Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the Autumn Term. I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful Summer with your families.

New Girls
We are delighted to welcome twenty one girls into our Kindergarten class this term. In addition we have two new girls joining in F3 and F5; this takes our pupil numbers to 121.

Staff News
A warm welcome to our new teachers this term: Miss Georgie Baly (2A Form Teacher), Miss Georgina Hatt (KG Form Teacher), Mrs Nicki Russell (Head of Games and ICT) and Miss Nia and Miss Jenny (Assistant Teachers).

Social and Charity Events
It was absolutely lovely to see so many of you at the Summer Drinks at the end of last term, and we look forward to seeing our KG parents at our Drinks Party next Thursday. Our Form Reps continue to work hard behind the scenes and this term they have a Fashion Show and Christmas Fair planned. This term also sees the launch of a unique puzzle app incorporating designs by current Form 1 girls in aid of Harrison’s Fund. Please do make a note of the dates on the accompanying termly calendar, more details will follow soon!

Uniform
KG girls should be in Winter Uniform from the start of term, but may wear summer dresses if they wish from Monday 10th September. The rest of the school may choose to wear either Winter or Summer uniform until Monday 1st October when Winter Uniform becomes compulsory. Please do ensure that your daughter wears the appropriate hat with her uniform and the correct colour socks (short white for summer, long green for winter).

Parents’ Information Evening
There will be a Parents’ Information Evening for all forms over the next week. These meetings will take place in your daughter’s form room at the following times:

Arrival Times, Registration and Absences
Just a reminder that all girls should arrive at school between 8.30 and 8.40am. The register is taken at 8.45 and from this September we are moving to a central computerised system. It is really important that if your daughter is unable to attend school for any reason that you contact her form teacher either by email or phone before 8.30am.

Monitors
I am delighted to say that we now have girls in Form 6 at the school and to mark this significant moment we have appointed our first Head Girl.

We look forward to another fun-filled and productive term. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to pop in for a chat or call me. Alternatively you may email me at ssegrave@eatonhouseschools.com

With very best wishes

Mrs Sarah Segrave
Headmistress

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the Spring Term. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with your families.

Harrison’s Christmas Disco
Amongst the many Christmassy end of term activities the Girls’ School hosted its very first disco, and what a fun night was had by all. I am pleased to say that together with money from the Carol Service collection, we were able to send a cheque for £900 to Harrison’s Fund. Donations were also made to The Children’s Society and St Barnabas Church and a further £200.50 was raised for Harrison’s Fund through the purchase of Christmas Cards designed by the girls.

New Faces
We are delighted to welcome Laura Kaddaj into F2 this term. Laura joins us from Newton Prep and her brothers currently attend EMTM Prep.
We are also looking forward to meeting our new Gap Assistant, Shaugnah Ambrose, who will be joining us shortly.

Form Reps
The Form Rep System has been running for a year now and I would like to say a huge thank you to our very first reps for all their hard work – the Summer Drinks Party, Quiz Night and Disco were all a great success! For anyone interested in being a Form Rep for this calendar year please call or email me before Friday 20th January to register your interest and find out what is involved.

Term Dates
It may be a short term, but it is certainly a busy one! Please do peruse the Term dates carefully and if you have any queries please don’t hesitate to ask. Some key dates for your diary:
Whole School Inter House Cross Country: 10/2/12 at 2.00pm
The Senior Play – Alice in Wonderland: 16/3/12 at 6.00pm
Music Concert 27/3/12 at 9.15am

Senior Schools
I have begun the process of visiting Senior Schools in order to be able to offer advice to you regarding future schools and also to establish good relationships with the schools and heads. Please be aware that whilst the day schools do not tend to require early registration many of the boarding schools prefer it and it can be advantageous in terms of entry.

