Month: June 2021

Lower IVA’s Pilgrimage

18th June 2021

‘A Priory Pilgrimage’. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the most famous books in the English language.  Written at the end of the fourteenth century, this collection of 24 stories tells of a group of motley pilgrims as they journey to Canterbury.  The tales give a, sometimes not very flattering, but extremely…

Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Column

11th June 2021

The Inclusion Committee. We have received some wonderful applications from pupils eager to join the St Augustine’s Priory Inclusion Committee, which will focus on all aspects of inclusion and is part of our membership of the Schools Inclusion Alliance. We thought we would share with you extracts from some of the applications – inspiring comments…

UKMT Junior Maths Challenge

11th June 2021

Upper II to Lower IV winners. Just before Half Term Mrs Bennet received the wonderful news of our latest Mathematical achievements.  This year’s national competition, the Junior Maths Challenge, run by the UK Mathematics Trust, is aimed at the Form III and Lower IV age group but, as always, we encourage girls from Upper II…

Headteacher’s Blog

11th June 2021

On This Rock. Ribblehead Viaduct two years ago and before COVID had entered anyone’s consciousness.  It is a bright sunny day with sun bouncing off the green hills. This is a place steeped in history, echoing with the past, redolent of the voices and clamour of the navvies who dug through the hills to lay railway…

Lower IV Scholars present

11th June 2021

A range of subjects. The topics covered in the presentations made by our scholars are always diverse and thought-provoking and here Mr Elder reports on the most recent presentations made by our Lower IV Scholars just before Half Term. ‘The Lower IV Scholars met at the end of the last Half Term and we had…

Upper I and Fee Fi Fo Fum

11th June 2021

Jack’s Adventure. Miss Wiley, Form Teacher Upper I, tells us of ‘Fee Fi Fo Fum’ the splendid Upper I production that took place before the Half Term break. ‘Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum explores the adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk. However, as a strong, empowered female class, we all enjoyed putting a spin on a classic…

Upper IV’s adventure

10th June 2021

Going Ape! After over a year without visits, Tuesday 8th June saw Upper IV heading for the heights at Go Ape in Battersea.  Sienna in Upper IVA tells us how….. ‘We were delighted to go on an end of year trip after a year without any excursions! The trip was action packed from the minute…

Lower IV examine Conscience

10th June 2021

Our still, small voice. ‘A clear conscience’, ‘examine your conscience’, ‘a guilty conscience’, ‘prisoner of conscience’, ‘what does your conscience tell you to do?’  We are all familiar with these phrases, our language is full of them.  Lower IV have been examining the issue and here are two articles which reflect their work. Ms Corkery…

Governor in The Guardian

10th June 2021

An inspiring career. Governor of St Augustine’s Priory, Mr Floyd Steadman, who so generously gives of his time to staff and girls, most recently in his training workshops on Unconscious Bias, has recently featured in an article in The Guardian. The article, by Jeremy Inson from 4th June, focuses on Maro Itoje, Saracens and England…

Priory Farm Open Day and Farmers’ Market

10th June 2021

A day out for everyone. We’re just over a week away from our next Priory Farm Open Day, which will take place on Sunday 20th June from 10.00am until 2.00pm.  We’re looking forward to some exciting activities including sheep shearing and a great opportunity to buy limited edition pizzas from Sarv’s Slice, using produce from…

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