Month: April 2019

26th April 2019

A Prep Playground Extraordinaire. The Easter holidays saw an amazing transformation of our Prep Playground.  Some wonderful additions had appeared by the first day of the Summer Term and everyone was very excited to experiment and explore.       With a Greek amphitheatre, a climbing wall, a waterplay area, a mud kitchen, a sensory garden…

26th April 2019

A victorious visit. During the first week of the Easter holidays, from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th April, eighty-five of our U12 – U16 netballers travelled to Disneyland Paris for the England and International Netball Festival. Ms Cross, P.E. Department, was one of those who accompanied the tour and takes up the story: ‘On our…

23rd April 2019

Mrs M George. We are delighted to welcome Mrs George to St Augustine’s Priory for the start of the Summer Term.  She joins us as Deputy Head Pastoral (Seniors) and we are all looking forward to working with her.  Here, Mrs George introduces herself. ‘I am extremely excited about working at St Augustine’s Priory for…

23rd April 2019

The variety of work in the English Department. Mr Elder, English Department, shares some insights into the incredible value of studying the classics of English Literature.  Further back than Dickens, or Austen, or even Shakespeare – but the gems that came from the pen of Chaucer and the author of Beowulf. ‘For T.S. Eliot April…

5th April 2019

Chicago, Chicago. What an incredible show!  This was an amazing evening’s entertainment from the Seniors of St Augustine’s Priory.  Chicago triumphed at The Questors Theatre and this was (not to sound effusive, of course) the most brilliant production of Chicago!        The energy, the pace, the sheer joie de vivre of the talented actors…

5th April 2019

A wonderful display. On Monday 1st April, the Preps treated us to a wonderful display of dance and gymnastics. There was a Lion King theme to this year’s display, with girls dressed in leopard print and tiger print and whiskers painted on their faces.      Prep I had decorated headdresses of lions and birds which…