Month: October 2017
Art: Changing Lives
Artists raise funds for Centrepoint One of the highlights of the Summer Term at St Augustine’s Priory is the Arts Evening which showcases our pupils’ work in art, drama, poetry and music. The work of our GCSE and A Level artists is exhibited and souvenir postcards of the work are produced and sold on the…
Fireworks Fantastical!
A Date for your Diary! FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER from 6.30pm to 9.00pm PRIORY PYROTECHNICS A reminder that the annual fireworks night Priory Pyrotechnics, organised by the Parents’ Committee, is to be held in the school grounds on Friday 20th October 2017. There will be stalls, a BBQ, bar, refreshments and a professional fireworks display to music….
Sports Scholars Special: Part I
Form III Sports Scholars We are very fortunate at St Augustine’s Priory to enjoy the benefits of space that 13 acres of grounds affords us, where a variety of sports are played and fixtures are held throughout the year on our astro-turf. There is a strong PE Department here and we offer Sports Scholarships each…
Careers Speaker: Dr Jacqui Ince
Portia Laryea-Adu of Lower VI writes about last week’s visit from Dr Jacqui Ince. “On Thursday 28th September, Upper V and Priory 6 had the honour of meeting Jacqui Ince, a consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Medicine and Educator at the Royal College of Physicians. Dr Ince informed us through her wonderful presentation about her…
Nursery Update
Exciting Times at School St Augustine’s Priory is an all-through school and, where the journey ends at A Levels, with our girls leaving the school for further adventures at university, the journey has to begin somewhere, and that is where the Nursery comes in, the beginning of the children’s educational journey. Nursery is a time…
A Level Drama students inspired by Steven Berkoff
“Berkoff allowed me to realise the power of imagination and therefore stylised performance, as he said, ‘naturalism is only a blue print of life’”, Ljiljana Krneta Ms Brown, Head of Drama, tells us why attending a talk by Steven Berkoff with A Level Drama students this week will inspire and influence their work. “A Level Drama…
‘Girls Go Gold’
A Sports Conference with a difference Opportunities to learn from elite athletes do not come along very often. But Thursday 28th September was a golden day for Elise Mercer, Deputy Head Girl Seniors, and the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Captains and A Level PE students as they attended the 2017 GSA (Girls’ School Association) Girls…
Nursery and Preps: Working Together
The Eco Mural Displayed Pope Francis’ encyclical of 2015, “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord” asks us to care for the Earth, our common home. The Juniors responded to the Pope’s call and put together letters with their responses to his encyclical and sent them to Pope Francis. Now the…
Coffee and Cakes
Raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support From Lower IV Alpha’s Assembly until the end of Little Break, Lower IV Alpha and Priory 6 delivered a tremendous morning of coffee, cakes and awareness raising on Friday 29th September, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support through the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’. Our first visitors were parents who…
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way. We welcomed CAFOD Schools Speaker, Jo Hodgson, on the morning of Monday 6th October to teach the whole school about CAFOD’s work and Harvest Fast Day this coming Friday. Ms Hodgson showed us a video documenting the day-to-day life of Sister…