St Teresa's Weekly Bulletin 23 May 2022

Issue 1 : 4th September 202023 May 2022

Autumn Term

This Week’s Headlines This Week’s Headlines Friday 27 May…………………………………………………………………….…….HALF TERM BEGINS Monday 6 June………………………………………………………………...…….Summer Term Resumes Monday 6— Friday 10 June…….....…………….….…………………………...………..School Exam Week Thursday 9 June………………..……………………………………….Examinations for Years 7 and 8 end Friday 10 June……………………………...…………… Years 7 & 8 St Teresa’s & Cranmore Colour Run Friday 10 June……………………………………………….…….Examinations end for Years 9, 10 and 12

JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

BOARDING NEWS The boarders enjoyed their last weekend this term with a trip to Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.

When they came back, the boarders collected their suitcases ready for the week to pack.

They had a lovely day on Sunday swimming onsite with pool games organised by Tito our Head Boarder; Miss Jones and the gaps joined in too. It was such a fun evening.

We all hope you enjoy the Jubilee festivities and half term.

Mrs Wragg Deputy Head of Boarding

ST IGNATIUS HOUSE, INTER-HOUSE ARTS COMPETITION This week in House Assembly, St Ignatius house were shown various examples of art work which symbolised bravery. This is part of the up-and-coming Inter-House Art Competition which will be judged during Values Week. Students were then asked to sketch out their ideas for artworks which could be made. Ideas so far have included paintings, animations, sketches, photography and ceramics.

We will look forward to seeing the final results. I am sure the House will come up with some interesting ideas.

Mr Stephens, Head of St Ignatius House

INTER-HOUSE ARTS COMPETITION On Tuesday morning during house assemblies the girls participated in an art activity to get their creative juices flowing ahead of the Inter House Art Competition early next term.

With the aim to create a piece of art which represented the theme bravery, in St Francis, Art Captain Charlotte R organised the girls into groups of 4-5 and gave them a bag full of art supplies. With only 15 minutes to make their masterpieces they worked feverishly cutting and sticking until the very last moment. The winners were Nirvana M, Francesca B, Zoe W and Harriet L who created a friendly but fierce lion which represented bravery wonderfully.

St Ignatius House were shown various examples of art works which symbolised bravery and students were then asked to sketch out their ideas for artworks which could be made. Ideas so far have included paintings, animations, sketches, photography and ceramics.

In St Benedict House assembly this week we got physical with bravery, creating freezeframe statues to explore the concept of bravery. Leah G and Klara W, our Art Captains, organised and led the activity superbly!

Entries for the Inter House Art Competition are now open and close on Monday 13th June with results announced on Friday 17th June ahead of Values Week where the masterpieces will be on display. With every piece of artwork entered being worth at least one house point, we hope to have an influx of submissions and look forward to seeing everything the girls create!

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, plus 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.

Eco Tips of the Week: Don’t forget we recycle at school all your old pens and medicine blister packs! So do drop them in. Thank you from the Eco Council.

GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD Former Head Girl Chloe R, Isabella J and Francesca B collected their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards from Prince Edward last week.

Congratulations!

IT’S FRIDAY, QUIZ TIME...

As it is half term I have released the answers to the first four instalments of the quiz along with the Week 5 questions. You can access Week 5 here You may also like to know that Francis continue to dominate the House League averaging almost 2 points more than second place Dominic. Year 13 are still showing how unbelievably wonderful they are by staying top of the Year League despite going off to sit their A-Levels. What character!!

As for individuals, including only those who have entered at least 3 out of the 4 weeks so far we do have two real stars…..

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Alice P in Year 10 with an average of 12 marks per week

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And of course Dr Poffley with an excellent average of 17.

Have a go this week and we’ll be back for more after half term.

Mr Neate

YEAR 7 LODGE HILL RESIDENTIAL Year 7 had a fun residential outing to Lodge Hill Activity Centre on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 May. The girls enjoyed a wide range of activities and new experiences. The campfire and toasted marshmallows were a particular highlight. Memories will have been created, while friendships have been formed and strengthened. The girls will have gained confidence by going beyond their comfort zone with climbing and abseiling. There were a lot of very tired but smiling faces on Friday evening!

Enrichment Society continued this week with a presentation by Eris R (Year 7). In an effort to inspire the Year 7 Renaissance Girls, Eris presented her outstanding research on ‘The Moon and Beyond’, which was undertaken towards her Year 7 Enrichment project. Well done, Eris!

