St Teresa's Senior Weekly Bulletin 11 November 2022

BOARDING NEWS

The Boarders enjoyed the trips this weekend. They went to Airhop and visited Polesden Lacey.

Saturday morning, we drove to Airhop; it was fantastic, the girls bounced and raced through tunnels of obstacles. They were very competitive but loved the challenge and we had Slushy drinks after their session to cool them down for the journey home.

On Saturday night a group of boarders went to the IGNITE light show at Polesden Lacey. We saw some amazing light sculptures on a trail that took us around the fields and to the courtyard of the house. We walked through stunning gardens which included a fire breathing dragon and some giant chess pieces. The fields around the house were stunning, filled with coloured lights flickering in the darkness.

Mrs Zoe Wragg

SIXTH FORM NEWS

On Tuesday, the Year 12 Biology and PE students were given the opportunity to visit Surrey University Human Performance Institute, within the sport and exercise science facility. We were able to carry out many different tests, including taking each other’s blood pressure and even trying their VO2 Max test to assess oxygen consumption during intense exercise. Overall, it was a great learning experience for all of us!

Emily E (Year 12)

During Year 12 Careers lesson this week the London Interdisciplinary School came in to deliver a talk about what they offer. This unique institution offers a flexible degree which facilitates many career paths, so you don’t have the stress of being set on a certain one. Interestingly, they shared with us that 95% of people go into university and change what career path they would like to do after studying their degree. The IDS school also offers many opportunities for work experience with well known brands such as KPMG and Vogue so that your CV will be full of work experience which every employee seeks when employing individuals. This talk was part of the career programme, allowing Year 12 to explore all of the options available to them to apply to when they are in Year 13.

Louise B (Year 12)

On Thursday, Year 12 had their Personal Tutor launch, this is a pastoral programme within the Sixth Form enabling Year 12 students to have the opportunity to choose any member of staff from the school community and ask them to become their Personal Tutor. They will be available to help them through any queries or issues that they have, they are also an extra mode of support for UCAS process. It is a really valuable programme and I know that the Year 12 students will both enjoy and benefit from partaking in it.

During Sixth Form PSHCE, the Year 12 and 13 students had a Study Skills talk focusing on Learning Performance. This was really interesting and helpful for our upcoming exams. Thank you to Miss Cantwell, our Head of PSHE, for organising our external speaker programme.

A new and exciting event is happening this evening for the Sixth Form Alumnae. Miss Pitchford and Mrs Menzies are hosting the inaugural St Teresa's Alumni dinner, attended by the St Teresa's Senior Leadership Team and Alumnae students from 2014 - 2021. The event is being hosted at The Royal Automobile Private Members Club, London. Charlotte R, our Art Prefect, and Klara created some lovely decorations for this event and the Head Girl Team wrote a quiz for the alumnae students to complete. I hope they have a lovely evening, reminiscing St T’s memories!

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Emma W (Deputy Head Girl)

MAGAZINE COMPETITIONS:

Explore your Past

We would like you to delve into your past and write a short paragraph, no longer than 150 words about an individual within your family tree that is either famous, has particular significance to you or just anyone in your past that sparks your interest such as a grandfather who was awarded a Military Cross in the war. You can also submit a photo of your chosen ancestor. The deadline is Thursday 1st December, please email your submissions to student.magazine@st teresas.com

Get Creative

We would like you to create any visual piece of art. For example: a photo, painting, drawing, clay, textile. The theme is Intellect 'Exploration' and Winter. The deadline for this competition is Thursday 1st December and please take a picture of your art and send it to student.magazine@st teresas.com

SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE

Last Friday, Year 12 went to the 'Safe Drive Stay Alive' event at Dorking Halls, attended by most schools in Surrey. They learned of the dangers of the roads and listened to hard hitting stories of road collision accidents from the families and the Surrey rescue services. Some girls had the chance to speak with the leader of the event and told him about their driving lessons and upcoming driving tests.

