July 2020

Blended learning at its best. Miss Snell, Miss Westley and Mrs Cattigan organised a truly triumphant and exuberant event that was Upper II’s production of ‘Olivia!’.  With blended learning at the fore and participation from cast both at St Augustine’s Priory and at home, this was a production that excelled both in acting and production […]

Visionary education. St Augustine’s Priory has embraced blended learning with a creative drive during these ‘new normal’ times.  Since the beginning of lockdown, classes have continued in all subjects even though pupils and teachers have been absent from school and, now that some classes have returned to school, blended learning continues. Learning has not stopped, […]

Blended learning. Mrs Macallister recently reported, ‘I have been to some brilliant Maths lessons!  Different teachers are using different applications to teach Maths, and are definitely engaging the students’.   For example, Mr Harnett, Mathematics Department, has been using blended learning to guide Lower IV and Upper IV through the world of formulae and shapes. […]

Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition 2020. Mr Elder, English Department, enters students’ work each year for the Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition, and our track record in this competition is excellent! Mr Elder writes, ‘One of my first lessons with Form III Aleph in lockdown was on Wordsworth’s ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’. […]

‘Silly Stuff’. Poets need to start young!  Prep III have proved this by studying poetry and its forms and then writing their own verse. Mrs Lubowiecka reports that on Friday 3rd July, ‘Prep III finished their poetry unit ‘Silly Stuff’ for this term.  The girls have been learning about poetic features such as repetition, rhythm, […]

Happiness all round.   On Tuesday 7th July, Prep II had a full and exciting day at St Augustine’s Priory which started with their Songs and Certificates celebration in the morning in the Chapel, where they were joined by their friends from home.  Songs and Certificates included a rendition of ‘Sing’ and Prep II exhorted […]

Making Music. Lockdown has not prevented the St Augustine’s Priory musicians from making music.  Individual lessons and ensemble work have continued and our Summer Concert, with its weaving of musical magic, went ahead as planned last week.  Everyone involved, pupils and staff, worked hard to ensure that each person’s work blended seamlessly with their colleagues’ […]

The year of sport celebrated. The St Augustine’s Priory Sports Awards Evening on 30th June was a splendidly virtual affair.  Although we were not able to be all together celebrating the year of sport at St Augustine’s Priory, we were able to watch the awards via the triumph of modern technology. Congratulations to all those […]

Happiness and Courage.   Thursday 2nd July saw a wonderful day for Prep III as they joined together in the grounds at St Augustine’s Priory for a long-awaited day together.  They held their Retreat in the morning, which was followed by activities. The culmination of the day was their Songs and Certificates celebration in the […]

Expanding horizons.   Mr Elder, English Department, writes on the opportunities that lockdown and remote learning have presented to both teachers and pupils:   ‘Remote learning has  brought all kinds of challenges, but one way or another, lessons have retained their high standards and students have been learning just as well as they always do. […]