Year: 2020
St Augustine’s Priory wins TES Student Initiative of the Year
TES Independent School Awards 2020 We were delighted when, last Friday, 7th February, St Augustine’s Priory won the TES Student Initiative of the Year at the TES Independent School Awards 2020. A Priory 6 student initiative to tackle period poverty captured the judges’ attention. Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual…
Lower IV visit France
Exchange programme with Ste Marie de Neuilly An opportunity to experience French culture and improve language skills is offered by our exchange programme with our sister school, Ste Marie de Neuilly in Paris. Lower IV pupils embarked on this visit which took place from 29th January to 1st February. Rachel Hiney and Caterina Lincoln, Lower…
Senior Liturgy Prefects visit Westminster Cathedral
The God who speaks: The year of the Word On Thursday 30th January, the Liturgy Prefects from Form III – Upper IV attended Mass at Westminster Cathedral and followed this with a tour of the ‘Tents of Meeting’ Scripture Road Show, organised to mark ‘The God Who Speaks: The Year of the Word’, this year’s…
Upper I explores ‘Treasure Island’
‘Avast Ye, shipmates!’ Upper I’s interpretation of ‘Treasure Island’ on 5th February was a feast of piracy, treasure hunting and a display of enormous and infectious enthusiasm! This was a tremendously enjoyable production which was a wonderful example of ensemble playing and teamwork, involving the Upper II Drama monitors who performed their duties with care…
Seniors’ Drama visit
‘Mary Poppins’ Theatre visits offer an inspirational way to bring drama lessons to life, to explore the world of theatre which comes alive when plays are performed in front of an audience. Emily Delargy, the St Augustine’s Priory 16+ Drama Scholar, reports on the recent theatre visit of Senior pupils to see ‘Mary Poppins’: ‘On…
Women and the Word
“Would you empty the dishwasher?” “You couldn’t set the table could you?” As you read those mitigated directives are you hearing a woman or man’s voice in your head? That they are all questions situated in the kitchen we might disregard but did you know that there is a body of research evidence exploring what…
Wellness Week 2020
A celebration of life. Next week sees the St Augustine’s Priory Wellness Week which this year has as its theme Women’s Rights: Taking Action, focussing on the wholeness of the human being. Many events are planned. Among them there will be a session on ‘Women and the Word’ for Priory 6 which will take as…
Junior Journalists
Priory Planet Production. Ms Daya, Prep and Junior teacher and Cross-curricular leader for the Juniors, made an exciting announcement this week when she revealed that the Digital Magazine Club has produced their own digital magazine, ‘Priory Planet’. Ms Daya reports: ‘This academic year I started a digital magazine club with girls from Lower II and…
Careers Talks in the Lent Term 2020
Learning about Life. Mr Ferguson, History teacher and PSHEE Co-ordinator, has once again organised a term of excellent careers speakers. Beginning on 30th January with Ms Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO British Business Investments, CEO British Patient Capital, Ms Lewis La Torre took us through her career in finance after graduating with a degree in…
The Benefits of Sport.
Swimming for Success. Mr Harnett is known as a significant member of the Mathematics Department, but less well known is his involvement with the swimming team. A national swimmer in his teens, specialising in the Butterfly Stroke, Mr Harnett qualified as a coach when he was sixteen and coached from then and all through his…