The following is an extract from the latest Newsletter giving Term Dates, to view a past Newsletter view the archive.

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Term Dates

Marist Classes  (10 week term)

Start of Term: Saturday 7^th, Monday 9^th,

Tuesday 10^th, Wednesday 11^th

and Thursday 12^th January 2012

Uniform Shop: 7^th, 14^th and 21^st January

All Term Fees due by 28^th January 2012

Half-term:  13^th -19^th February (No classes)

Classes as normal on the 11^th February

End of Term: Saturday 17^th March,

Monday 18^th, Tuesday 19^th, Wednesday 20^th and Thursday 21^st March 2012

Wednesday Year 1 GCSE Dance

Start of Term: Wednesday 11^th January

Compulsory Theatre Trip to the Nutcracker at Woking: 1^st February (Theatre Trip is instead of the normal Wednesday GCSE class)

Half Term – Wednesday 15^th February

End of Term – Wednesday 20^th March

Thursday Year 2 GCSE Dance

Start of Term: Thursday 12^th January

Open Evening/Parents Watching: 26^th January

Compulsory Theatre Trip to the Nutcracker at Woking: 1^st February

Half Term: Thursday 16^th February

Practical Exam dates: TBC

ZUMBA: A High Energy Latin Inspired Fitness Class for Adults & Girls Aged 14+ 

At the Marist School

MONDAY 6.45pm-7.30pm

Starts: 9^th January 2012

At the CMI, Church Rd, Sunningdale

MONDAY 8.00pm-8.50pm

Starts: 9^th  January 2012

At the Village Hall, Church Rd, Sunningdale

Wednesday 9.30am-10.20am

Wednesday 8.00pm-8.50pm

Starts: 11^th January 2012

£7 per class or £30 for Five-class-multi-ticket

Huge congratulations to everyone involved in Wonderland! All 200 Pupils, from 2-18 years old,  performed brilliantly on stage and I was so proud of each and every one of them! They worked extremely hard all term and judging by the numerous emails and cards I received, enjoyed the whole experience! I would also like to congratulate and thank them for their excellent behaviour during the full rehearsals and in particular throughout the whole busy show weekend. The atmosphere backstage was very happy indeed and extremely professional! A huge thanks, as well, to all the staff and parents who helped in the dressing rooms and at rehearsals - we couldn’t have done it without you! My gratitude, also, to all parents for reading through all the paperwork, naming all costumes, organising attendance at rehearsals etc - the shows ran really smoothly because of your help and understanding! Heartfelt thanks to the teachers for their fabulous choreography, hard-work and support during 2011. I am delighted to announce that the raffle raised £960.00 in aid of the Thames Hospicecare and Children in Crisis. This brings the total fundraising in 2011 to £1547.85 and on behalf of all three charities I would like to thank you for your kindness and support.

Wishing you health & happiness in 2012.

Photographs: Lots of photographs were taken during Wonderland! both onstage and back stage. Rather than order and sell reprints, you will have the opportunity to purchase a souvenir CD Rom of all the photographs so that you can enjoy numerous images and print off the photos as desired etc. (Over 150 photographs in total, including on-stage photos of each Dressing Room group which were taken on the Sunday.) These will be on sale at the uniform shop (£8.50 each) on the first 3 Saturdays of term or order by email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . DVD’s and T-shirts…Last chance to buy…Wonderland DVD’s (£20 each) plus Wonderland Souvenir T-shirts (£10) These will be on sale in the uniform shop in January.  

UNIFORM: The UNIFORM SHOP will be open on 7^th, 14^th and 21^st January 2012. Please remember: Pupils must wear the correct uniform for all lessons and that all girls must tie back their hair. Teachers will ask pupils to remove any incorrect uniform.

New Grade 1: Girls will require Character shoes and Character skirt from Janaury.

Ballet - Grade 3 & 4 - The RAD regulation leotard for this grade is NAVY.  

Ballet - Grade 6, 7 & 8  -  Girls must wear leotard and pink tights for all ballet lessons. Please bring Free movement skirt, scarf, Character Skirt and Character shoes, plus pointe shoes/demi pointe shoes (if applicable) to all lessons. Girls may wear black shorts, and a school T-shirt/vest on top. Hair must be tied back.

Ballet  - Grade 6-  all girls require a “free movement scarf”. These will be handed out in lessons in January. The cost of the scarf (£10) has been added to the Spring Term invoice. All girls need a black georgette skirt. (In stock or can be ordered from the shop)

New School Black Shorts – These will be available from the uniform shop from January. (As worn by Company 15 in the Wonderland Show) £10 each

Senior Jazz, Tap, Company 15, Hip Hop and Body Conditioning - girls must wear either jazz pants, “shorts & leggings” or “leotard & tights” plus a school T-shirt.

The new school hoodie will be available from January.

Exam Success: Congratulations to Eleanor Heywood who gained 86% Distinction in her LAMDA Entry Level Acting examination.

Notices: Pupils will be returning to “syllabus” work this term, with the opportunity to take examinations later in the year or in 2013 (depending on level). To be considered for examinations pupils must attend on a regular basis.

Private LAMDA tuition: Miss Holly Longland (who is Head of Drama/LAMDA teacher at the Marist Prep School) has one available space at 1.30pm-2.00pm for anyone interested in LAMDA Speech and Drama lessons. Please contact me asap. This is in addition to the group lessons on offer.

Reminder - NO mobile phones, jewellery or chewing gum!

Please email or text if you will not be attending a lesson.

  Congratulations and thanks to the talented Miss Holly for designing the wonderful Wonderland logo. Many people commented on the design and it looked super on both the T-shirts and in the programme.

Just a few of the comments from emails and cards! Congratulations, once again, to all involved!

“the performances this weekend were brilliant ! I was so proud and so happy that we were a part of it all! A few tears shed in pride !”…… “It has just been a roller coaster to be on and a brilliant one. Thank you so much for everything and I have had so much fun and laughter.” …..”I just had to drop you an email to congratulate you and your staff from the Dance school on an excellent show.  I actually came to see it twice and am glad I did because there was so much to take in.”…… “the show was fantastic. We loved watching it”…… “thank you for the great show this weekend! Our girls really loved being part of it! It was such an amazing experience for them, to be on-stage (and back-stage!) at such young age, and they absolutely loved it!”….. “The girls had a fabulous time and enjoyed every minute. Thank you – it will be a treasured memory.  I can’t wait to get my DVD to watch it again!”…… “My daughter thoroughly enjoyed it and so did all her family who went to watch. We were thoroughly entertained and very impressed with everyone who took part”……. “The show was absolutely wonderful. Huge congratulations to everyone. Everyone was so impressed”………”it was such a great experience! Please pass on our thanks to all you your wonderful teachers also to the girls and boys who took part, they all looked so enthusiastic and really enjoying themselves.”…… All the hard work certainly paid off, everyone that we took to see the show thoroughly enjoyed it and it showed that all the dancers were having a great time too.  Also, the costumes and choreography were exceptional…  “So many children, so many beautiful costumes, so many dances to choreograph! Amazing!”….”I  was impressed to see so many older girls (and boy) still dancing and quite obviously enjoying it.”