Year: 2019
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…
Upper IV codebreakers
Exploring a top-secret past. Head of Computing and Upper IV Senior Form Tutor, Mr Dellow, encourages pupils to think outside the classroom and thus, on 9th October, took Upper IV to Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of the World War II codebreakers. He reports: ‘It is hard to believe that this is already our…
U14 Netballers to the fore
A day of achievement! Saturday 9th November saw the U14 and U15 Middlesex Preliminary Schools Netball Tournament take place at the Lady Eleanor Holles school in Hampton. We fielded our U14 team, two of whom played up from the U13 team. In a wonderful competition our team won all seven of their matches and came…
Nursery and Preps mark Remembrance Day
A poignant service. The Nursery and Preps I, II and III held their own Remembrance service on Friday 8th November in preparation for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. They all gathered in our Prayer Garden and their teachers explained the significance of these days, after which the pupils said prayers and read poems. Each…
Upper I and their Mass of Remembrance
Prayers for always. At the Mass for the Juniors on Wednesday, which was beautifully celebrated for us by Fr Thomas, Upper I organised the liturgy and put a great deal of thought into their Mass. The theme they took was ‘Remembrance’ as Remembrance Sunday is this weekend. They made a wreath of poppies which was…
Upper II Alpha and the Kingdom of God
A thoughtful consideration. Ms Cattigan, Form Teacher, Upper II Alpha, has been teaching her class about the Kingdom of God. The class was asked to consider how our beliefs about the Kingdom of God impact our moral values and behaviour. Lara Ward has written about this and we would like to share with you her…