November 2018

Mr W Scott. We are delighted to welcome Mr W Scott who joins St Augustine’s Priory as guitar teacher.  His playing can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PW2EIKZseU  where Mr Scott plays ‘Three Poets’, composed by William Lovelady, and inspired by three poets who died during combat in World War I: Wilfred Owen (English poet), Charles Péguy […]

Visit to the World War One Battlefields (2). Following on from the Assembly on the Seniors’ visit to the World War One battlefields, here are some personal views from Lizzy Higham, Upper V, and Lucy Williams, Upper IV. First we hear from Lizzy: ‘On Thursday 11th October at 4.30am in the morning, history students from […]

Visit to the World War One Battlefields (1). In our last Assembly for the week of remembrance, Upper V related their recent visit to the Battlefields of World War One.  This was a fitting end to our Assembly commemorations to mark the centenary of the Armistice in 1918 and we here hear about their experiences. […]

Oscar Ricketts and Alfred Evans. Last Thursday’s Assembly continued our series on Ealing people during the First World War.  Presented by Mr Elder, English Department, this Assembly told us about Oscar Ricketts and Alfred Evans – two of the conscientious objectors who refused to fight in the conflict. ‘What happened to this group of men? […]

  The Assemblies focusing on Ealing people during the First World War continued on 7th November with Amina Radi, Lower V and her presentation on brothers Albert and Harold Auerbach – the image at the head of the article is of Albert.  The story of these two young men has a particular resonance for Augustinians […]

Liturgy in the Prayer Garden. At 11.00am on Friday 9th November the school bell rang for us all to remember the centenary of the ending of World War I and all those who had died in that and other wars.  Following the two minutes’ silence a liturgy took place in our Prayer Garden comprising people […]

Rifleman William Eve. Continuing the commemoration of the centenary of the ending of World War I our Assembly on Tuesday 6th November was prepared and presented by Lucy Phillips, Lower V.  She researched the life of Rifleman William Eve. Rifleman Eve kept a diary of his experiences and extracts from these are printed in bold. […]

Alice Harman and Harold and Sidney Medlicott. Throughout this week we have been commemorating the centenary of the end of World War I at Assembly with our St Augustine’s Priory girls researching some of those caught up in the conflict and presenting them at the Assemblies held each morning. These Assemblies have been a study […]

A time of silence. The haunting sound of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ carried over the school grounds.  In the Rose Garden ranks of soldiers and nurses stood still against the backdrop of St Augustine’s Priory while ‘Nimrod’ called us all, pupils and staff, to attend, to observe.       Seniors drifted in groups and gathered in front […]

Space to compose. There was much excitement just before Half Term when our new Music Room was unveiled.  Work had taken place over the Summer holidays and two ribbon-cutting ceremonies saw the official opening – one for the Seniors and one for the Juniors.    Juniors:  cutting the ribbon!    Describing the facilities available in […]