St Teresa Prep Weekly Bulletin 17 May

Year 3 French & Art Trust Collaboration with Manor House & Cranmore

Children in Year 3 from Cranmore and Manor House joined St Teresa's in a collaborative art activity on Monday. They learned about the style of the French artist Henri Matisse and then endeavoured to create their own colourful, collage-inspired artwork. No pencils were allowed in the making of this work and instead they "drew with scissors", a technique invented by Matisse. In addition, they were given the option of making theirs 3D, which many did as you will see. Bravo les artistes!

Key Diary Dates:

Mon 20th - 24th May Year 6 Trip to France

Thu 23rd May 3KC Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

Fri 24th May Half term Begins -

Mon 28th - 31st May Tech Camp - Cancelled -

Mon 3rd Jun School resumes -

Mon 3rd Jun

- 09:00

- 09:45

6 Interhouse Swimming Gala 09:55 - 10:55 Tue 4th Jun

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Swimming Gala

- 10:55 Thu 6th Jun Class Photographs - Rescheduled date

School Transition evening for Yr. 5 Parents

7th Jun

- 11:15

- 19:30

Coffee Morning 09:00

6 Onatti French Production at Cranmore

- 15:45 Mon 10th Jun

Tue 11th Jun

Wed 12th Jun

Tue 18th Jun

21st Jun

6 Leavers’ Mass followed by Afternoon Tea on Mairlot Lawn TBC

5 Primary Maths Masterclass

- 15:30 Thu 27th Jun Prep School Dress rehearsal , Mairlot Hall

Prep School Production, Mairlot Hall Times TBC Fri 28th Jun Prep School Production, Mairlot Hall Times TBC

Mon 1st Jul Moving up/ Induction Day PM

Tue 2nd Jul

Day 13:15 - 15:45 Thu 4th Jul

Fri 5th Jul

Mon 8th - Fri 12th Jul

This week you have received the following communications:

Year 3: Trip to Fishbourne Palace 12th June

3KC Summer term cover

Year 4: Daily updates from the Year 4 residential trip

LAMDA Catch up Sessions

Year 5: SATRO Primary Challenge (Selected Pupil's)

Year 6: Travel Sickness for residential trip

SATRO Primary Challenge (Selected Pupil's)

Whole School: Prep School Parent Information Evening slides

Interhouse Swimming Gala

Class Photography reminder

Please contact the School Office if you need copies of any of this information prepinfo@st-teresas.com

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Golden Book

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

3RN Ottilie H for her wonderful work in maths this week on Time: demonstrating a super effort to answer questions quickly and listening brilliantly to the explanations.

Florence E-N for her excellent participation and enthusiasm in Topic work; always contributing extra information about The Romans and trying to reflect this in her written work too.

3KC Flossie H for a fabulous bright and vibrant comic strip recounting the Roman myth Romulus and Remus including some speech bubbles too. Well done, Flossie.

Vivienne WS for her wonderful reading both at home and at school and her brilliant effort in maths during the topic on time. Well done, Vivienne.

4LH Jessica A, Sofia A and Rosie M for their detailed watercolours of Mount Fuji in the style of Hokusai. They captured the beauty of Japanese life and landscape, with the mountain itself watching over. Framing and perspective, were also carefully considered to enhance their pieces. Fantastic learning!

4AB Charlotte T for her perseverance and super positive attitude towards new activities during our residential trip. Ivy M for always taking part in our residential trip activities with enthusiasm and gusto. Electra B for her enthusiastic approach to all the residential activities and particularly for her methodical technique when buggy building.

4CR Thea S for her kindness towards her peers and her use of collage and pastels when learning about Hokusai. Sophia C for her observational skills shown in her version of Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'.

5HC Sophia SS for her excellent work in Maths this week, plotting line graphs accurately and interpreting data. Jasmine N for her super work in English, creating a word bank to describe a garden insect using lots of adjectives, powerful verbs and figurative language.

5KH Imogen S and Ruby S - for their thoughtful and detailed descriptions of a secret garden using their senses and figurative language.

