of Jesus’ greatest followers during his earthly ministry. From a humble fisherman, he was chosen by Jesus to be leader of the twelve Apostles, those individuals who represented the new tribes of Israel and who were specifically commissioned and sent out to continue Jesus’ work. Simon, who was renamed Peter, was impetuous and could always be relied upon to speak first and think later. However, this served him well in the incident that we heard about in our Gospel, when he is the first to declare openly that Jesus is indeed the long-awaited Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God. His ministry was to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, which put him in conflict with Saul, or Paul as we know him.

If Peter came to decisions quickly, Paul took much longer, perhaps because his conversion was so profound. He began as a devout Pharisee who opposed the early Christians with such vigour that the early followers of Christ lived in fear of him. His conversion began with a great epiphany on the road to Damascus. He was blinded (surely a symbolic indication of his total lack of faith) before finally not just converting to the faith he had previously persecuted, but also becoming its boldest, most courageous evangelist. His mission was to the gentiles, those who followed the plethora of pagan religions across the Roman empire, and, with staggering success, brought a countless number to faith.

Despite being so very different (God calls every type of person!) they both shared a deep desire to follow Jesus’ command and to preach the Gospel to all people and, we, perhaps, are proof of their success as we, two thousand years later, along with over 2 billion others, declare the faith that Peter and Paul shared with our ancestors.

A saint is not a perfect person. Instead, it is someone who recognises that they have been called, and, despite their failures and difficulties, remain faithful to that call. Perhaps as we celebrate this great day, we can reflect on how God is calling us, and how we can respond.

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We hope that you have had a good week.

The school year is almost over, and we hope that you have had as good a term as we have! With still one week to go, the invites for the Equestrian Prize Giving have been sent out, but all who ride with us are welcome. Do RSVP by emailing the office on equestrian@st-teresas.com

If your daughter will not be riding next week due to activities, holidays or any other reason, then please let the office know by phone or by email. As if you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer credit.

Although it feels like a long way off, we have started to have a look at planning for next term’s timetable. For those who are not continuing with riding from September, please let the office know sooner rather than later. Once we have organised all of our current riders and their requests to time changes for next term, then we will be contacting those on our waitlist to fill the remaining spaces. Please do get in touch if you have any queries or would like your child/ren’s name added to the waitlist.

We will see you next week for the last week of the school year!

Summer Holidays

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There are still spaces over the summer holidays for private lessons and Pony Mornings/Afternoons!

Have a look on our online site to book your spaces now!

Charlie has been a bit poorly this week as well but is feeling better now! And the NSEA is off to Hickstead on Friday, we all hope they win!

The horse of the week is… Bobby!

~ Libby C

For all the riders who are heading to Hickstead on Friday 30th for the Championships - we wish you the best of luck!