St Teresa's Prep Weekly Bulletin 24 April 2023

Key Diary Dates:

This week you should have received:

Whole School

Whole School

May Procession information

King Fest reminder

Whole School Message from ESTA

LAMDA pupils

Year 6

Country Dancing Club

Message about Summer Term Lessons

French trip passport reminder

Letter about performing at King Fest. Please respond here.

Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of these letters prepinfo@st-teresas.com

6JG—Class Assembly

Parents of girls in 6JG are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 4th May 2023 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

Drama Stars of the Week

The following girls have be awarded Drama Star of the week for their impressive progress and contribution to Drama lessons.

YEAR 3 Beatrice S-G for enthusiastic participation in lessons and understanding scrips.

YEAR 4 Isabella M-S for excellent vocal whilst disguising her voice.

YEAR 5 Perla L for great imagination whilst improvising.

YEAR 6 Sophia A for wonderful choreography.

Message forYear 6 Parents

Please may you return all of your completed forms in the new entrants’ package to Mrs Annabel Charles by Monday 8th May 2023.

Explore Lectures

As you are aware, we are celebrating the value of Intellect this year. When we speak of ‘Intellect’, we strive to explore different spheres and topics beyond the curriculum – and just for the sheer joy of it.

Under this guise, we have organised a fabulous series of lectures on a vast and diverse range of topics to run throughout the rest of the academic year. Our eminent and exciting speakers will aim to stimulate curiosity and encourage us all (parents, friends, family and staff) to explore something new.

The lectures will take place on Monday or Tuesday evenings, starting in January. They will be held in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre and are open to all, free of charge. Nibbles and drinks will be served from 5:30pm for a 6pm start and a 7pm finish.

Golden Book

Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week:

3RN Isla M with a smile on her face and with excellent effort.

Elizabeth L extended her learning by asking questions and sharing her knowledge with her friends. Well done!

Sienna D N participated in out topic lessons this week by asking questions and helping others when learning about rocks in our school!

3KC Cecily P which to stay safe.

Sophie B

Matilda W

Garden of Gethsemane, what happened on the way to Calvary and the empty tomb.

4BB Eliza P information

Serena O success criteria

4CR Sophie B

Emily W for her super independent work in our Topic lessons this week.

Matilda G for her fabulous attitude towards her work and kindness towards her peers.

5HC Charlotte J for her kindness, consideration and support for others.

Isobel C for her kindness when helping another girl organise her belongings.

5KH Ella M, Isla B-H, Lilia-Anna H and Amaya H for the extra hard work and effort they put into adding detail to their Tudor banners

5MK Isabella C, Isabel R, Rosie A for super teamwork and creativity in making their Easter Garden, when we reflected on the events of the first Easter Sunday, in our RE lesson this week.

6JG Saskia D for her impressive handwriting

Susie Y for working so hard learning the choreography for Mary Poppins.

6HI Steffi C-B and Ella C for their creative and beautifully painted self portraits, in the style of Frida Kahlo.

Lettie W for her focussed, hardworking start to the term.

This week in the Prep School

Year 5—Easter Gardens

This week, the girls compared scripture readings about the first Easter Sunday. They then reflected on these events by creating their own Easter Gardens using natural materials.

Eco & Gardening Club

In Eco and Gardening Club, the girls walked up to the greenhouse to see how their seeds had faired over the Easter holidays. They discovered that many had germinated and grown enormously in the holidays. The broad beans, kale and sunflower seeds are now ready to be planted out into the raised beds. We had time to plant out the broad beans around tripod sticks which we will train to climb as they grow. The broad bean and radish seeds that we planted in the raised beds had also grown.

Year 4—RE

In RE this week, Year 4 kicked off their new topic 'New Life' with some Drama. On Thursday, the girls learnt about the story of Peter and John, who were arrested following Pentecost, for spreading the Word of God. They stood up for themselves against officials, showing bravery and courage. The girls created scenarios from their own lives in which they would have to use the same bravery and courage to stand up for themselves. See if you can guess what their scenarios are….