STUDY SKILLS

On Monday, Years 10 and 11 were given a workshop by Laura Buckeridge from Learning Performance on study skills and exam technique. The interactive session allowed for practising useful strategies and they were given a booklet summarising all techniques. We look forward to having Laura back to give a workshop to our Sixth Form and, a Zoom seminar for parents. Please look at the PSHCE letter for details of the Zoom parent seminar, which will take place on Friday 11th November at 19:00.

MFL NEWS

Year 9 Spanish have been revising the new vocabulary and structures introduced doing oral work/pronunciation/ translation using "Flippity", an online teaching tool. Students are giving the Flippity links by email or they can find them in their Year 9 Spanish Padlet. They can use them to work independently at home too.

SOUTHPOINTE DANCE COMPETITION

A huge congratulations to all of the members of ‘Saltare’ dance team, who competed at ‘Southpointe’ dance competition on Sunday. The dancers were hugely successful and won a number of events. They were up against some tough competition from prestigious Dance Schools and congratulations to our dancers for winning their awards:

1st place lyrical trio Freya D, Naomi C and Chloe H

1st place senior song and dance Freya D

1st place teen lyrical solo Naomi C

1st place senior street solo Chloe H

1st place teen street solo Georgia S

1st place intermediate modern duet Lucia C and Emma J

1st place teen street duet Bella B and Georgia S

2nd place teen street solo Taylor B

2nd place (joint) teen jazz Taylor B

2nd place (joint) teen jazz Jess S

Southpointe teen performer award Taylor B

1st place group lyrical piece

SUMMER TRIPS:

Summer Trips Meeting Details

Paul Mitchell, from Dynamic Adventures, will be announcing proposed dates, presenting plans and answering any initial questions parents may have. Please may you email Miss Kay s.kay@st teresas.com if you will be attending the meeting. A letter of interest will be sent after the meeting for those unable to attend.

Competition is open to everyone from Year 7 to Year 13. Compose a fanfare for either 2, 3 or 4 trumpets Are you curious to find out more?

If so, speak to Mrs Yalden or Miss Cantwell for further details.

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

After School

Jazz Group with Mr Walker in M2

Symphony Orchestra with Mrs Yalden 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)

Sinfonia Orchestra with Miss Cantwell in M2

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

Senior Choir with Mrs Yalden in the Chapel

Friday

1:15 – 2:00pm

Schola Cantorum with Mrs Yalden in Mairlot Hall

Rock Guitar group with Mr Smith in M3

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Drama

‘Othello’ Theatre Trip

GCSE and A Level Drama students had a great evening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford on Thursday, watching Frantic Assembly’s ‘Othello’. They enjoyed the energetic and exciting fusion of Shakespeare's classic story with Frantic’s iconic physical theatre. They enjoyed seeing some of Frantic Assembly’s techniques and methodologies being used in a professional production, after enjoying Frantic’s creative and inspiring workshop before half term.

Splendid Productions Workshop

On Friday GCSE and A level students, plus some members of Year 9, relished the opportunity to work with Kerry Frampton, a renowned theatre practitioner and founder of Splendid Production workshops. The drama students had a wonderful time looking at social and political theatre, Brecht and how to create a thoughtful and powerful devised piece.

Year 11 Chemistry Revision Clinic

Chemistry revision clinic is starting tomorrow! Now's the time to start, so don't delay.

Tomorrow we will be revising atomic structure.

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!

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

Please follow us on FOST instagram account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

CHRISTMAS FAIR RESULTS

The FOST judges had a tough time deciding on a winner this year and with over 15 entries from Prep and Senior school we decided to award a prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and increase the winnings!

1st Place Lucie B 10SK

2nd Place Grace H 7RA

3rd Place Ruby G 6GH

The girls won a voucher and their designs will appear in the brochure.

A HUGE thank you to everyone for entering this year, we were so impressed with the entries and the variety of media used. Please look through the brochure at the fair as every design entered will appear in the artwork pages.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks for entering!

See you at the fair on Friday 18th November!

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We hope that you are all well.

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.