A reminder to all Year 7 Renaissance Girls that projects are due to Mr O’Farrell’s office by Monday, 13 June at the very latest. Everyone will have an opportunity to present their research undertaken towards the presentation badge after half term. As ever, please see Mr O’Farrell or email j.ofarrell@stteresas.com if you have any questions!

ENRICHMENT SOCIETY LECTURE St Teresa’s EnSoc is delighted to announce an exciting guest lecture on Genetic Disease and Gene Therapy, delivered by Clare Arnold. Clare is an Associate Director of Quality Control at Orchard Therapeutics, a gene therapy company. The presentation will cover genes and genetic disease, the different types of gene therapy, and also Ex-vivo HSC gene therapy as a treatment for rare genetic disease.

Clare graduated with a BSc in Applied Biology from the University of Bath and has more than 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry in both quality control and quality assurance roles. She has worked with many types of pharmaceutical products, with her most recent experience in biologics and gene therapy. The Enrichment Society very much look forward to welcome Claire to St Teresa’s!

The lecture will take place in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre on Monday, 13 June at 4:30pm. Students from all years, along with Years 7 and 8 boys from Cranmore, are invited to attend.

NOTICES: SPORTS RELAUNCH We would like to invite you to a presentation evening which will set out the school’s new vision for sport at St Teresa’s on Wednesday 15 June in Henderson Hall, St Teresa’s Prep School at 19.30.

Following a comprehensive review from Chris Harrison School Sport Consultancy and the appointment of Mr Paul Hodgson as the Executive Director of Sport for Effingham Trust, an exciting new sports programme is going to be launched this September. We believe that this will dramatically improve the sporting provision for each and every girl at the school, providing them with a comprehensive range of sporting opportunities. If you would like to attend please complete this form.

YEAR 8 MOVING TO YEAR 9 I am excited to let you know that we have several new girls joining the year group in September.

Therefore, to ensure we maintain small class sizes, Year 8 will be moving from four forms to five forms for Year 9. Moving forms around is always exciting, but occasionally it makes the girls (and parents) apprehensive. We will run lots of teambuilding and supportive activities to ensure the new classes settle, and that the girls get to know each other quickly. The new forms will be announced at the end of term.

Thank you so much in advance for all your support and encouragement, and for supporting your daughter to manage this change smoothly.

Wishing you and your daughters a restful half term. Miss Stephanie Gibson, Head of Year 8

YEAR 8 SUMMER TRIP, FRIDAY 1 JULY 2022 To celebrate the year, the whole of Year 8 have been invited to attend the Sutton Life Centre, followed by an afternoon taking part in the ‘Nuts Challenge’ in Dorking, on Friday 1 July.

At the Sutton Life Centre, the girls will experience the ‘Life Skills Zone’- Europe’s first super classroom. It is part movie set, part learning experience. The Life Skills Tours teach the girls about citizenship, personal safety, and the environment, using the latest cinematic technology. Giant projection screens, powerful surround sound, evocative lighting and interactive elements all combine to create an immersive learning environment like no other.

We will then have lunch at the Centre, before travelling to Dorking for the ‘Nuts Challenge’ Here the girls will encounter mud, a water assault course, climbing, crawling and challenging obstacles all the way round. This should be a fun afternoon where the girls will get to demonstrate teamwork, communication, and cooperation with their peers.

Please return the consent form to Miss Gibson by Friday 10th June.

YEAR 11 SUMMER BALL The Year 11 Ball will take place at St Teresa’s on Friday 1 July 2022. The event will start at 7:00pm and end at 9:30pm.

YEARS 12 & 13 ART,TEXTILES & PHOTOGRAPHY VISIT TO ST IVES, CORNWALL, 25 - 28 NOVEMBER 2022 The Art Department has organised an exciting visit to St Ives, Cornwall, to support Years 12 and 13 with their A Level assignments. The students will benefit in several ways, with the opportunity to gather a wide range of primary source ideas, as well as extending their existing critical knowledge. The studies and experiments carried out will form a vital part of their A Level coursework, supporting ‘Personal Investigations’ and ‘Personal Studies,’ respectively. It is expected that all Sixth Form Art and Design students will attend as part of their course requirements and because Cornwall’s western peninsula is so rich in cultural heritage, possessing great diversity in visual sources for visiting art and design students.

Please complete the consent slip and return to Mrs Uren by Friday 3 June.

