St Teresa Senior Weekly Bulletin 10 October 2022

BOARDING

The last weekend was celebrated with a day trip to Thorpe Park; the girls had an amazing time and went on every ride they could possibly get on. There are some truly terrifying rides at Thorpe Park and most of the girls ran as fast as they could to queue for them including Miss Molly. Some of the girls chose to enjoy the tamer rides and the carnival games which the other Gaps were very happy to help them with. Most of the girls ended their day by going on the log flume which meant we had a few soggy individuals getting back on the bus. Best comment on the ride home. “We love Thorpe Park can we go next weekend please.”

We've really enjoyed our last week with our Hot Chocolate club on a Wednesday evening. We also held our first 'Come Dine With Me' competition, with the UK group. Dr McShane, Gary and Mrs Wragg all judged the girl's presentation of food, the hall and the service. Well done girls you scored 24 out of 30! Next term we will have another group cooking for us all. Rewards were handed out after supper on Thursday for all the boarders’ merits they have gained over this half of term. Well done girls! More prizes next term at the Christmas Party.

Have a great half term.

SIXTH FORM NEWS

We led the Whole School Assembly on Monday morning where the Student Magazine Team announced that issue 4, the Winter Edition of our Student Magazine, will be coming out before Christmas. There are two competitions for the whole school to get involved in:

Creative

One being a creative competition where all students are welcome to enter any piece of artwork around the theme of Winter or Intellect, our School Value this year.

Explore Your Past:

The second competition requires students to write 150 words about a family member who has had an impact in history, for example a great grandfather who served in WW1.

Both competitions are open to all year groups and there will be two category winners, Upper School (Years 10 13) and Lower School (Years 7 - 9). To submit your entry, students need to attach their submission and email it to student.magazine@st-teresas.com The deadline for these competitions is Thursday 1st December and the winners will have their work included in the magazine! Good luck to everyone and we look forward to receiving your entries after half term.

On Monday evening the Academic Scholars of Years 10, 11, and Sixth Form came together for dinner, which began with Dr McShane and Dr Poffley reciting the Oxford Grace. We were entertained by Dr McShane’s ever-delightful ‘jug of conversation’, prompting many enlightening discussions. Our Senior Academic Prefect, Kirsten L, gave an insightful speech on kidney ethics, a topic we were all very interested to discover more about; such as the unanswerable question on whether it is right to buy a kidney from someone in a low income country. The food was delicious, and the whole evening was wonderful!

Jess H (Academic Prefect)

On Wednesday Afternoon, the 1st XI Hockey Team played in a tournament at KCS Wimbledon. We ploughed through our first match, winning 3 0, and carried on to win all of our matches in our pool, with our last one resulting in a 5 0 win. We then went through to the semi finals and to the finals, which we won 2 0. We came first overall in the tournament and well done to all the girls playing, we played fantastically as a team to achieve these results. We are particularly proud of our Sixth Form team members: Sophie, Kirsten and Poppy from Year 12 and Pippa and Emma from Year 13.

Year 12 assembly on Thursday was the Application Pathway Launch; students were invited to attend seminars for the specialist pathways available to them such as Art, Oxbridge and Medical, Veterinary and Dentistry. These pathways now run for two years, supporting the Year 12 students with their specialist applications. We hope that they enjoyed this experience

Thursday Drama Trip To Kill A Mockingbird

On Thursday 13 October, GCSE and A Level drama pupils went up to London to visit the Gielgud Theatre to watch the play To Kill a Mockingbird directed by Bartlett Sher. This visit was for our Live Theatre essays and to be inspired by their performing techniques in our own performances when back in class. The performance was moving and everyone enjoyed the performance as for many this was their first time back in a theatre in years.

Sophie F

On Friday after lunch, the House Captains from each house organised team building activities for all years to spend time together before we have our half term break. It was fantastic to get to know the younger years within our school community and a great end to a busy half term!

I hope you all have a restful half term.

SCHOLARS’ DINNER

We were pleased to host our annual Scholars’ Dinner for our senior academic scholars. Much merriment and interesting topics of conversation were had, with Dr McShane's "Jug of Conversation".

YEAR 10 TRIP TO KEW GARDENS

This week Year 10 Fine Art, Photography & Textiles pupils had the opportunity to visit Kew Gardens, which holds an amazing collection of exotic plant forms and architectural structures. This visit allowed the pupils to collect vital first-hand research, which they will be able to use back in the classroom. All the pupils worked with enthusiasm and were a real delight to take out for the day.

EVENSONG AT WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

On Saturday, members of Schola Cantorum took part in Evensong at Winchester Cathedral with choirs from the Royal School of Church Music. Boasting the longest medieval nave in Europe, this magnificent building has inspired worship for many generations and so was a very appropriate setting for our celebration. It was a particularly special event as it fused the traditional evensong with the Royal School’s annual recognition of those who had made a significant contribution to church music. Being one of the few young choirs in attendance, it was a fantastic opportunity to sing with adult choirs and experience the richness of four-part harmony. The chosen anthem by Thomas Hewitt Jones was particularly poignant and effective as the text was based on the speeches of the late Queen Elizabeth II and sung in her memory. This prestigious event was livestreamed across the globe, and we were very honoured to be a part of it.