Finally, while the weather is showing on and off rain, we’d like to remind our riders that we still run lessons in the wind and rain provided there is not a risk to anyone’s safety. As an alternative for those who don’t want to ride, then we do offer stable management lessons in the warm barn.

Over the weekend, there was an NSEA competition, and it was VERY wet! Two teams competed in show jumping and did really well riding in all of that rain! The School’s groundsman, Al, has been redoing the centre square at the stables and it’s going to look so nice with all the new flowers!

The horse of the week is… Red!

~ Libby C

NSEA News

On Sunday 6th November, we had a group of 8 very dedicated riders (and parents!) brave the elements to compete for STE in the 90 95cm Windsor Qualifier held at Felbridge Showground.

The arena was steadily disappearing underwater and the team at Felbridge did an unbelievable job of keeping the show running and the arena safe to jump in. The conditions were not favourable but every single rider and pony put their best foot forwards and jumped mature and sensible rounds appropriate for the conditions.

The St Teresa's Blue team of Chloe B, Amber B, Inde W and Lilly S finished on a Team score of 12 penalties for 9th with Lilly jumping a beautiful clear round.

The St Teresa's Pink team of Lulu S, Izzy L, Antonia S and Lottie B jumped some super rounds to finish in 11th.

Well done everyone and let's hope the next one is a little less damp!

This Week

In just a few days time, representatives from across the world will join together for the beginning of the football World Cup. This competition should see a joyful gathering of teams from across the world, united in a shared passion, competing fairly and with dignity, for a prize that recognises the qualities of collaboration, grace and skill. It has been sad to see the competition become embroiled in accusations of greed, opportunism and prejudice. So let us turn our thoughts instead to a different game of football. I speak, of course, of the match played out on Christmas Eve 1914 in the trenches of western front. The First World War had raged for five months, and already countless hundreds of thousands had been slaughtered on both sides of the conflict. On Christmas Eve, the guns fell silent and, when the allied troops heard their German counterparts singing Christmas carols, brave representatives from both sides ventured out of the trenches and met in No Man’s Land to exchange gifts and trinkets, to sing carols together and, yes, to play that now infamous game of football. While generals sat far away plotting and planning, the soldiers in the trenches set aside their weapons, if only for a few hours, and in that most unlikely of locations, shared a moment of comradery, friendship and peace.

Although this event took place over a century ago, perhaps we can draw out three important messages from this historic moment.

Firstly, the truce was unofficial. There was no order for the guns to fall silent. Instead, it was recognised that on that night, when we remember the birth of the Christ child who brought peace into the world, it would be a sacrilege to fire weapons and take another’s life. Our hearts, like the hearts of those soldiers in the trenches, are configured for peace. We long, as they did, for peace.

Secondly, the prompt for peace was prayer. As the strains of ‘Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht Silent Night, Holy Night’ drifted across the barren wastes, that muddied hell was transformed into the greatest of cathedrals, as the soldiers reached out to the Almighty with the most earnest of prayers, that they, and the whole world, may ‘Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Sleep in heavenly peace.’

And finally, for just the briefest of moments, on that most blessed of nights, the exchange of bullets and shells was replaced with the gifts of chocolate bars, fruitcake and photographs of loved ones at home. And for that briefest of moments, love blotted out hatred, as those who were once enemies became friends, and the peace, announced by the angels at Jesus’ birth, was present, here on earth.

As we recall with gratitude today all those who have given their lives in the great tragedy hatred that is war, we pray that the voices of all people on earth would rise with the angels to declare, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of goodwill!’

Main Beef lasagne with crusty bread

Southern fried chicken fillet burger with shredded iceberg & piri piri mayo

Pork & vegetable korma with wholemeal rice

Honey roast gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli nachos, grated cheese, guacamole, sour cream & salsa

Marinaded Cajun beef strips with rustic coleslaw & chef’s salad

Lemon & basil chicken breast served with marinated olives

Traditional battered cod fillet or fish fingers with tartare sauce

Seafood & chilli spiced linguine with roasted green peppers & fresh herbs