St Teresa's Weekly Bulletin 16th May 2022 by Effingham Schools Trust

Autumn Term

16 May 2022 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020

This Week’s Headlines This Week’s Headlines Monday 23 May……………………………………………………………...……A-level Examinations Start Monday 23 - Tuesday 24 May..…….….…………………..…………………..Year12 Higher Education Day Monday 23 May…………………………….…………….……………….….Year 10 Textiles Examinations Monday 23 May……………………...………………...U13A Athletics v Notre Dame School, Away, 15.15 Monday 23 May…………………………………...…….U12A Tennis v Manor House School, Away, 16.30 Monday 23 May…………………………………….……..U13A Tennis v Putney High School, Away, 16.30 Monday 23 May………………..…….………….……………………..Year 12 Parents’ Careers Talk, 17.00 Tuesday 24 May……………..……….….…………….....………..Year 10 Art & Photography Examinations Wednesday 25 May…………………………………………………….Year 10 MFL Speaking Examinations Wednesday 25 May……………………………………………………………………..U13 Cricket Festival

Wednesday 25 May…………………………..U13A & U13B Cricket v Howard of Effingham School, 14.30 Thursday 26 May……...…………………………...………….………………......Ascension Day Mass, 09.00 Friday 27 May………………………………………………..…………....Year 10 Examinations Commence Friday 27 May………………………………………………………………...……...End of Half Term, 16.15 Friday 27 May……………………………………...………………...…..Platinum Jubilee Celebration, 16.15 Monday 6 June……………………………………………………………………….Return after Half Term Monday 6-Friday 10 June…………………………………………..…………………….School Exam Week

We are very excited to see the Pavilion starting to go up and we look forward to using it in the coming weeks. Thank you to FOST for their fundraising towards this; if you have not yet purchased your FOST Summer Ball tickets please do so as all the money collected goes towards the Pavilion.

BOARDING NEWS Last weekend the girls enjoyed a train journey to London to visit lots of attractions. They ate in a restaurant and shopped around Covent Garden. It was a lovely warm day. On Sunday, Miss Jones entertained the Boarders in the Sports Hall after their weekend Church service. Next weekend we look forward to our last weekend before half term by going to Bluewater and bowling. Mrs Wragg, Deputy Head of Boarding

YEAR 8 TRIP TO SONDES PLACE FARM The Geography Department has organised a day trip to Sondes Place Farm, Dorking on Tuesday 21 June to study the farm and the Pipp Brook, which is a nearby stream. The girls will be conducting geographical fieldwork while learning about farming, river landforms, and processes, which is in support of our classroom activities earlier in the year. Ms Hobkinson, Head of Geography

YEAR 9 TRIP TO LIQUID LEISURE The Year 9 Tutor Team have arranged for the whole year group to have a teambuilding day out at Liquid Leisure, Windsor on Wednesday 6 July 2022. This is an excellent opportunity to spend time together following a busy academic year. A letter was emailed to all parents this week; please remember to return your consent forms before Friday 3 June. Dr Benzing-Shears, Head of Year 9

DINNER FOR THE ACADEMIC SCHOLARS OF YEARS 9 and 10 On Wednesday 18 May we held our dinner for the academic scholars of Years 9 and 10. Dr McShane’s ‘jug of conversation’ made its usual appearance, as did the traditional

reciting of University College Oxford’s grace, with the help from our after-dinner speaker Senior Academic Prefect, Kirsten L, who eloquently shared her thoughts on the importance of insulin to our bodies. Well done, Kirsten!

YEAR 11 CELEBRATION All the Year 11s and their families were invited to a lovely BBQ to wish them all the best with their forthcoming GCSE Exams. Good Luck!

Sicily Choir Trip

Following 12 years of successful Senior Choir tours to Umbria, Florence, Venice,Vienna, Paris, Lake Garda and Barcelona, Athens and, Malta, the 2022 Choir tour will be re-visiting the magical and beautiful island of Sicily! The tour will include 3 concerts and we will have the use of a coach for the duration of the visit. As usual we will have a packed itinerary. We will stay in a 4-star hotel near Taormina. From there we can visit Mount Etna, have a boat trip and explore the archaeological sites at Syracuse and experience the amazing history of the area. No doubt, there will be shopping time as well, and masses of fabulous Sicilian ice cream! All girls from Year 8 upwards in September 2022 are eligible to join the Choir and the tour.

IT’S FRIDAY, QUIZ TIME... For this week’s quiz click here This week your quiz is the same amazingly collated selection of stupendous questions ranging from the easy to the almost brain-flyingly impossible (unless of course you are Dr Poffley). Best of luck to Year 13 – off on Study Leave from today. Best of luck to all the quiz-aficionados. Mr Neate

WEDNESDAY’S CHAT & CRAFT SESSION The first Chat and Craft Session was a great success, see photos below; we are looking forward to continuing next Wednesday...