In addition to our trip to Winchester, we are delighted to have been invited back to sing Evensong at Chichester Cathedral having sung there last year. We are looking forward to returning to Chichester on the 9th of November.

EXTRACURRICULAR 1:15-1:45pm

Monday

DJ Club Years 7+8 with Mr Fuller in M2

Grade 6 Theory with Mrs Yalden in M3

1:45 – 2:15pm

Sixth Form and Staff Choir with Miss Cantwell in Mairlot Hall

Tuesday Grades 1-2 Theory with Miss Cantwell in M2

Grades 3-5 Theory with Mrs Yalden in M3

1:45 – 2:15pm

Trombone Group with Mr Caister in M3

Pop Group with Mr Palmer in the drum room (starts after half term)

Wednesday

Thursday

8:00-8:35am

String Ensemble with Mrs Wallace in M2

Concert Band with Ms Haystead in M2

Year 7 Ukulele with Mrs Yalden in M3

Music Technology Years 9-11 with Miss Cantwell in M2

Year 7 Choir (occasional) with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall

Friday

1:15 – 2:00pm

Schola Cantorum with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall Rock Guitar group with Mr Smith in M3

After School

Jazz Group with Mr Walker in M2 Symphony Orchestra with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall

Sinfonia Orchestra with Miss Cantwell in M2

Senior Choir with Mrs Yalden in the Chapel

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Frantic Assembly

Last Friday the iconic and prestigious physical theatre company Frantic Assembly came in to do three workshops with some members of Year 9 and our Year 10, Year 11 and Sixth Form Drama students. The students had an amazing time working with the Frantic practitioners and exploring some of their innovative and aesthetic techniques and how to use them to enhance storytelling in theatre.

Theatre Trip

On Thursday our GCSE and A Level Drama students went to see ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at the Gielgud Theatre. The students had a wonderful evening and found this outstanding production compelling, moving and powerful.

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

Visit our website www.st teresas.com/ equestrian

Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’sBooking System st teresas equestrian.ecpro.co.uk

We hope that you have all had an amazing first half of the school term, and a great start to the new school year!

We still have LOTS of availability over the half term, so if you’d like to come and ride on a Pony Morning, Pony Afternoon or for a Assessment or Private lesson, please do get in touch now! We are open to everyone 5 years and above (6 years for Pony Days), whether you have ridden or not before. Have a look on our booking site to see availability or contact us by phone or by email.

Have a lovely October Half Term!

STE have had a new staff member join the team called Maddi, her first day was on Tuesday. She has worked on other types of livery and competition yards before coming here.

The arena was re graded on Monday and is now level and much nicer to ride in! After the very dry summer the carpet got all fluffy so it’s now nice to walk in without getting carpet fluff stuck to your shoes!

The ponies have started to be clipped this week. Clipping is when the horse’s coat gets shaved off in different styles so that they don’t get too hot in the winter months. It also makes them easier to groom!

The horse of the week is… Bobby!

~ Libby C

NSEA News

Good luck to everyone heading out to compete this Saturday, but also the best of luck to the teams who are heading to the NSEA Championships over the half term!!

The October dates are ready to book, we are running Pony Mornings, Pony Afternoons and also ad hoc lessons.

So please check our booking site to book your spaces now!

This Week

It was wonderful to launch our Christmas Shoebox Appeal this week! As in previous years, we are supporting ‘Children in Distress’ to provide boxes of joy to babies, children, young people and the elderly in Romania and Eastern Europe. In Chapel this week we heard a presentation about how to prepare our boxes. Full details have been given to every pupil in the school. Further details have been emailed out to all families. Our aim this year is to smash out target from last year and to collect at least 300 shoeboxes. What a wonderful gift this would be!!

We now have a four week period to prepare, fill and return our shoeboxes. This gives us the whole of the half-term break and then two weeks after the break to complete our shoeboxes. The boxes will then be collected and will leave the school site on Friday, 11th November. Please ensure that your boxes are returned then (together with the £2 donation towards the cost of transport and distribution).

This is a wonderful project as it is a genuine example of us giving without expecting anything in return. From our wealth and because of our generosity an individual in need who we will never meet will receive a gift of joy this Christmas. Can we encourage every member of the school community to prepare and return a shoebox as part of their preparations for the great feast of Christmas. Thank you, in advance, for all your help and support!!

Menu

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato

Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes

Eat healthy choice Turkey & vegetable tikka masala with vegetable rice

Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice

Vegetarian

Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato

Beef & broccoli in black bean sauce with noodles

Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad

Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Sides Mashed potato Broccoli

Pasta arrabiata Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables

Dessert Chocolate brownie Apple crumble & custard

Macaroni cheese with green salad

New potatoes Carrots Chips Peas Baked beans

Additional Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Carrot cake with frosting Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Strawberry smoothie bar

Bar Summer Fruit Platter