St Teresa's Senior Weekly Bulletin 12 November 2021

Autumn Term

8 November 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020

This Week’s Headlines Monday 15th - Friday 19th November..….…………….………………………..Y13 Geography Field Trip Monday 15th November………………………...………………....7HJ& 7PC Water Treatment Plant Visit Monday 15th November..….………………………..……….Spiritual Life Committee, 16.30 Boardroom Tuesday 16th November…………………………………………….……….Production Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 16th November…………………………………..Y10 GCSE Dance Group -Dance Festival 14:15

Tuesday 16th November……………………………………………………U16 Indoor Hockey, Cranleigh Wednesday 17th November…………………..…………………….U15 Smiles Hockey Sherborne All day Wednesday 17th November…………………………………....Covid 19 Immunisation Team, Mairlot Hall

This Week’s Headlines

Wednesday 17th November…………..…………………………..Schola Cantorum Chichester Cathedral Thursday 18th November…………………………… …………….School Production 19:00, Mairlot Hall Friday 19th November………………………………………….……School Production 19:00, Mairlot Hall Saturday 20th November………………………………………………..………….ESAA XC Regional Final

Parents’ Evenings Dear Parents/Guardians, We would like to invite you to your daughter’s forthcoming virtual parents’ evenings via the Parents’ Evening module on the following dates : Year 8

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Year 9

Thursday 13 January 2022

Year 10 Wednesday 24 November 2021

Year 11 Thursday 10 February 2022 Year 12 Thursday 17 March 2022 Year 13 Thursday 17 March 2022

BOARDING NEWS The boarders had a fun packed weekend after half term. It was so lovely to welcome them all back.

Friday night the girls enjoyed Fireworks at Imber Court with fun fair rides with a Bruno Mars tribute band. A goldfish was won - we have named him 'Que'! Saturday was spent shopping in Westfield Shopping Centre in London. On Sunday, the boarding house enjoyed a cream tea - thanks Bev!

MUSIC NEWS The music department was delighted to welcome back our visiting string quartet to present a wonderful evening of music making on Monday 8th in the chapel.

The visiting musicians had previously worked with Lara and Ella on their A level compositions and the concert presented the results of a most impressive collaboration.

Lara and Ella both presented their pieces confidently with a short talk that included the quartet playing short extracts to demonstrate how the works were constructed. The resulting quartets were breathtaking with their rich sounds and complex harmonies emanating from the string instruments. Our girls then performed on the 'cello and flute with the professionals, which was wonderful to hear.

A marvellous concert that sounded so amazing in our beautiful chapel.

Mr Caister thanked the visiting musicians for all their help given to Lara and Ella, before telling the girls how proud the school is to have such wonderful musicians.

SIXTH FORM NEWS This term as we enter into Autumn and see the leaves change from green to orange to brown we have launched the Autumn Term edition of the student magazine. The magazine committee believe it is extremely important to have contributions from the whole school community, so we have set up 3 competitions which are centred around the theme of Autumn for every year group to take part in.

School Magazine Art Competition: We are looking for girls to submit any artwork they have created either in art classes, their own original pieces or photographs that they are proud of taking around the autumn theme.

To submit competition entries please scan your work or take a clear picture and send it to student.magazine@st-teresas.com School Magazine Short Story Writing Competition: Another competition running is a short story for creative writers around autumn which must not exceed 500 words.

To submit competition entries please scan your work or take a clear picture and send it to student.magazine@st-teresas.com School Magazine Reviews Competition: We also aim to include a section of reviews on inspiring books, films and music to be able to provide suggestions for other students. This entails sending a short paragraph to the Microsoft form below detailing what you enjoyed about your choice and a sentence or two of background information. https://forms.office.com/r/csb4P1RD5u The deadline for all of the competitions above is the 26th November 2021. We look forward to reading and viewing your amazing pieces of work.

Imogen L, Deputy Head Girl On Monday Evening we had a professional string quartet come in to play our A Level compositions in a concert alongside other brilliant works by Handel, Mozart and Haydn. This was both an enlightening and inspirational event; playing alongside such capable musicians really helped our awareness of composition and performance. We both valued the experience so much and are so grateful to Mr Caister for the opportunity!

Ella M, Music Captain

On Tuesday lunch time we held an Oxbridge Meet The Applicant talk in the lecture theatre with some of this year's Oxbridge applicants. There was a massive turnout with students from Year 7 all the way through to 11. We had lots of great questions and I hope everyone is feeling better enlightened to the application process. If there are any further questions, feel free to email Dr Poffley.

Saskia C, Senior Prefect Academic

MED SOC This week Kirsten L and Jess H gave an excellent talk on Down’s Syndrome. They explained what Down’s Syndrome is and then we watched a clip showing the lives of three people living with Down’s Syndrome. We then discussed the current abortion law and whether we agreed with it or not, taking into consideration ethics, discrimination, quality of life among other things.

All of the resources are available on the MedSoc team. If you would like to be a member, please let Dr Evans know.

