Year: 2021
The Nursery at Christmas
An Advent Journey. The Nursery at St Augustine’s Priory has begun to celebrate Christmas with a vengeance. Pupils have been decorating their classroom with all manner of trees and ornaments and on Wednesday 1st December they performed their Nativity play with their usual energy and enthusiasm. The cast of Mary, Joseph, shepherds, angels and kings…
Witness to the twentieth century
A survivor’s testimony. Seniors were privileged on Thursday 18th November to hear the testimony of Mr Paul Sved B.E.M., holocaust survivor, organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust. This was an extraordinary afternoon as Mr Sved told us, via Zoom, about his life and experience before, during and after the Second World War. Mr Sved not…
An Advent Journey
Las Posadas. As we begin our journey through Advent, culminating in the celebration of Christmas on 25th December, Mrs McDermott shares with us the Latin tradition of ‘Las Posadas’ which began in Spain and which has been celebrated in Mexico for over 400 years and is also celebrated in Guatemala. The tradition commemorates Mary and…
Lower VI R.E.
Natural Law. Mrs Corkery, Head of R.E. reports on what Lower VI have been studying: ‘In Core RE this term, Lower VI students have been busy discussing a variety of moral dilemmas in order to explore what influences their moral decision making. The girls have explored a variety of ethical theories, such as Natural Law,…
Faith in Action
COP26 march. With the excellent response from St Augustine’s Priory to the Giant Walk to School in support of COP26, Mrs McDermott here writes about her experience on the COP26 march on Saturday 6th November. ‘On Saturday morning, I joined the CAFOD group at St Mary’s Church, Moorfields for a prayer service before joining the COP26 march through…
Red Wednesday
A day to remember. On Wednesday 24th November we commemorated Red Wednesday at St Augustine’s Priory with two Masses, one each for Seniors and Juniors and a Prep and Pre-Prep Red Wednesday liturgy. Fr Thomas celebrated the Masses for us, which had been prepared beautifully by Lower IIA for the Juniors and Priory VI…
Christmas Fair 2021
Save the date! We are all looking forward to this year’s St Augustine’s Priory Christmas Fair, organised by our Parents’ Committee. This year it is taking place on Friday 3rd December and includes stalls, games, crafts and a wonderful selection of refreshments. There will also be a Neon Disco for the Preps and Juniors and…
Prep I visit the National Gallery
A day enjoying art. Mrs Van Der Merwe reports on the artistic researches of Prep I, who recently visited one of London’s major galleries: ‘Not only are Prep I delightful artists in their own right, they are also very appreciative of the art of others. On Friday 19th November they set out for the National…
St Cecilia Concert
A sublime evening. The St Cecilia Concert yesterday evening saw parents at last return to the Chapel to hear our musicians and singers. They were not to be disappointed as the evening’s programme was a testament and tribute to the hard work and talents of our pupils and staff. Although bubbles are being kept…
Sporting Prowess
Cross Country and Netball. Mrs Gosling reports on some sporting news from last weekend in both cross country and netball: ‘In the regional round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup which took place last Saturday in St Albans, our inter girls’ squad acquitted themselves well. Seven girls from Upper IV and Lower V competed…