6MK Stef v E for showing great resilience in school this week. Pani L for her well researched and informative work in Geography this week, creating a presentation on the different climate zones in Mexico. Amaya H for being such a lovely, caring member of our class, always willing to help others and for displaying a positive 'I can' attitude in all that she does.

6JG Amelia L for her resilience and improved confidence. Chaeah for her continual politeness and care for others. Isabella K for her improved organisation and enthusiasm especially as she has been out at fixtures at least two days this week.

6RW Bella Z and Rachel H for writing entertaining Kenning poems in English this week!

Art Stars

Year 3

Year 5

Year 6

Florence H for her wonderfully creative, Matisse-inspired collage.

Emily W for her super interpretation of the theme, "Community" into a stained-glass window design.

Stef Von Ey for her many interesting but different ideas exploring how to represent "Intellect" as a stained-glass window

Drama Stars

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Liel G for fantastic use of a mask.

Sophia H for working so well despite being the only person in her group.

Isabella MS for showing excellent understanding of staging and key drama vocabulary.

Coralie H for her commitment and enthusiasm in rehearsals for Joseph.

Prep School News

6MK Class Assembly

On Wednesday, 6MK took us back in time to the 1940's and World War II where they re-enacted what life was like for children during the war. With songs, drama and excerpts from their creative writing, we watched as they experienced an air raid, waved goodbye to their parents from the platform and celebrated VE day.

Year 5 adopt a Chef workshop

In session 3 of 'Adopt a Chef', Year 5 made bread dough with Gary and Bev, thinking about ingredients, where they come from and what the final products may look like. ways in which to bake it thinking about shape, size and flavour, There were a variety of different results ranging from baguettes and pizza to garlic bread and dough balls. The one thing they had in common was that they all tasted delicious!

Prep School News

Mental Health Week assembly

On Monday 13th May, Prep School were treated to an assembly, and a wellness play session at lunch break, from our amazing Sixth Form prefects. Their assembly focused on ways we can remain calm and positive in the face of some of life's difficulties by following some of the easy steps in the guide below, which were all taken from the wellbeing song.

At 12:45pm, the team of prefects, headed by Chloe H and Elizabeth M, brought juice drinks and games to play with the girls during break. It was a great start to a great week.

Year 3 Art Club

Will be run by Mr Tindall om Thursday next week.

Prep School News

Year 4 ResidentialTrip to Wild Child

After an action packed few days, Year 4 have returned safely home. From archery, gladiator climbing and bushcraft survivor skills, to buggy building, forest games and nightline walking, the children have thrown themselves into a range of activities, taking part with enthusiasm and vigour. New experiences have been had and new friendships have been formed. We are very proud of all the girls who embraced all elements of the trip, including washing up their dirty crockery. We hope that they recover after some well

Year 4 Wild Child continued ...

Year 4 Wild Child continued...

Year 4 Wild Child continued...

Music News

Musicians of theWeek

Year 3 Millie G for her excellent Rondo composition – well done Millie!

Year 4

Ava-Skye N for her conscientious attitude and determination to succeed

Year 5 Zara H for fantastic progress on her ukulele – great work Zara!

Year 6 Alice F for excellent work in Joseph rehearsals and a fantastic solo!

Chamber Choir

The girls have been practising for their appearance at T-Fest. and are really looking forward to performing. All girls should have received a T-Shirt order form this week. If you have not received this, please contact Mrs Harris.

Summer Production: Joseph 27th & 28th June 2024

Rehearsals for our production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are progressing beautifully! It’s been great to have Year 5 back and they have been practicing their chorus parts. Their enthusiasm and dedication are truly commendable, and we can already see their confidence growing with each practice session.

In addition to the chorus rehearsals, our talented soloists have been working hard with Mrs Harris. It's amazing to see the progress they have made. The commitment and passion for their roles are shining through in their performances.

A reminder to all girls involved in the production - please continue to practise your lyrics! After half term, we will need all the girls to be off book. Keep up the excellent work and remember that practice makes perfect!

T-Fest - 24th June 2024

After the success of our inaugural T-Fest last year, members of the St Teresa’s Singers, Chamber Choir, String Ensemble and Wind Band are invited to perform at our T-Fest concert on Monday 24th June 6.30 - 8.30pm. This will be an outdoor concert on Mairlot Lawn, and we very much hope that parents, family and friends will attend.