SIXTH FORM NEWS There was a very exciting start to this week because the Higher Education Event was held by Miss Pitchford, Mrs Randall and Ms Clarke for all the Year 12 students. It began on Monday morning where we started our UCAS Application Form and made long and short lists of our provisional University Course choices. After lunch, there were a selection of different seminars on offer for us to attend. I enjoyed learning about what you can study after your degree. Miss Pitchford led this interesting session, and it was inspiring to hear about what qualifications she achieved after her undergraduate degree and what postgraduate options there are out there to do.

On Tuesday, we started the day with a speaker from Surrey University who gave us a Personal Statement Lecture. She taught us about hints and tips on writing our Personal Statement and differences between an excellent and boring Personal Statement. This was very helpful to begin our day because we then went on to do a Personal Statement Workshop with Miss Pitchford, Mrs Randall and Ms Clarke in the Reading Room. There, we started to write bullet point lists on what should be included and then converted our bullet points into paragraphs. This created a fantastic starting point to writing our Personal Statements.

During the afternoon, an Alumni speaker called Grace gave a fantastic talk to us all in the Lecture Theatre, Grace was in the class of 2016 at St T's and it was fascinating to hear her experience studying Architecture at Cardiff University. The art students had a seminar with Grace after the talk; this was especially helpful for the art students in Year 12 as they have a different application pathway that they follow. The marvellous two days ended with a delightful cream tea! The scones were delicious, and we all thoroughly enjoyed the Higher Education Event which provided us with a lot of very useful information about studying after A-Levels. I would like to say a huge thank you to Mrs Randall, our Head of Careers, and of course Miss Pitchford and Ms Clarke for also organising this super event!

On Thursday lunchtime we had a Whole Team Prefect Meeting with all of the prefects to share what they have all achieved this half term.

Some highlights are: our Prep, Lower School and Art Prefect, Charlotte R, has organised the Lower School to make a Union Jack piece of artwork and a crown and petal piece for the Prep School to create for the FOST Summer Ball and Tito, our Boarding Prefect, is organising a Boarders’ Diversity Dinner on 21st of June, which is a lovely celebration after Summer Exams! Well done to all of the Prefects for achieving so much this half term!

During Year 12’s Enrichment Session on Thursday, Miss Marsden and Miss Pitchford launched a new Enrichment project that will last 4 enrichment sessions designed to explore politics and the world around us. We all thought about different issues and ideas within society and what we think about them. This was the first of four sessions to prepare before we get to ask a Liberal Democrat Councillor some political questions in a live political surgery.

On Friday the FOST Jubilee Fete commenced after school; our prefects helped on the Hair Braiding, Face Painting and Glitter Tattoo stalls. The Head Girl Team ran a Human Fruit Machine which was also very enjoyable and all of the Prefects had lots of fun celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was a lovely end to this half term, and I hope you all have a lovely holiday!

Emma W (Deputy Head Girl)

SIXTH FORM NEWS

SIXTH FORM DATES FOR THE CALENDAR Saturday 25 June: Sports Day Tuesday 5 July: Sixth Form Ball (pending confirmation)

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 Some of Year 7 have spent this week working with masks and some have been performing farce and slapstick pieces; after half term Year 7 will combine these skills to perform entertaining commedia dell’arte pieces.

Years 8 and 9 have been completing their summer exam this week and we wish Years 7-9 all the very best in their examinations next month.

Year 10 Year 10 Dance and Drama students are working hard to prepare for their summer exam and their written exam paper, however, they are really looking forward to the return of practical work in their lessons after exam week.

A huge congratulations to our fabulous Drama teacher Mr Melvin who completed his half marathon on Sunday to raise money for Cancer Research. If you would still 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 Performing Arts Evening The Performing Arts Evening will be on Wednesday July 6th. More details to follow.

CLUBS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TUESDAY

1.15-1.45

YEAR 10-13 CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLUB

M5

TUESDAY FRIDAY

1.45-2.15 1.15-1.45

YEAR 7-9 CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLUB YEAR 9-13 MUSICAL THEATRE CLUB

M5 MH

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

Instagram account Keep up to date with all of 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……

All of Years 7-10 and wishing them a great half term and all the best in their summer examinations.

Please follow us on FOST instagram account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

CALLING ALL NEW CLASS & 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 making significant contributions to our 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 area Program advertising space. £75 for a half page. Reductions available for those offering a prize for auction or gift tree - email Cathy (chastoy@me.com)

UNIFORM SHOP Submission forms are under FOST 2nd hand uniform on the St Ts website.

REMINDER: CASH or CHEQUE only please for the foreseeable future.

Open on Mondays & Fridays 8.30am-9am and the first Saturday of every month 10am-10.30am during term time.

