Month: November 2019
Juniors and Building the Kingdom
Schools meet at St Augustine’s Priory. Mrs Knowles, Deputy Head, Juniors, tells us about the recent Building the Kingdom meeting held at St Augustine’s Priory on Monday 25th November. Sr Judith Russi, Director of EducareM, was with us and led the day. EducareM supports Catholic education and leadership. They provide training and support for governors,…
Emmaus Catholic Schools’ Partnership
Journeying together in faith. Launched on 27th November 2019, the Emmaus Catholic Schools’ Partnership is a ground-breaking initiative from four of West London’s premier Catholic schools: The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, St Augustine’s Priory, St Benedict’s School and the Sacred Heart High School. Collaborative working between these four schools will enable them to utilise a…
A Majestic King Lear
Shakespeare Schools Festival Production. King Lear is an astonishing play in which Shakespeare explores such themes as justice, familial relationships, politics, madness, compassion and nature. A strong and sometimes brutal play, St Augustine’s Priory delivered a powerful production of Shakespeare’s King Lear when they participated in the Shakespeare Schools Festival recently. Drama and LAMDA teacher…
Jingle Bell Bash
Christmas Extravaganza. On Friday 6th December the St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee is promising a Christmas event like no other. The ‘Jingle Bell Bash’ will see the Nursery, Preps and Juniors enjoying a Disco and Fair while the Seniors gather for a Christmas Cinema event. The Nursery and Prep I will enjoy the event from…
Open hearts. Brave spirits. Visionary people.
In an age where we are taught to distrust strangers, where schools regularly receive nasty alerts of real life dangers to children, it is important to remember that there is also a place for pushing at open doors and knocking on closed ones. All too often schools tell parents “your child just needs some confidence”…
Ealing Teen Read gets under way
Books for life. Ealing Teen Read took hold at St Augustine’s Priory this week as our librarian, Mrs Bhatti, together with Mr Elder and Mrs George gathered with pupils in the Scriptorium to discuss this year’s event. Having attended the official launch earlier in November, Lower IV and Upper IV students met on Monday…
Mrs Bennet leads the way
A Chemistry Competitor. As we all know, Mrs J Bennet is Head of Mathematics at St Augustine’s Priory. So it came as a bit of a surprise when we discovered that she had entered a Chemistry competition. No stranger to entering her students for mathematical competitions galore, Mrs Bennet decided that it was time for…
GCSE and A Level Artists
A Masterclass in portraiture. GCSE and A Level students were treated to a portrait-painting masterclass on Thursday 21st November when professional artist and art tutor Vicky Saumarez visited to guide students through the intricacies and techniques of portrait painting. This was no theory lesson – the students learnt by doing and by critiquing the work…
Fright Night!
A tour of terror. Monday 4th November was a frightful evening at St Augustine’s Priory as the Seniors were treated to a treasure trove of terror at our annual Fright Night – and all in a good cause! Lower VI organised this brilliant event to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. So many…
Lower IV and cyber security
A visit to IBM. On 11th October Lower IV took part in an inspiring visit to IBM at their CyberDay4for Girls. Mr Dellow, Head of Computing, reports on the visit: ‘Just before half term, our Lower IV pupils were lucky enough to be invited to IBM to take part in a cyber security day. We were…