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For the week ending: Friday 22nd June, 2018
Dear Parents As we draw to the end of the year, I am reminded of how far the girls have come both academically and personally. With the different activities that they have been involved in, girls have faced success and failure; winning and losing; euphoria and disappointment both in and out of the classroom. It is all part of their preparation for life and it helps our daughters tremendously if we support them as they learn to manage their feelings as they hit those highs and lows. Gracious behaviour against arrogance for winning or achieving is a characteristic that we admire and applaud. Resignation and acceptance against tears and tantrums for losing or failing, is also to be encouraged. I have seen much evidence of these character strengths in the girls – it makes me very proud!
Mrs Morrisson
Headmistress
Pupil Achievements
Chess
Lavinia Fear, FV – Wey Valley Chess U9 Cup Winner.
Dancing –ISTD
Anna Gurova, FI – Imperial Classical Ballet, Pre-Primary, Distinction.
Swimming
Amelia Sims, FIV – Kellogg’s ASA Learn to Swim Award, Stage 6 Anya Vyas, FIII – Kellogg’s ASA Rainbow Swimming Award Scheme – 400m
Amelie Morgan, FII – Swim England Awards, Water Skills Level 3 Anna Gurova, FI – Swim England Awards – Bronze
Gymnastics
Zahra Choudry, FIII – British Gymnastics proficiency award, Level 5
FIII Assembly – Endangered Species
Earlier this week, Form III held a wonderful, assembly about endangered species and what we can do to help protect them and preserve our planet. The girls have done their research and came up with lots of ideas - we can recyle more, walk instead of driving and think carefully when buying souvenirs - no ivory! We
wore animal themed clothes with snakes winding around our shoulders to make our point, and parents helped by participating in our quiz. Thank you girls for giving us lots to think about, to our parents for coming to support us and to Mrs Baker for organising such a thought-provoking and
informative assembly.
FV – Fundraising for the RSPCA
Very well done indeed to our FV girls who raised a fantastic
£258.27 for the RSPCA during a recent school event. The
RSPCA have sent a certificate and a letter of thanks to the
girls, in recognition of their hard work.
An Urgent Request
Does anyone have a wheelchair that we can borrow for
the school production, next Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday? If you can help, please let the school office
know asap. Thank you
Aberdour Rounders Tournament - 20/6/18.
A report by Nicole Kravtsov, FV
On Wednesday 20th June, Form V had a rounders tournament, hosted by Aberdour, against lots of other schools. The first match was against Seaton House B team. SH A team won 7 ½ - 5 ½, after some excellent throws and a great ‘stamp’ from Lucie H on the third post. Feeling confident, they proceeded to their next match against Chinthurst. They went and tried their hardest, and all the hard work paid off! After some great passing from Shriya to Maya D, they managed to get the majority of them out, only allowing them to get 3 ½ rounders. On SH’s go, they made some great choices, batting the ball in all directions, with some great hits from Nicole and some speedy runs from Matilda R and Ellie H. They got 5 rounders. After that, they went on to play the Aberdour A team. They were, unfortunately, unsuccessful, but they persevered and showed great sportsmanship. There were some great runs from Lucy and great hits from Zoe and Sequoia. They lost 11 ½ to 5. Then they went on to compete against their final opponents, Aberdour B, knowing that if they won that match, they would have been second overall (out of 5 school teams) They persevered until the end, hitting and batting every ball that came their way and catching and stumping when they were fielding. After some great bats from Tabytha and a great ‘bowl’ from Maya T, they won 9 ½ - 4, putting them in second place overall. All in all, they did AMAZINGLY WELL!!! Thank you Nicole for this wonderful report. The matches were so exciting -
well done girls!
Quote of the Week – by Anya, FI
One morning this week as Anya was being dropped off at School:-
Mrs Zhang: ‘Anya, I have a meeting this afternoon. You’ll have to go to After School Club.’
Anya: ‘Yaaaay!’
Diary Dates Monday 25th June: WoW Week, all week. Gym Squad 3.45pm – 5.00pm.
Tuesday 26th June: Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Recep, JH & SH. Love Theatre Arts 3.45 – 4.45pm.
Wednesday 27th June: Little Musketeers FI – FIII 12.40 – 1.10pm. Dramabuds 3.45 – 4.45pm in EYC. FVI
Play Rehearsal 3.30pm – 5.30pm.
Thursday 28th June: Little Musketeers FIV – FVI 12.40 – 1.10pm. No Clubs After School. School Production,
It’s a Hard Knock Life, 6.00pm – 8.00pm.
Friday 29th June: Swimming – FII, FIII & FIV. Gym Club FIII – FVI. School Production, It’s a Hard Knock Life, 7.00 – 9.00pm.