Year 5—Chefs Adopt a School

Year 5 took part in the first session of the Chefs Adopt a School project. After receiving their chef hats and learning about how we experience tastes, the girls enjoyed using their senses to explore different flavours. They considered the influences that all our senses, especially sight, smell and hearing, have on how we feel about different foods including lemon, chicory and fruit jellies. The girls also had to ‘guess the vegetable’ by touch, whilst blindfolded, to much amusement! Thank you Gary for organising such a fun and informative session. We look forward to next time.

Year 3—Maths

In maths this week, Year 3 have been learning about capacity and volume. The girls had fun discovering that there are different sized containers which have a capacity of 1 litre, how many millilitres there are in 1 litre, how to read various scales on measuring jugs or cylinders and much more.

Sports News

Welcome Back to Sport

Welcome back to the Summer term! We are excited for the next term, which is action packed full of tennis, cricket and athletics fixtures and of course Sports day!

Football

On Wednesday afternoon the U10+11s took part in the IAPS football tournament. The girls won a series of knockout games with the final match going to penalties. After 8 penalties and some fantastic saves from Peyton, St Teresa’s were victorious with Isabella K calmly scoring the final penalty!

Well done to all of the girls for winning the plate competition!

Tennis

The U11A tennis squad competed in their first Surrey league tennis fixture on Tuesday against Feltonfleet. The girls had to play two sets of fast four against three pairs. They all played extremely well demonstrating consistently accurate serves and some great volleys. A great start to the season!

Fixtures and clubs (week commencing 1st May)

Sunday IAPS Judo: 14:00 @ ACS Cobham

Monday Year 5 and 6 athletics club: 07:50. Year 3 and 4 rackets club: 12:45. Year 5 and 6 Tennis club: 16:15

Tuesday Year 3 and 4 cricket club: 07:50. Year 4 tennis squad and Year 3-6 cricket bowling: 12:45. U11A Surrey cricket tournament: 14:30 @ Danes Hill

Wednesday Year 5 and 6 swim improvers: 07:50. Year 3 and 4 athletics club: 12:15. Year 5 and 6 tennis club: 12:45. U10+U11A Surrey tennis festival: 10:00 @ St George’s College

Thursday Year 3 and 4 athletics club: 07:50. Year 5 and 6 athletics club: 12:15. Year 3 and 4 tennis club: 12:45. Year 5 and 6 swim squad: 15:45 and 16:30. Year 3-6: Hockey Future Stars: 18:00.

Friday Year 3 and 4 swim squad: 07:50. Year 3-6 football club: 12:45. No cricket club for Year 5 and 6.

Music News

Musicians of the Week

Year 3 – Esther H for wonderful progress in her recorder playing. The practice paid off – well done!

Year 4 – Eliza for excellent knowledge and recall of the elements of music.

Year 5 – Jessica T for working so hard on her piano pieces over the holidays.

Year 6 – Olivia K for such a great start in learning our Mary Poppins songs.

Music News

It has been wonderful to see all the girls back after their Easter holidays and hear all their stories of what they have been up to.

Year 3 has made a wonderful start to the term learning the note ‘E’ on their recorders and exploring tempo in music.

Year 4 have learned about structure this week and can now explain call and response and pop song structure – try asking them and see how much they can remember!

Year 5 and 6 are making a wonderful start to some really tricky harmonies in the songs for Mary Poppins – keep it up girls!

Huge congratulations to Isabella K who passed her piano Grade 3 with merit – a wonderful achievement.

Infant Music Festival

We are looking forward to welcoming children from Cranmore, Glenesk and St Christopher’s next week for our annual Infant Music Festival, starring our very own Chamber Choir!

Music Lessons & Instrument Hire

We have some spaces for one one lessons and have some instruments that can be hired from the school. If you would like to try out any instruments or need any more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Harris c.harris@st-teresas.com

This Week

It was good to gather together and to continue our celebrations of the season of Easter. (Remember Easter lasts 50 days, so keep that supply of Easter Eggs coming!!)

In Chapel this week we reflected on one of the encounters that the disciples had with the Risen Lord., as we reflected on the Journey to Emmaus (Luke 24).