MEDICAL NEWS As hay fever season is upon us, if your daughter suffers from hay fever, please can they have a dose of their antihistamine medication in the mornings before school to prevent it disrupting their day. Many thanks, School Medical Team

SIXTH FORM NEWS On Monday morning before lessons began,Year 12 had an assembly led by the Head Girl Team in the Lecture Theatre. We organised our support for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Fete on Friday 27th May. The Year 12 students will run a stall comprising of Hair Braiding, Face Painting and Glitter Tattoos for the Prep School girls. The Head Girl Team are also running a Human Fruit Machine Stall, this will be a great Fete to end the half term before our Summer exams when we come back from our Half Term Break. In Year 12’s Careers Lesson on Monday, we looked on UniFrog and continued to complete the Interests Quizzes and explore a range of University Courses. We are excited to undertake the Higher Education Days on Monday and Tuesday next week, where we will begin to write our personal statements and look into University options more closely. On Tuesday Lunchtime at 1:45 the Oxbridge Faculty Exploration Event: The Language Faculty took place in the Lecture Theatre. Miss Eleftheriou led this seminar and we learnt about the different language courses you can apply for at Oxford and Cambridge. It was interesting to learn about her experience studying an Undergraduate French Degree at Oxford University and how the language courses differ from Oxbridge compared to other Universities in the United Kingdom. Emma W (Deputy Head Girl)

Look out for next week’s bulletin with photos of the Year 13 Leavers’ Celebrations

Please find below a collection of significant dates for our Sixth Form students in the Summer Term. Sixth Form Dates:

Saturday 25 June: Sports Day Tuesday 5 July: Sixth Form Ball (pending confirmation) Year 12 Only: Monday 23 May and Tuesday 24 May:Year 12 Higher Education Event Monday 23 May at 5:00pm: Higher Education Parent Information Event

Enrichment Society continues each Thursday in the Sixth Form Lecture Centre from 16.30-17.15. The schedule for this half term is printed below. As always, girls from all years are welcome to attend. A reminder that Academic Scholars from Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 are requested to attend a minimum of 3 Enrichment sessions each term. If any parents, guardians, or other family members, are interested in delivering a talk at Enrichment Society during the year, please email Mr O’Farrell on j.ofarrell@st-teresas.com. All areas of interest and expertise are welcome!

YEAR 7 RENAISSANCE GIRL PROJECTS The deadline for the 2022 Renaissance Girl projects has now been extended to Monday 13 June. The first round of presentations take place next Thursday at 4:30pm in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre. If you would like to present the work you have undertaken for the presentation badge next week, please do let Mr O'Farrell know. As always, if you have any questions, please see Dr Poffley or Mr O'Farrell.

Eco Tips of the Week: Did you know you can now buy phone cases that are made from Wheat Straw so they are fully recyclable and compostable?

ST TERESA’S DANCE CLUB St Teresa’s Dance Squad Calling all Years 7, 8 and 9 students who LOVE dance! We meet on Wednesday lunchtimes – if you enjoy learning dances in lots of different styles and to a variety of songs, come along – this is for you! St Teresa’s Senior Dancers This lunchtime club is for Years 9, 10 and 11 students who would like to learn dance pieces to a fun mix of genres – musical theatre, street and contemporary. A great way to meet others and shake off some stress midday! St Teresa’s Dance Company Our dance company meets weekly to train and create choreography in preparation for performance pieces. If you have a strong passion for dance and a strong technique, speak to Miss Richards about coming along to the company class. Miss Richards Dance Teacher

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS Years 7—9 After last week’s fabulous performances in the Year 7 Drama Festival, and performing their pieces as the practical element of their Drama exam, Year 7 finished their summer exam this week by completing their written paper. The girls can now look forward to mask work and commedia dell’arte. Year 8 and 9 have started their Summer exam this week and we wish them all the very best. Years 10-11 Year 10 Dance and Drama students are preparing for their written paper for their summer exams and are looking forward to returning to the practical side when the exams are over. Year 11 Drama students had their GCSE exam on Thursday and we wish our Dance GCSE students all the very best for their exam next month. Sixth Form Our Upper Sixth are enjoying their final Drama lessons at St Teresa's and we wish them all the very best. We would also like to extend our best wishes to all of the Upper Sixth girls who have been involved in our productions over the years, especially Ruby Dean who has been in most of the school productions throughout her seven years here.

Mr Melvin to run a half marathon for charity The Performing Arts Department wishes Mr Melvin all the very best of luck next week as he will be running a half marathon to raise money for Cancer Research. If you would like to support Mr Melvin then please use the link below to donate. https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/lets-raise-money-to-understand-and-beatcancer

The Performing Arts Evening will be on Wednesday 6 July more details to follow...