Guests are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the musical entertainment. The music will be provided by girls from the Senior and Prep Schools as well as pupils from Cranmore.

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Orchestra Cancelled 20th May

Please note that there will be no orchestra rehearsal on Monday. This is due to the Year 6 trip to France. We hope our Year 6 girls have a fantastic time and look forward hearing all about it on their return.

Music Groups

Orchestra 3.45 - 4.45, Monday

Assembly Band Monday and Friday

St Teresa’s Singers 4.15 - 5.00, Tuesday

Wind Band 10.55 - 11.15, Wednesday

String Ensemble 12.45 - 1.15, Wednesday

Chamber Choir 4.15 - 5.00, Wednesday

Rock Choir 12.45 - 1.15, Friday

Sports News

U10 Cricket

On Tuesday, the C and D Cricket teams travelled to CLFS to play in cricket fixture. The girls demonstrated great knowledge of the rules during their fielding which put the CLFS batters under real pressure. However, the strong accurate and consistent bowling for the CLFS teams put the girls under pressure while batting and unfortunately meaning we struggled to score many points. T

The A and B teams played against Manor House away. The girls demonstrated good teamwork and fielding skills. To continue with their development further, it would be great to see all the girls at training on a Friday after school for cricket club!

Well done to all the girls who participated in the matches and a special mention to Natalia T and Issi M-S who were both awarded players of the match!!

U11 Swimming

What a fantastic end to the year for the U11 Swim team. In March the U11s Surrey Relay team qualified for the English Schools Regional Finals. Over the last month, the girls joined the Senior squad to improve their swimming techniques and times. The moment finally came on Saturday 11th May when the girls got to compete in this prestigious event. The hard work paid off as they improved on the 4x25 Medley relay by 2 seconds and then 1 second quicker in the 4x25 Free relay. The girls placed an amazing 10th overall out of the whole of the South East. region Well done to Olivia P, Lottie C, Stephanie v E and Matilda R. on such a great achievement!

U11Tennis

On Tuesday some of the Year 6 friendlies squad dropped down to Cranmore for a few sets of Tennis. The players ran and scored their own games and there were some fantastic rallies played. There were some wins, losses and draws from both side and we are definitely going to challenge them to a rematch. Well done to all

Warm weather

As the weather is getting warmer (Hooray!), please make sure you send your daughter in with a water bottle, school hat, skort and suncream when necessary.

Fixtures (week commencing 20th May)

Saturday 18th May U11A Starburst Cricket Comp @ GHS

Wednesday 22nd May Guildford &District Athletics Meet U8-U11A teams @ Spectrum 11:30am

Friday 24th May— U9 A-E Cricket V St Catherines (A) 2:30pm

STASH – Summer Holiday Camp

STASH will be going ahead this year and will start on Monday 8th July and finish on Friday 12th July. It will be open to all girls in Years 3-6. Keep an eye out for the sign up forms over the next few weeks.

SOCS

Parents can see team sheets and results by visiting the SOCS website: St Teresa's Effingham | Sports Home (st-teresas.com) to check team sheets and use the password: stteresasteams

This Week

With all the celebrations of Easter and, more recently, the Ascension, it is easy to forget that we are in the month of May, the month that is traditionally dedicated to Mary. Mary is absolutely central to our faith. Almost every church you ever visit commemorates the memory of Mary through statues or other images, very often cradling the infant Jesus in the pose of Madonna and Child. Our school Chapel is no exception, with its beautiful 18th century image of Our Lady of Sorrows.

In Chapel this week we heard the account of the Annunciation, that amazing mystical experience that Mary had when the Angel Gabriel invited her to become the mother of God’s incarnate Son. The image we chose for accompany the reading was chosen deliberately. While there are thousands of similar images, we are reminded here that the angel, God’s herald and a heavenly creature, bows down before Mary, who, we are told, was ‘full of grace,’ Mary, of course, had a choice. The decision was not forced upon her. Instead, she freely chose to participate in God’s plan of salvation and humbly declares, ‘I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let what you have said be done unto me.’