The account reminds us of the two disciples who had fled Jerusalem in the early hours of Easter Sunday. As they walked the long journey, dejected and empty at the news of the crucifixion of Jesus, an unexpected stranger joined them and explained how it was always necessary for the Christ to suffer in order to win his great victory over death. Only at the last moment, as Jesus breaks bread at their evening meal, do they recognise that it truly is him.

Perhaps, for us this week, we can remember three aspects of this story. Firstly, the two disciples were utter heart-broken at the news of Jesus. All their hopes had been dashed. In desperation, they were heading off in the absolute opposite direction that Jesus had shown. It can be reassuring that scripture presents us with models of discipleship that so often mirror our own experience.

But the second point is all the more significant as Jesus enters into that journey with them. With typical gentleness and compassion he accompanies these two disciples, even as they head in the wrong direction. Despite their confusion, Jesus explains the scriptures to them, and plants the seeds of hope in their hearts once again. They had been slow to recognise Jesus and slow to understand, but by entering into their journey, Jesus’ presence begins to transform the situation.

Finally, we have the image, so familiar to us from the frontispiece of the altar in the Chapel, of Jesus breaking the bread and the disciples coming to the realisation that Jesus has been with them throughout the journey. This can be what our journey through life is like. We live with the myth that we can make it on our own, relying, so we think, on our own initiative. Often we only recognise in retrospect the guiding hand of God in our lives as he gentle supports and directs us in the right way.

As we continue our celebration of Easter let us pray that we would recognise that presence of God in our lives and cherish those moments when, like those disciples, our hearts burn within us as we come to see Jesus walking along side us.

We hope that you have had a lovely Easter break, and are looking forward to the final term of the school year!

A new pony arrived at STE over the Easter! His name is King and he passed his council license on Tuesday so will start to be slowly introduced to lessons. He is in the stable opposite Charlie and is very friendly so feel free to say hello!

May Half Term

The half term dates are available to book!

Have a look on our online site to book your spaces now!

STE had a variety of things going on over the Easter break, including hacking, lessons and Pony Mornings! This meant that the ponies did a range of activities to keep them fit and having fun. They also introduced a Day Camp and an Introduction to Dressage afternoon, which the ponies and riders enjoyed a lot!

Ponies and staff are happy to be back in the school term. The horse of the week is… King!

~ Libby C

On the last weekend in March, Lilly S went to BCA for the JwS (Jumping with Style) qualifiers. She had an amazing day winning both the 80cm and the 90cm, winning the 90cm by over 13 penalties!

Over the 1st/2nd April weekend, our grassroots riders had some great results at Coombelands. In the 60cm Jess R was 6th and Rosie C was 9th, both with double clears. In the 70cm the team of Jess R, Rosie C and Abbie K took a great win, with Rosie finishing 3rd and Jess 9th, qualifying the team for the Grassroots Champs at Hickstead in August!

NSEA News

Menu—w/c

Monday 1st May 2023

Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday Bank Holiday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Prep School

Freshly baked pizza slice

Roast turkey / chicken & Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara / chicken wraps

BBQ

Main

Eat healthy choice

Pepperoni pizza slice with chef’s salad

Chef’s carvery –Roast Turkey breast with Yorkshire pudding

Pasta carbonara

Whole school BBQ – Your choice of locally sourced burgers, hot dogs or chicken

Chargrilled chicken Caesar salad

Soy & honey glazed pork loin steak with rice noodles & Asian greens

Chicken fajitas with peppers & red onions served with grated cheese & sour cream & chives & chef’s salad

As above

Vegetarian

Sides

Dessert

Cheese & tomato pizza slice

Baked wedges Carrots

Fresh tomato coated pasta

Roasted butternut squash & pea risotto

Vegetarian options as above

Roast potatoes

Mixed vegetables

Jacket potato & beans Jacket potato & beans

Roasted new potatoes

Sweetcorn

Jacket potato & beans

A selection of salads & breads

Additional Choc chip & coconut flapjack slice

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

Victoria sandwich slice

Rice pudding with a selection of sauces

Ice lolly’s