To date I have visited Cheltenham Ladies College, St. Mary’s Ascot, Heathfield, Alleyns, Francis Holland, More House, Queen Anne’s Caversham, Priorsfield and Putney Park. For your information I will be visiting the following schools this term:

16/1/12 – Wycombe Abbey
20/1/12 – Putney High School
24/1/12 – Downe House
27/1/12 – Wimbledon High School
3/2/12 – St. Mary’s Calne
7/2/12 – JAGS
9/2/12 – Benenden
13/3/12 – Roedean

Swimming
I am pleased to confirm that we will no longer be using the Latchmere Leisure Centre for our swimming lessons. The girls will now be taught at Clapham Leisure Centre’s new pool which has just opened. As well as being a little closer to the school allowing us to cut down on travel time, the pool is new, clean and has an adjustable floor for our younger girls. The Kindergartens will use the learner pool and all other year groups will use the main pool.

Lunch
We will continue to offer pasta as an alternative choice at lunchtime this term and new menus will be in place shortly. Parents of girls in KG, 1A and 1B should use the tick sheets outside classrooms to indicate which meal they would like their daughter to have. Girls in Forms 2 and above are expected to make their own choice, having discussed the menu at home with their parents first. We will encourage girls to have the main course where possible and to have vegetables/salad with their pasta.

Uniform
May I take this opportunity to remind you that all outerwear should be as listed on the school uniform list. Girls may wear a green duffle coat, bottle green gloves and the striped school scarf. All hair accessories should be red, green or tortoiseshell.

I look forward to another fun-filled and productive term. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to pop in for a chat or call me. Alternatively you may email me at ssegrave@eatonhouseschools.com

With best wishes

Mrs Sarah Segrave
Headmistress

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the Autumn Term. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Summer with your families.

New Girls
We are delighted to welcome twenty one girls into our Kindergarten class this term. In addition we have two new girls joining 1A and two new girls in Form Two. This takes our pupil numbers to 101.

New Staff
A warm welcome to our new teachers this term:

Olive Edmunds (F5 and Senior Mistress)

Victoria McCambridge (Form 1 Assistant Teacher, based in 1B)

Charlotte Palmer (Games and general subjects, based in 1A)

Camilla Brown (Gap Assistant, based in F3)

Laura Buist (Nursery teacher) will be joining us two afternoons a week as part of her GTP training.

Mrs Nicola Borthwick takes over as Deputy Headmistress this term and I have no doubt she will do a wonderful job. As well as leading Junior Assembly and taking on various responsibilities within school, Miss Nicola will also be dismissing the girls on Wednesdays.

Form Reps
Our Form Reps continue to work hard behind the scenes and this term they have a fun Quiz night planned – more details to follow! New Form Reps will be appointed in January so please have a think about whether you would like to be involved.

Summer Work
The maintenance staff have been busy over the Summer break ensuring that our new classroom is ready and extending the playground to the rear of the Girls’ School. New equipment has also been bought for this area.

In addition, the front entrance hall, stairway to the Music and Art/DT rooms and the Gym have been repainted and a new minibus has been purchased.

The roofs on the Pre-Prep building have been replaced to allow for solar panels to be fitted during the coming Half Term break.

Uniform
A reminder that KG girls should be in Winter Uniform from the start of term. The rest of the school may choose to wear either Winter or Summer uniform until Monday 3^rd October when Winter Uniform becomes compulsory. Please do ensure that your daughter wears the appropriate hat with her uniform and the correct colour socks (short white for summer, long green for winter). May I take this opportunity to remind you that all outerwear should be as listed on the school uniform list. Girls may wear a green duffle coat, green cagoule, bottle green gloves and the striped school scarf.

Parents’ Information Evening
This will take place on Thursday 15^th September for all classes in the Girls’ School. The evening starts at 6.00pm in your daughter’s form room. Kindergarten parents are cordially invited to stay for a Drinks party in the Theatre afterwards.

IAPS Annual Conference
Please be aware that I shall be attending the IAPS Annual Conference in Birmingham this term and will be away from Monday 26^th September to Wednesday 28^th September. Should you have any pressing concerns during these three days please do contact Miss Nicola.

I look forward to another fun-filled and productive term. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to pop in for a chat or call me. Alternatively you may email me at ssegrave@eatonhouseschools.com

With best wishes

Mrs Sarah Segrave
Headmistress