Next meeting: 23rd November 1.15pm in Room 29 (Year 10 – Year 13)

YEAR 7 SCIENCE TRIP A reminder to parents to please complete the consent form for the Year 7 Science Trip to Bell Beach Reservoir, if you have not already done so. 7JH and 7PC will attend the trip on Monday 15 November, and 7SA and 7SB will attend the trip on Monday 22 November. Consent forms should be returned to Mr Mark Stephens, m.stephens@st-teresas.com.

COVID VACCINATIONS WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER The immunisation team are attending St Teresa’s School on Wednesday 17 November to vaccinate pupils that have been consented by their parents on the online portal. We recommend the girls to wear short sleeved shirts on the day of the vaccination if possible.

Mrs S Papageorgiou, Lead School Nurse

Enrichment Society and the World Scholars Club continue each Thursday at 4:30pm in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre. This week, Mr O’Farrell presented on ‘Festivals of Light’ ably accompanied by Isabel C, Year 8, who presented on the celebration of Diwali.

The schedule for this half term is printed here. 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!

PSHE LESSONS—EXAM TECHNIQUES On Friday 5th and Tuesday 9th November, Laura Buckeridge from Learning Performance gave excellent talks to Year 10 and Year 11 on study skills and memory techniques. The sessions were very interactive and the girls worked through booklets with Laura's guidance. They will be revisiting these techniques in their next PSHE lesson.

The Parent Forum in the evening also provided useful insight into how to support girls through their GCSE's. If you are a Year 10 or Year 11 parent or guardian, please email Miss Cantwell if you would like the recording to be sent to you.

SCHOOL BUSES The late buses are becoming increasingly popular over the term. Even if your child is taking the free section to Effingham Junction, it needs to be booked in advance. There may be no spaces for your child if you do not book the slot. Please book your daughter’s slot by emailing transport@effinghamschools.org Thank you, Ms Barr, Transport Manager

WENDY AND PETER PAN PRODUCTION

We are delighted to invite you to our Autumn Production, ‘Wendy and Peter Pan’ adapted

by Ella Hickson from the book by J.M. Barrie. The performances are on Thursday 18 November and Friday 19 November from 19:00-21:00 in Mairlot Hall.

To book your complimentary tickets for the two available dates, please click the links below. The password is Teresas21

Thursday 18 November https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/204436082827 Friday 19 November https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/205012988367 Tickets are limited to a maximum of four per family per show and are on sale until 24 hours before the show opens.

Audience members are encouraged to dress up as pirates or characters from this classic novel.

REMEMBRANCE ASSEMBLY On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, the whole school community paused to remember and to give thanks.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

Easter Music Course 2022!

Next year’s course will take place from Monday 11th to Thursday 14th April. This will be the 10th anniversary of this course at school directed by Mrs Yalden. The course is open to girls and boys from Year 3-Year 6 from all schools who have passed Grade 1 on their instrument. Please email Mrs Yalden on c.yalden@st-teresas.com for further information.

SHOEBOX COLLECTION Reminder – Monday is the final day for our ‘Children in Distress’ Shoebox Collection.

Thank you to all those who have already returned their shoeboxes to school.

Can we encourage everyone to complete at least one shoebox.

Please ensure that your shoebox is returned to the school on Monday morning, as we will be sending the completed shoeboxes to the collection centre on Monday afternoon.

Full details of how to pack your shoebox are available at: https://www.childrenindistress.org/shoebox-appeal/ Thank you for your support!

Deacon Simon

VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS FAIR OPENS ON SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER

CHRISTMAS FAIR NEWS—SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER Reminder for each girl to please send in their sweetie jars containing wrapped sweets or edible goodies (NO NUTS please!) or get creative with filling a jar with any other fun small items.

CHRISTMAS JUMPER COLLECTION Reminder FOST is collecting (via collection boxes in both Prep and Senior reception) all unwanted or outgrown jumpers. Any Christmas jumpers collected will be for sale for a small donation in the School Uniform shop.

THANK YOU Thank you so much for the amazing support FOST received from the recent pre-loved prep book sale and clothing donation drive. A whopping 850kg of clothes were taken away and will be kept out of landfill. Books not sold were donated to St Michael’s Mickleham and The Weald in Beare Green which gratefully accepted them for use in their libraries. Approximately £700 has been raised through these two green initiatives. Funds from the book sale have been ear -marked for new Prep school library.

UNIFORM SHOP Come and visit our newly decorated pink and blue hut on Mondays & Fridays 8.30am-9am and the first Saturday of every month 10am-10.30am during term time.

Register and watch Classlist (https://app.classlist.com/) to stay up to date with FOST communications regarding events and other details.

Follow us on FOST insta account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

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

E-mail: equestrian@st-teresas.com 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 are all staying wrapped up warm! It’s a bit chilly up here at equestrian!

A reminder to our riders to bring jumpers and coats as the weather gets colder and wetter as we head towards winter.