Events: Upcoming Webinar: Young People, Drugs & Decisions: What Every Parent Needs To Know with Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, Wednesday 15th June, 6:30pm.

New Content: Podcast: Understanding Tourette Syndrome with Lucy Toghill & Ione Georgakis from Tourettes Action. We talk to Lucy and Ione about TS and how it manifests in children and young people.

Self-Care: 10 Minute Neck & Back Stretch by Caz Houghton, yoga teacher in The Wellbeing Hub. This session focuses on neck movement to improve revision discomfort.

Awareness Day Content: Tourette's Awareness Month 15th May - 15th June Advice For Parents by Tourettes Action: We are delighted to be able to share this tip sheet which outlines how to get the best support for your child in school. This is also available in the 'Top Tips' section of The Wellbeing Hub for Staff.

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 and are looking forward to the half term!

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.

If anyone wishes to start riding with us, then please contact the office now so that we have your details on our waiting list for when we start organising lessons over the summer for the Autumn Term.

Summer Holidays Pony Morning and Afternoon dates have been emailed out and are available to book on the system!

Head to st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk to see what’s available and book!

Something interesting happened this week, with some of the horses having a chiropractor treatment! A Chiropractor treats the horses back to relieve any pain or discomfort to help them feel better!

The ponies of the week this week are… Charlie and Red! ~ 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 On Thursday we celebrated the great Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, remembering forty days after the Resurrection, when Jesus returned to glory to sit at the right hand of His Father.

As we celebrated Mass together, joined by the parish community, we reflected on two elements of this event.

It was a joy to join together as a whole school community this morning, as part of our Jubilee celebrations, for a Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving to mark the 70th Anniversary of the reign of our monarch, Queen Elizabeth.

We reflected on King Solomon’s desire for gift of wisdom, and recalled that the Queen, in her turn, asked for the same. This has resulted in Similarly, we, like the first followers of Jesus, now wait in anticipation for the feast her reign being one characterised by a life of of Pentecost when we, the body of Christ, service. While it is remarkable that she has are inspired and called to continue Christ’s reigned for seventy years, her exemplary life of ministry of love to our world. service is surely a still greater legacy. As we gathered together we joined our voice to that of Cardinal Vincent Nichols as we declared: On the one hand we recalled that Jesus has gone before us to prepare that heavenly place for us. Having humbled himself to come down and participate so fully in our humanity, now he has returned and opened the way to the eternal kingdom of heaven for us.

“Your Majesty, it is an honour and a pleasure to express the great loyalty and gratitude felt by the Catholic community of England and Wales for the outstanding and unstinting service you give to our nation and to people throughout the world”

Menu Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Main

Beef Lasagne with Crusty Bread

Southern Fried Chicken Fillet Burger with Shredded Iceberg & Piri Piri Mayo

Honey Roast Gammon with Yorkshire Pudding

Mild Beef Chilli Nachos, grated Cheese, Guacamole, Sour Cream & Salsa

Traditional Battered Cod Fillet or Fish Fingers with Tartare Sauce

Vegetarian

Vegetable & Spinach Lasagne

Quorn Mince & Bean Tomato Bake

Root Vegetable & Lentil Cottage Pie

Malaysian Style Squash & Seitan Curry

No Chicken Teriyaki Noodles & Oriental Vegetables

Eat Healthy Choice

Chargrilled Chilli Chicken & Roasted Vegetable Traybake

Pork & Vegetable Korma with Wholemeal Rice

Marinated Cajun Beef Strips with Rustic Coleslaw & Chef’s Salad

Lemon & Basil Chicken Breast served with Marinated Olives

Seafood & Chilli Spiced Linguine with Roasted Green Peppers & Fresh Herbs

Sides

Crusty Bread, Peas & Sweetcorn

Jacket Wedges & Broccoli

Roast Potatoes & Mixed Vegetables

Rice & Carrots

Chips, Peas &

Jacket Potatoes

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Dessert

Apple Pie & Custard

Lemon & Blueberry Slice

Rocky Road

Fruit & Berry Crumble & Custard

Raspberry Cheesecake

Additional

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer Fruit Platter

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

Baked beans

SPORTS DAY Sports Day – save the date!

This year Sports Day will be held on Saturday 25th June 11:00am-2:00pm.

This is a compulsory school day for Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12, with Years 11 and 13 encouraged to attend.

More information will follow however, you can look forward to Harrison’s High Tea on the lawn, music and merriment, as well as the sporting spectacle of our girls competing in track and field events!