Month: March 2017
Spring has sprung!
Counting chickens… This year we took possession of some eggs in the hope that some of them would hatch into chicks! This did not take long and we are now the proud possessor of several beautiful chicks. There has been a competition to name the chicks and some winning names have already been announced. So,…
Bop Sh’bop, Little Shop of Terror!
On the twenty-third day of the month of September in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places… This week…
Upper IV interview
A journalist speaks to one of our students Our Careers evening yesterday was an opportunity for all girls in the Senior school to explore the opportunities waiting for them after university by meeting professionals in many fields from financial services to the media and from law to medicine. Emily Delargy, Upper IVA, recently interviewed one…
Careers Evening 2017
Do you know what I would do now if I had my time again? Our vision at St Augustine’s Priory is to ensure that girls leave equipped with the full range of skills required for lifelong success. The biennial Careers Evening was opened this year to the whole senior school, from Form III through to…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 6th March Climate change, Russian Revolution or the Universe? Take your pick from these and many other talks for week of 6th March (with an extra, book early event on 14th March on ‘Fashion, faith and fantasy’ by Roger Penrose – a renowned physicist) which Mr Salmon has again selected from…
Headteacher’s Blog
“Comparison is the Thief of Joy”: Why Careers Education is about Knowing Your Soul. Every now and then there come moments of real satisfaction as a Head. Week in, week out I give assemblies and recently British and global events have given richly in the way of opportunities for comments on the rule of law,…
Improve your French!
Visite de nos amies de l’école Saint Augustine Last Half Term we featured in a Priory Post article the visit of Upper I to the André Malraux French Primary School in Hanwell on 27th January and the exploration of French traditions surrounding the Epiphany and the making of the Galette des Rois (King Cake). We…