Also, as the weather starts to turn, if we are unable to offer ridden training due to the weather or unforeseen circumstances, stable management or equitation theory training will be provided instead. However, riders will be expected to arrive dressed to ride in all weathers with suitable outdoor clothing befitting the weather conditions.

Autumn Term 2021 Riding Dates Half Term – Monday 18th October to Sunday 31st October Lessons run from: Monday 1st November to Saturday 18th December

Christmas Pony Days We will be running Pony Mornings and Afternoons on the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd December, and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th January.

Pony Mornings run from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and Afternoons run from 1pm to 4pm.

All bookings need to be made directly on the bookings system, except for those who pay by childcare vouchers. If you do pay by vouchers, please contact the office to make your booking.

Please note that we have restricted the sessions by ability level so not all the sessions will show as available on the system to book.

Dates are mostly full. Please contact the office if you wish to be added to the waitlist.

NSEA Competition Reports On Sunday 7th November, we had a couple of teams and some individuals head to Felbridge for the Eventers Challenge and Grassroots Qualifier.

In the 50cm and 60cm Show jumping classes, individual rider Lilly S rode two clear rounds to come 6th and 9th respectively!

We then had a team and two individual riders in the Eventers Challenge 70cm class. The team - Antonia S, Joe N, Lottie B and Sofie S - came 3rd overall! With two clear rounds and two four faults. Izzy L, riding as an individual, went clear to come 2nd!

For the 80cm Eventers Challenge, the team - Antonia S, Chloe B, Claudia B and Joe N - rode brilliantly to come in 1st place with three clear rounds!

This Week We joined together as a whole school community for our annual Service of Remembrance on Thursday as we once again remembered the signing of the Armistice to end the First World War and to remember all those who have died in that and the many subsequent wars that have so disfigured our world. We particularly remembered those whose service and sacrifice has brought us that peace that we can now enjoy.

It has been a tradition, with this year marking the centenary, for people, mostly in Commonwealth countries, to wear a red poppy and, through the work of the Royal British Legion, to remember those who gave their lives in the two World Wars and those, along with their families, and those from our Armed Forces who continue to be affected by war to this day.

The white poppy of the Peace Pledge Union asks us to remember the horrors of war and to commit to living lives of peace. This way of remembering those who are victims of war also encourages us and our leaders to challenge attempts to glamorise or glorify war.

The black or brown poppy encourages us to remember those from the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who also contributed to bringing peace but whose contribution is so often forgotten or ignored. It is a reminder to remember all those who gave so selflessly.

The purple poppy is a reminder of the countless, unrecorded animal victims of war, both those who died in conflict, and those, who by neglect or otherwise were also victims of war.

Any discussion of poppies is always controversial. People often hold very strong views. You may have seen the trolling that TV presenters have received for wearing a poppy with the leaves at what was considered an incorrect angle. As the great prayer of peace reminds us, we should first seek to understand rather than be understood Perhaps it is more important, as we did in our Services this week, to reflect on the small piece of stone, a piece of the memorial from Thiepval Memorial that commemorates those who died in the Battle of At the going the Somme. The stone includes just part of a letter down of the sun perhaps a W or an M - that once spelt the name of an and in the unknown soldier whose life, along with countless morning millions, was cruelly cut short. While we can never WE WILL know who this individual was, in our time of prayer, reflection and remembrance this week, they, along with REMEMBER all those who have been died in such tragedy, were THEM truly remembered.

Menu Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Leek & Potato

Tomato & Basil

Potato & Watercress

Spiced Tomato & Five Bean

Cream of Chicken

Pasta Shells in a Fresh Tomato Sauce with Bacon Lardons & Salad

Chicken & Sweetcorn Pie

Roasted Chicken Breast with Yorkshire Pudding & Stuffing

Traditional Beef Lasagne with Italian Style Salad

Traditional Battered Cod Fillet or Jumbo Fish Fingers

Fresh Vegetable Fajitas

Quorn Vegetable Sausage in a Soft Roll

Tomato Pasta

Cheese & Tomato Pizza Slice

No Meat Meat Balls in a Tomato Sauce

Roasted Butternut Squash & Pea Risotto

Vegetable Sausages & Onion Gravy

Layered Roasted Vegetables & Mozzarella Bake

Root Vegetable & Lentil Cottage Pie

Peas & Sweetcorn/ Courgette Provençale

Mashed Potato/Green Beans & Carrots

Roast Potatoes & Broccoli

Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables & Baton Carrots

Stuffed Peppers Filled with Wholemeal Rice topped with Tomato Sauce Curly Fries/ Peas & Baked Beans

Jacket Potatoes

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Jacket Potato & Beans

Additional

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Salad Bar

Dessert

Freshly Baked Carrot Cake with Frosting

Chocolate Sponge & Chocolate Sauce

Millionaire Shortbread

Apple Crumble & Custard

Fruit Friday

Soup Main

Vegetarian

Eat Healthy Choice

Sides

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