It is unlikely that we will experience God’s call to us in such a dramatic way. Appearances of winged heavenly messengers are rare!! Yet each and everyone of us will just as surely be called by God. We believe that each and everyone of us is part of God’s great plan for our world and for humanity. Indeed, each of us is called to participate in a unique way to enable that plan to be completed.

Mary declares,in her great hymn, The Magnificat, that ‘my soul is filled with joy.’ Surely one of the main reasons that Mary gave her great ‘YES’ to God was the knowledge that it would bring about the greatest of joys. Despite any troubles or challenges - and she was in no doubt that these would comeher openness to God’s plan was to be the greatest source of joy in her life. Likewise, when we open ourselves to participate in God’s wonderful plan for us, so we too will experience a depth of joy beyond anything that the world can offer!

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We hope that you all have had a good week!

Now that the weather has become warmer, please make sure that you still come to ride in appropriate clothes, such as leggings or jodhpurs, and a top that covers the shoulders. And do check the forecast as it may still rain occasionally and we only have a few waterproof coats to borrow.

May Half Term dates are almost fully booked!

If you missed out on your chance to book on for the half term, then do have a look at the Summer Holiday dates on the booking system.

Date for your Diary

Equestrian Prize Giving is on Sunday 30th June at 11am at the Equestrian Centre.

We will be giving out a full range of awards to include Most Improved Rider, Recognition of Volunteers and Dedication to Riding NSEA Achievements, and Best STE Horse. Invites will be sent out in the next week to RSVP to.

Saturday 15 June 2024

By attending our Summer Ball, you're not only in for an incredible evening but also supporting St Teresa's in its mission. Over the years, funds raised from this event have contributed to numerous valuable projects, including the Nelson Pavilion, Senior School lockers, netball kits, drama curtains, and much more!

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 by appointment only: Fostuniform@gmail.com. Second-hand Uniform Shop Uniform needed:

Short sleeved shirts & pink polos from 30” upwards. All sizes of skorts

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STASH—Summer Sports Camp

Monday 8th - Friday 12th July , £45.00 per day or £200 per week.

If you would like your daughter to attend STASH this summer (Monday 8th - Friday 12th July), please could we ask you to complete this form.

Below is information of the activities. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Hitchman: a.hitchman@st-teresas.com

3KC - Class Assembly

Parents of girls in 3KC are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 23rd May 2024

Prep Parent Information Evening

If you missed the information evening on Tuesday 14th May with Mr Farmer, Dr McShane and Mr Tindall, please find a link to the slides presented and do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.

Class Photos

Due the bad weather yesterday we had to cancel the Class photos and reschedule them for after half term. We will send a reminder nearer the time, but the new date is 6th June 2024

Menu—w/c Monday 24th May 2024

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

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Soup of the day

Prep School

Tomato & basil Spring vegetable & lentil

Pork sausages & mash

Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato

Eat healthy choice

Roasted red pepper, tomato & turkey coated wholemeal pasta with house salad

Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread

Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Minestrone Roasted red pepper & tomato

Chargrilled fillet of chicken goujons

Beef bourguignonne

Chicken & vegetable rice

BBQ style pulled pork with pitta bread & chef’s salad

Leek & potato

Cod goujons or fish fingers

Traditional battered fish fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Vegetarian Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato

Sides

Dessert

Mashed potato Broccoli

Spanish style chicken, chorizo & roasted vegetable ragout with roquette, cherry tomato, radish & spring onion salad

Ratatouille & mixed bean filled roasted peppers

Crusty bread

Peas & sweetcorn

St’T’s

Chargrilled chicken station with a selection of sauces served with themed salad bar (Caesar)

Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Parsley new potatoes

Mixed vegetables

Paella with crusty bread

Chocolate brownie

Additional Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Peach & raspberry crumble & custard

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Pan au choc bread & butter pudding

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

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

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

Chef’s salad

Carrots

Chinese style noodles & Oriental vegetables

Macaroni cheese with green salad

Chips

Peas

Baked beans

Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter

Summer berry cheesecake

Salad Bar

Summer Fruit Platter