GCSE Devising and Grimm Tales. Ms Brown, Head of Drama, tells us about Lower V’s excellent performance this week: ‘Lower V GCSE Drama pupils wowed their audience with their Devising Drama exam plays on the evening of Wednesday 23rd June. From the comic Victorian melodrama ‘She Sherlock’, to crime thriller ‘Jailbirds’, to American time travel…
The Secrets of Sheep Shearing. Sunday 20th June saw a mega-Open Day at our Priory Farm. Visitors flocked in to meet the animals and the Trash and Treasure Farmers’ Market supplied refreshments in all their forms to our guests, together with other produce for sale, including Sarv’s Slice, the family pizza business which includes our…
A record-breaking year. The atmosphere during Senior Sports Day is always incredible and this year was no different as Seniors and staff gathered on Wednesday 16th June to compete and to spectate. And this year was a record breaker! Records were broken from Form III to Lower V in the 200m, 300m, 800m, the high…
‘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…
Lower II Alpha lead Mass. This year Father’s Day falls on Sunday 20th June. Pope Francis also proclaimed this year to be the Year of St Joseph. In honour of St Joseph, Lower II Alpha organised their Mass on 16th June, and filled it with tributes to St Joseph and to fathers. The Mass, celebrated…
Priory Sixth Leadership Team 2021 – 2022. This week we said farewell to our current Upper VI. They have been such an inspiring year and we wish all of them the very best in their future endeavours and thank all of those who have been the Priory Sixth Leadership Team, headed by Ljilja as Head…
Field visits commence! Mr Chappory, Head of Geography, reports on the two Geography field visits which, after a long gap, Form III and Lower IV were able to take part in last week: Lower IV ready to set off! ‘On Thursday 10th and Friday 11th June, the Geography Department took Form III and Lower IV…
Now available! Caitlin and Niamh in Lower IV made excellent use of lockdown. While others of us were taking exercise, clearing out our attics or wondering when we could come back to school, Caitlin and Niamh wrote a book. This thriller comes complete with an amazing plot, great characters and a pace and verve that…
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…
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…