Always wear gloves when working in the garden and wash your
hands afterwards.
Please remember to bring wellingtons or old trainers or shoes to
wear when gardening.
Date Classes Staff
Monday 25th June Form V + Form II Mrs Brooks
Wednesday 27th June Form IV + Form III Mrs Wilson
Monday 2nd July Form VI + Form I Mrs Simpson
Wednesday 4th July Form V + Form II Mrs Wilson
Monday 9th July Form IV + Form III Mrs Wilson
POSH NEWS!
Howdy Pardners! Meet us at high noon tomorrow for a really WILD afternoon. Attached is the updated programme which includes the full list of raffle prizes worth over £1,300. This year there will also be a special raffle for the class of 2018 school banner at 13.45pm so F6 girls please make sure you are there. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase on the day Come hungry as our sizzling BBQ will be serving ‘butch burgers’, ‘sundance sausages’, ‘prairie patties’ (v) and Cowboy Corn. There will also be tea, coffee and cake served in the Cavalry Café and for sweets, snacks and drinks mosey on down to the Saloon Bar. Please take any bake off entries or donated cakes to the café by 12.30. We could not put on these events without your help. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to man their form stall for an hour or more. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time. Cowboy Up, Have Fun and Be Wild
WoW Week – starts Monday 25th June Wow Week starts again next week. Please remember to park a little way away from school, so that girls can walk for 5 minutes at the beginning or end of each day. Girls, you will need to have completed at least 5 walks over the week to qualify for your badge.
Summer Holiday Bikeability Schemes
If you are in FV or FVI and are interested in participating in a Bikeability
Training Course over the summer holidays, please see the attached flyer from
the London Borough of Sutton.
Flute Tuition Availability For September and Free Taster Lessons
Flute lessons at Seaton House are extremely popular and I will have a limited number of spaces available for any girls currently in reception through to year 6 who would like to learn flute at school (or privately, outside of school hours if you prefer). Flute has consistently been a very successful instrument here at Seaton House with many students leaving year 6 with grade 6 level reached and a number of senior school music scholarships won over the years in flute. Lessons are on an individual basis and I take every care to ensure that lessons have very little impact on pupils’ school day by using as much non-lesson time as possible (breaks, early birds, lunchtime, assemblies etc.) and avoiding any core lesson time. If you are interested in your daughter taking up flute but would like her to have a ‘free taster lesson’ before you decide please contact me via email as soon as possible to arrange. For further information, tuition fees for September, flute rental or purchase advice and any other questions you might have please contact me directly to discuss.
Private Recorder Tuition Availability For September Any girls currently in Reception to year 3 who would like the opportunity to learn to read music and play the recorder should contact me as soon as possible as there are limited spaces available for tuition in September. Lessons are on an individual basis and I use a special colour-coded tuition method to teach younger children to read music easily. The recorder is a nice easy instrument to learn and is good for those tiny hands to get to grips with. Many use learning the recorder as a stepping stone to move on to main orchestral instruments such as flute, clarinet, etc. later on when a little older. If you would like your child to learn the recorder, please contact me to reserve a place for next term. However, if you would like your daughter to have a go on the recorder first, I can arrange a free taster lesson. For further information, tuition fees for September, advice, etc. and any other questions you might have please contact me via email directly to discuss. Thank you
Mrs Campbell [email protected] (Please include your daughter’s full name, current class and your mobile number).
GDPR – New Rules and Regulations.
Thank you very much to all parents who have filled in and returned the Consent Questionnaire which was sent out before half term. If you haven’t completed it yet, please do return it to us at the school office, as soon as possible. If you need another copy of the
form, please email me on: [email protected] and I will send one out to you or print one out and put it in your daughter’s bag. Please be aware that if you tick yes to using your daughter’s photo on the school
newsletter but no to putting her photo on the school website, then that means we
cannot use the picture, as all newsletters are posted on our website.
If you change your mind at any point about how we keep and use your daughter’s information and photographs, it’s no problem - just pop into the school office to amend your
form or call us on: 020 8642 2332.
Thank you.
Nearly New Uniform
Summer dresses: We now have some brand new old-style summer dresses on sale for just £10. Rec - F4 girls can wear this style right up until October half term and F5 until they leave Seaton House Summer 2019.
Please consider passing on any outgrown uniform to POSH. 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, on request). Please note, each item must be
clearly labelled with your name and contact details for part-private sales.
Please contact Emma Penman with any enquiries: [email protected]
Delivery Dates for Spring & Summer Terms are as follows:- Wednesday 4th July
Please place orders by midnight on the previous Sunday.
Alleycatz have asked for any returns to be sent within 28 days of delivery.
Nabila and Saamiya, FII, celebrating Eid