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS CLUBS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

TUESDAY

1.15-1.45

YEAR 10-13 CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLUB

TUESDAY

1.45-2.15

YEAR 7-9 CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLUB

FRIDAY

1.15-1.45

YEAR 9-13 MUSICAL THEATRE CLUB

If you are interested then please contact Hannah hannah@markjermin.co.uk

Instagram account We are delighted to have our own Instagram account to keep you updated with all of the exciting things we are doing. Do follow us @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 Upper Sixth and wishing them all the best in their A levels and as they move on to the next ‘act’.

Please follow us on FOST instagram account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

CALLING ALL NEW CLASS AND FOST REPRESENTATIVES We look forward to being notified of your new Class Reps for the upcoming 2022/2023 school year. If you are interested in joining our active FOST Committee, which make significant contributions to our St Teresa's School and community, please contact secretary.fost@icloud.com.

⭐️SUMMER BALL INFORMATION ⭐️ To book tickets https://buytickets.at/friendsofstteresas1 Dress is Caribbean Chic OR black tie Prizes needed for auction (big ticket items eg. 1 week in a Spanish villa) and gift tree (lower cost items eg. a massage) - email Cathy (chastoy@me.com) Wine needed for the ‘wine wall’ Tombola - please donate bottles to Reception Programme advertising space. £75 for a half page. Reductions available for those offering a prize for auction or gift tree - email Cathy (chastoy@me.com)

E-mail: equestrian@st-teresas.com

Visit our website: www.st-teresas.com/equestrian

Call: 01372 750257

Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’s Equestrian”

Booking System https://st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk/

We hope that you all have had a good week! 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 waiting list.

May Half Term Pony Mornings for the half term are available to book on the online system, and we still have some spaces left! Book now on the system to avoid disappointment! All bookings are to be done on the ecPro system, with the exception of those who pay by childcare vouchers. For this, please contact the office.

This week has been very exciting, the horses have new shoes! On Monday, the farriers came and shoed the horses, and a specialist horse farrier came to do Wizard’s hooves because he has sensitive feet. Wizard was practically falling asleep because he was enjoying it so much! This pony of the week this week is… Twinkle! ~ Libby C

We are excited for the riders heading to Hickstead on the weekend of the 28th/29th May for the Eventers Challenge Championships! We hope that you’re getting the practice in, and we wish you the best of luck! Send us pictures!

This Week May has traditionally been the month when we reflect on the uniquely significant character of Mary. Each year we honour Mary, the mother of Jesus, not just for one day but for the whole of the month. Of course, we are not worshipping Mary, God alone is worshipped. However, we do honour Mary. She is, in the first instance, the mother of Jesus. That intimate relationship between Mary and her son is the relationship that is offered to each and every one of us. Mary, the first among the disciples, faithfully followed Jesus and is the model to all of us of how to faithfully respond to God’s call in our lives and to follow Jesus. Mary was with the Church on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended and empowered the Church for her mission to bring the Good News to the world. And she was the first follower of Jesus to experience the resurrection and to enter into the eternal life offered to us all. This year in particular we remembered one of Mary’s other special titles - Mother of Peace. At this time when our world is so troubled, particularly by the war in Ukraine, we asked Mary to pray for us from her heavenly home. Our image for this week shows Mary and Jesus dressed in the traditional costume of Ukraine, as she joins her prayers with ours for Peace. The prayer, the Hail Mary (based on Luke 1:28) is presented here both in English and in Ukrainian.

Menu Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Main

Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice & Poppadums

Pepperoni Pizza Slice with Chef’s Salad

Chef’s Carvery – Roast Turkey Breast with Yorkshire Pudding

Freshly Baked locally sourced Pork Sausage Rolls

Whole School BBQ, Hot Dogs, Burgers & Marinated Chicken

Vegetarian

Vegetable & Chickpea Curry & Rice

Cheese & Tomato Pizza Slice

Fresh Tomato Coated Pasta

Roasted Butternut Squash & Pea Risotto

Vegetarian Burgers & Hot Dogs

Eat Healthy Choice

Beef Meatballs in a Fresh Tomato Sauce & Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta

Chargrilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Thai Coconut Infused Pork with Green Vegetables & Wholemeal Rice

Chicken Fajitas with Peppers & Red Onions served with Grated Cheese & Sour Cream & Chives & Chef’s Salad

As Above

Sides

Rice / Pasta & Broccoli

Baked Wedges & Carrots

Roast Potatoes & Mixed Vegetables

Roasted New Potatoes & Sweetcorn

Shredded Iceberg Lettuce, Sliced Beef Tomato, Sliced Red Onions, Gherkins & Coleslaw

Jacket Potatoes

Jacket Potato & Beans

Dessert

Fruit Pie & Custard

Strawberry Cheesecake

Victoria Sandwich Slice

Rice Pudding with a Selection of Sauces

Ice Lollies

Additional

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher