Prep II to Upper II poets

Posted: 10th December 2020

‘Untold Stories’.

This autumn, English Heritage organised a nationwide poetry competition entitled ‘Untold Stories’.  This competition invited children to submit their poems and was divided into several age categories:  5 – 8 years old, 9 – 12 years old, 13 – 16 years old and 17+.

Our Juniors took this competition to heart and everyone, from Prep II to Upper II, discovered their inner poet and submitted their poems to the competition.

Ms Keane, Deputy Head Juniors, Academic, commented, ‘This competition gave children the opportunity to explore their culture and heritage and led to plenty of enjoyable discussions.   The quality of the resulting poems was so high that we decided to hold our own St Augustine’s Priory poetry competition.  We judged all the poems and were delighted to choose winners from each class’.

A display will soon be mounted in the school to show the wonderful entries!

The winners from each class are:

Prep II:             Katherine, Zara and Anya

Prep III :           Heidi, Miranda and Haruna

Lower I:           Anika, Yasmin and Aniela

Upper I:           Amelia, Mirabelle and Naya

Lower IIA:        Sammie, Gabriella and Nancy

Lower II Alpha:            Ariane, Angela and Arianna

Upper IIA:        Nancy, Maria, Christina and Antonia

Upper II Alpha:            Isabella, Sophie and Connie

Congratulations to everyone on their wonderful poems.

Here are just a few of the winning St Augustine’s Priory poems; we know that you will enjoy them.

Mirabelle’s poem:

Sophie’s poem:                                                                                                 

Naya’s poem:                                                                                    Constance’s poem:

Nancy’s poem:

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Strengthening Our Community: The Return of Boys to our Preps and Pre-Preps

We are excited to share that, from September 2026, boys will begin moving up from our Nursery into Reception, marking the gradual reintroduction of boys into our Prep and Pre-Prep School.

This step reflects growing interest from families who value our strong holistic ethos and unique grounds and setting and would like their sons and daughters to share their educational journey together.

At St Augustine’s, our strong sense of community, academic excellence, and deep care for each individual child remain at the heart of everything we do. This is a natural evolution of our school rather than a change to who we are, building on our strengths and allowing us to offer the same joyful, inspiring education to even more children.