Issue 2
Autumn Term
12th Sept 2025
Dear Parents, We have reached the end of the first full week of term for the girls and all initial changes or ‘firsts’ have been accomplished: first Art lesson in Senior classrooms; first set of Science lessons; first Games afternoon; and, unfortunately, first fire alarm (not a practice) which happened to ring during heavy rainfall. Thank you to so many of you who attended the ‘Meet the Teacher’ event on Monday after school. I hope seeing the new set up of John Bosco has reassured you of the continuation of the excellent Prep School care, provision, teaching and community-feel. We are learning as we go and amending where necessary. We appreciated the comments of support and praise for the work already put in before the year started, and we appreciate the feedback on areas we can continue to make improvements in. One area of communication which was highlighted was regarding Prep Office. Mrs Johnson is now working jointly between the Prep School and the Main School office. Please can we ask that all in-person requests, in-hours late drop offs or early pick ups are made via the Main School reception. If you have resources left at home (or in the car) which need delivering to the girls, please also bring these to the Main Reception desk. We have already tweaked collection for some external clubs, as follows: if you are collecting from LAMDA please collect from After School Care in the library; if you are collecting from Dance on a Wednesday evening, please do so from outside the lower level entrance to Mairlot Hall on the old Prep Drive (where Mrs Harris released pupils last year). We had our first ‘Celebration Assembly’ this morning, which was delightful and congratulations to the girls on the following pages for impressing teachers so early in the year. "When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had." A. P. J. Abdul Kalam I Am looking forward to another ‘first’ this weekend, supporting our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Senior School girls on their practice weekend away camping and hiking. Best wishes, Gareth Tindall
Changes to Bus Schedules or End of Day Plans To make things smoother and safer, we've introduced the Vectare Travel App. If you haven't registered yet, please sign up at this link: Vectare Travel using your email address from iSAMS. You can make all the necessary changes on the website. If you need further help, please reach out to the transport team at effinghamschoolstrust@vectare.co.uk or transport@effinghamschools.org / 01372 750255. Any end of day changes, please email your class teacher and copy in the school office prepinfo@st-teresas.com
Absence From School To report an absence from school, please call the School Office before 8.30am and speak to a member of staff or leave a message on the school answerphone, stating the reason for absence: 01372 453 456
Prep School Contact Details: Please contact Mrs Johnson at the School Office by email: prepinfo@st-teresas.com or call 01372 453456