Upper I visits the British Museum

Posted: 16th November 2016

Ancient Egypt comes to life

On Thursday 10th November Upper IA and Upper I Alpha went on a voyage of discovery to the British Museum.  For this visit Upper I focussed on Ancient Egypt.  They took part in a workshop about the Ancient Egyptian afterlife and toured the Egyptian galleries.

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Here are some of their comments:

‘The British Museum was amazing! My favourite part was seeing all the coffins and the mummified people and animals. The priest’s coffin was gigantic, and there was even a mummified cat!, said Leeyana Vamathevan (Upper I Alpha).

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While Roma Patel, Upper I Alpha, said that ‘My favourite part was when I saw the Rosetta Stone and the unwrapped mummy. I also enjoyed the workshop!’

Niamh McDermott, Upper I Alpha, had this to say, ‘My favourite part of the trip was seeing the giant sarcophagus and the mummified cat, bull and crocodile. I also liked the jars because they had no missing bits and they weren’t broken. I learned that people were buried with amulets for good luck and that they had different sizes of sarcophagus.’

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And Claudia Edison, Upper I Alpha, added, ‘Overall I think the trip was amazing, the best one yet! My favourite part was when I saw the Rosetta stone. I really liked the museum because it was very interesting.’

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Thank you to Miss O’Connell and Ms Gambrill who took Upper I on such an exciting expedition!

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Strengthening Our Community: The Return of Boys to our Preps and Pre-Preps

We are excited to share that, from September 2026, boys will begin moving up from our Nursery into Reception, marking the gradual reintroduction of boys into our Prep and Pre-Prep School.

This step reflects growing interest from families who value our strong holistic ethos and unique grounds and setting and would like their sons and daughters to share their educational journey together.

At St Augustine’s, our strong sense of community, academic excellence, and deep care for each individual child remain at the heart of everything we do. This is a natural evolution of our school rather than a change to who we are, building on our strengths and allowing us to offer the same joyful, inspiring education to even more children.

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