Researching the marginalised. Mrs Lunn, History Department, here describes the recent work of Upper IV Aleph: ‘Before embarking on their GCSE courses after half-term, Upper IV Aleph have spent their last History lessons focusing on personal histories of colonial troops who fought for Britain during The First World War. Students were inspired by the Imperial…
‘Don’t Tell Grandma’ Exciting news from Amy Perry, our Ballet and Musical Theatre teacher, on a Half Term activity that we know everyone will enjoy. Ms Perry is in rehearsals for a show which is on next week at the Chiswick Playhouse and many of her pupils are fans of the theatre and we know…
Hyperbolic crochet. Mrs Bennet, Head of Mathematics, has been enthusiastically introducing Form III to hyperbolic crochet, resulting in some very beautiful work. She explains: ‘What is hyperbolic space? We are used to the idea that two parallel lines will never converge and will always be the same distance apart. In hyperbolic geometry, parallel lines converge…
Our new residents. This week the Priory Farm took delivery of two new residents: two beautiful Oxford Sandy and Black piglets. The Oxford Sandy and Black is a rare, traditional breed of pig and nearly became extinct twenty years ago. The eight week old piglets became instant favourites with girls and staff and soon settled…
A dancing extravaganza. On Wednesday the Prep I Ballet Display took place. This was a triumphant production all round with the dancers demonstrating all that they had learnt during this year. Performing to popular music, this production was live streamed to Prep I families so that they could enjoy all the dancing. Congratulations to everyone…
Uniforms galore. The Modern Languages Department set a challenge for the girls in Upper II recently. As Ms Gandi reports, ‘Upper II have been learning about clothes and colours. They then accepted the challenge to create a school uniform and describe it – in French! We had an exhibition of their uniforms in the Marquee…
Wacky Walking Wednesday. Wacky Walking Wednesday is always a great hit, pupils celebrate Walk to School Week with an array of wacky shoes. Their imagination and skill at transforming ordinary shoes into works of art are always an inspiration. Here, we show some of the wonderful ideas that have materialised in school this week! From…
Juniors and Seniors experiment. Mrs Wright, Art Department, describes the photographic workshops she recently delivered to Art students in both Juniors and Seniors: ‘These experimental photography workshops explored the theme of a photograph within a photograph. Girls were shown examples of the work of contemporary photographers and asked to respond with creative solutions, using large…
Following one’s dreams. Mr Ferguson organised a fascinating Careers Talk this week while, simultaneously, our speaker’s daughter was also making a presentation! ‘Today, whilst his daughter was presenting to Mr Elder and her fellow Gifted & Talented scholars, Dr Carraretto Zoomed in to St Augustine’s Priory to speak to Lower V and Lower VI for…
Understanding the universe. Mr Elder enjoyed presentations from members of Form III this week in the latest news from our scholars. He tells us, ‘Form III Academic Scholars met this week and we had two presentations. The first, from Arianna and Kate, was on the mind-bending topic of the universe, with the students asking, “How…
