FRIDAY MAILING 29 March 2019 School News Featuring
Upcoming Events The Week @NotreDameCobham Year 6 Easter Bunnies were out in full force this morning for the annual Easter Egg Hunt! Reception had a wonderful assembly for their mummies to celebrate Mother's Day followed by a lovely tea in their classroom! Upper Nursery, Year 1 and Year 2 have all contributed and created a wonderful Easter Garden. It's All about Chocolate Easter Baskets and Easter Cards! Mrs Salisbury has been teaching Year 1 all about Picasso and his style of painting. Here are the wonderful Picasso inspired works of art they have produced. We are delighted to showcase the winning Science Projects from each class! Very proud to show the final photos of the girls hard work this year. The final practical project equates to 35% of their Food GCSE 23 intrepid senior school computer scientists took part in the Oxford Computing Challenge at the beginning of March. Girls were invited to participate due to their exceptional performance (Top 10% nationally) in a prior (Bebras) challenge, but this one was something else entirely. Recently some Year 9 and 10 students spent a week hosting their French exchanges, after going to Bayonne in October last year. On Wednesday some of the Sixth Form and Year 11 students went to see Six. A bus load of very excitable Year 3 girls, Miss Parker, Miss Boyd and Miss Golding descended upon Hindleap Warren. After a very warm welcome, the girls were thrown into their first activity which was to put duvet covers and sheets on their beds! There will be 2 residential trips during the first week of the Easter holidays! Ski Trip to Austria and History Trip to Berlin! This week the year 12's met their year 7 little sisters for Easter fun. It’s been a very busy but immensely fulfilling year and I am grateful to you all for your love and support. Katie from our Catering team has been training hard for this year's London Marathon on April 21st! She is doing it for her little boy's school which is woodlands in Leatherhead, it’s a school for severely disabled children from ages 2-19 Princess Alice Hospice Towpath Trundle is a fantastic event for all the family. Choose between a 4 or 8 mile walk along the picturesque towpath between Walton Bridge and Hurst Park, Molesey.
FoND FoND news: AMAGICA; Popcorn Friday; Afternoon Tea; Easyfundraising; Second Hand Uniform; Dady & Daughter Camp Out; Empties Please
Sports Board Prep Weekly Round Up: U7 Hockey v Downsend; Elmbridge District Cross Country Event; Surbiton Hockey Club Roadshow; Inter House Swimming Galas; House Points; Summer Term clubs and Fixtures Lexi Winning 7 Golds & 1 Silver at Regional Qualifiers & Top Junior Girl! Congratulations to Ella H (Y 4) who won a gold & silver medal at the Regional Qualifier Swimming Gala at Guildford Spectrum this weekend. Well done to our U11 girls and their team mates who won their Divison at the Mid-Surrey Junior Netball league on a wonderful Sunny Sunday. This week girls from Y7-9 competed in their first Aquathlon v SWP; U13 Tennis Trials Miss Mulcahy is running The London Marathon for Leukaemia Care. Please support her!
Performing Arts Senior Drama News: A Level Devised drama exam production - Black Water ; Inter-House Rehearsals 4W showed off an array of talents in their African themed assembly last week! Mia & Isabella had a busy week rehearsing and performing in four shows at the Leatherhead theatre last week for the Julie Sianne Theatre Arts Dance Variations.
Library Prep Library News: Book Fair April 25th; Author's Visit - Abi Elphinstone & Watersones Children's Book Prize Senior Library News: Literacy Study - Reading for Pleasure; Easter Reading Lists for Y7-9
Alumnae Huge congratulations to theatre producer Eilene Davidson whose latest production, ‘Emilia’, opened to rave reviews last week. I am one of thousands of researchers funded by the BHF. Just £24 could pay for two hours of research by an early career scientist like me, but every pound helps so I’d be so grateful if the Notre Dame community could help me reach my target.
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