For the week ending: Friday 23rd February, 2018

Dear Parents

The Girl Guides World Thinking Day was celebrated yesterday and is

an excellent platform to once again reinforce the message of thinking

of others and challenging ourselves with activities that enhance our

sense of community. Mrs Bolton gave the school a very rousing

assembly and I was so pleased to see different girls in their uniforms

for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Beavers and Cubs.

Our Celebration of Work evening was also a great success – thank you

to everyone who attended. The girls so love an opportunity to show you

what they have achieved! Our annual gala went off with its usual splash

and I think I can safely say that is was a day to remember! Enjoy your

weekend!

Mrs Morrison

Headmistress

New School Motto - ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS

Exciting news! Our School Governors have chosen a

lovely new motto for Seaton House School. ‘ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS’ is Latin and it means ‘She flies with her own wings.’ At assembly this morning, Mrs Morrison invited Junior House and Senior House girls

to design a cover for next year’s homework diary, with our new

school motto in mind. All girls should have brought home a piece of

A4 paper divided into two A5 sheets. Girls, please

use your imagination to design a lovely cover for your

homework diary and hand it in to Mrs Baker next

week. Thank you

Pupil Achievements

LAMDA

Chiara Speake, FVI – Acting Entry Level Award in Performance – Solo (Entry 3) - Distinction

Also, Chiara has been selected by the Committee and organisers of Sutton Music and Drama Festival

to attend a Drama Masterclass run by actress Amanda Bovingdon, where she will perform the acting

piece that won her 1st place at the Festival and be given a personal lesson on how to improve and take

her acting skills further. Congratulations Chiara – what an amazing achievement!

Trinity College, London

Scarlett Clark, FVI. – Grade 3 Musical Theatre (Level 1 Award) – Distinction!

Mid Surrey Pony Club – Dressage

Olivia Ford, FVI – Olivia and her horse Charlie were awarded rosettes for 1st and 5th place in the

Preliminary 14 Dressage Competition. The judge commented on Olivia’s ‘pleasing’ performance.

Writing

Alice Merry, FVI – Certificate awarded for being the Official Storywriter for 500 words, 2018.

Swimming

Nabila Choudhry, FII – Swim England Rainbow Distance Award – 10 metres. Certificate awarded

Sutton Tennis & Squash Club

Nicole Kravtsov, FV – Runner up in the half term camp tournament. Certificate awarded. Nicole was

also awarded a certificate for learning forehand, backhand, serve, volley and matchplay skills.

Skiing

Phoebe Lloyd, FV - awarded a medal and certificate for skiing skills during a half term skiing trip.

Maya Patel FV – awarded a medal and certificate for skiing skills during a half term skiing trip.

A Mile a Day – New School Initiative.

Come on girls, let’s get our running shoes on! Mrs Morrison has asked all pupils to join her each lunchtime

to run around the playground, with a view to building up to running a mile a

day. Simple! And the benefits are enormous – we feel better, we are fitter

and we can think more clearly. We can all do this – pupils and staff are all welcome to participate. 1.00pm every

day, in the playground. See you there!

Updates and Reminders

Girls, don’t forget that next Thursday is World Book Day. We can all come to school dressed as our favourite characters! You should already

have received a letter about this from Mrs Payne.

Auditions for instrumental solo pieces for this term’s Spring Concert will

be held on Monday 26th February. If you are auditioning, please

remember to bring your instrument and music to school on Monday.

World Thinking Day

Yesterday was World Thinking Day and all of our pupils

who belong to the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides or Scouts

came to school in their uniforms. Mrs Bolton led a

wonderful, informative and interactive assembly about

World Thinking Day. The theme for this year is 'Impact'.

We learned about the importance of friendship and how

one kind deed each day can positively impact the lives of

everyone around us. The girls told us why they love being

part of their uniformed groups and renewed their promise. Thank you Mrs Bolton for such a

fantastic assembly that certainly had a positive impact on everyone there.

My Marsden March, 2018

Our Total raised so far: £690.00!

Pupils and staff will be taking part in our annual event of the

‘My Marsden March’ on the afternoon of Friday 9th March

2018, where we will be walking from Seaton House School to

the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, in memory of Mrs Sallie

Lunn, a former teacher at the school and to raise money for

the Royal Marsden Hospital.

We are aiming to leave school at 1.30 pm and return by 3.00pm

and hope that many of you will be

able to join us on the day.

The target we would like to achieve this year is £2018. If you would

like to donate, please click on the link below – and don’t forget to leave a message of support for your daughter. These messages are so

important to the girls.

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/seatonhouse-mymarsdenmarch2018

Thank you

Diary Dates Monday 26th February: Y4 Easter Experience at Trinity Church 9.30–11.30am. Gym Squad Practice 3.30pm – 5.00pm.

Tuesday 27th February: CADA Dance 12.45pm – 1.15pm. Hockey FIII, 5 a side v Chinthurst (A) 1.45 – 3.30pm. Musical Theatre 3.45pm – 4.45pm. Governor Meeting 19.30 – 22.30pm.

Wednesday 28th February: DramaBuds 3.45pm – 4.45pm.

Thursday 1st March: 11+ Results Day. World Book Day. Gym Club (FI & FII) 3.45 – 4.45pm.

Friday 2nd March: Form VI Poetry Afternoon 2.00 – 3.30pm. Gym Club (FIII – FVI) 3.45 – 4.45pm. POSH

Disco 6.00 – 7.30pm.

Sleeping Beauty / La Belle au Bois Dormant

Just before half term, FIV acted out one of our favourite fairytales, The

Sleeping Beauty, in French. We brought in some costumes to wear and had

great fun acting out all the different roles. We learned lots of interesting

new vocabulary. We loved it!

Updates and Reminders

Girls, don’t forget that next Thursday is World Book Day. We can all

come to school dressed as our favourite characters! You should already

have received a letter about this from Mrs Payne.

Auditions for instrumental solo pieces for this term’s Spring Concert will be held on Monday 26th February. If you are auditioning, please

remember to bring your instrument and music to school on Monday.

Form II Poem – Come to the Carnival

FII have spent the week celebrating the Rio Carnival! They learned a poem

called 'Come to the Carnival' and used it as inspiration to write and perform

their own group poems. They used the

most fantastic adjectives and actions!

Quote of the Week – by Annabel, Reception

Annabel: ‘Victoria Sponge turns a bad day into a happy day!’ Teacher: ‘Really Annabel’

Annabel: ‘Yes, it just makes everything better!’

Excellent observation Annabel, Mrs Morrison couldn’t agree with this more…..

Events for the Easter Holidays – Flint Knapping and D-Day Information

Please find attached two flyers from David Brooks, Museum Assistant at

Bourne Hall Museum. He is advertising two Museum Club days that might be of

interest to our girls: Flint Knapping and D-Day. These clubs will run during

the Easter Holidays and he advises parents to book well in advance as both of

these days have proved extremely popular in the past.

Please contact David directly on the number below if you have any enquiries

about these events.

David Brooks

Museum Assistant Bourne Hall Museum Tel: 0208 394 1734 Web: www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk Email: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk

POSH NEWS

PYJAMA PARTY DISCO – Fri 2nd March 6-8pm We look forward to seeing you at next week’s PJ party disco. If anyone still wants to purchase tickets in advance, please return your ticket

request forms as early as possible next week so that we have time to collate the responses.

Quiz Night – Sat 24th March 7.30 – 10.30pm Start swotting and building your teams for the

SHS Quiz Night. More details and tickets will be available next week.

POSH Survey – The responses to the POSH Questionnaire are providing some very useful

insight about what kind of events you would like POSH to run. We will continue collecting them in

for another couple of weeks so if you haven’t done so yet, there is still time give us your views.

POSH Meeting – Thanks to everyone who made it out on such a chilly night to discuss the summer

fete and other spring fundraisers. Our plans are coming along nicely, but as always, we do need

some help bringing them to fruition. If you would like to be part of the team 2018 please get in

touch via your form rep.

Marsden March – Friday 9th March Are you free on the morning of Friday 9th March? If so,

please come along to the school hall after drop off to help prepare of the Marsden March. Your

form reps will be in touch soon.

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Diary dates

Disco: Fri 2nd March 6pm – It’s a Pyjama Party!

Quiz Night: Sat 24th March 7.30pm

Easter Raffle: w/c 26th March

Bag2School Collection: w/c 23rd April

POSH Meeting: Friday 27th April – Coffee am with the Head

Summer Fete: Saturday 23rd June

Second Hand School Uniform

Our second hand uniform stall stocks most items at up to 50% off RRP. We are very

grateful for all donations and also accept some items for part-private sale (up to

50% of the profit is returned to you). The commission rates per item are as follows:

50% Duffle Coats & Blazers

30% Skirts, Dresses, Jumpers, Cardigans, Tracksuits and Waterproofs

20% PE tops, Shorts, Skorts and Base Layers

No commission is payable on blouses, bags and accessories

Please contact Emma em.penman@hotmail.co.uk

Delivery Dates for Spring & Summer Terms are as follows:-

Wednesday 21st March, Wednesday 13th June, Wednesday 4th July

Please place orders by midnight on the previous Sunday.

World Thinking Day