The latter half of the Summer Term 2023 was full of memorable activities leading up to the end of term and the summer holidays. From some of our most hallowed traditional events, such as the celebratory Mass for the First Holy Communicants and Confirmands, to our Year 6 entertaining us with a version of ‘The…
With the onset of the Summer Term, spring arrived at St Augustine’s Priory, bringing with it the birth of lambs and ducklings and the celebratory joy of the Easter Season. A major event in the life of the nation was the Coronation of King Charles III which we were delighted to celebrate. Here is a…
The last half of the Lent Term 2023 at St Augustine’s Priory was awash with amazing achievements. From the stupendous production of ‘Sister Act’ to the visit of Year 8’s penpals from Ste Marie de Neuilly in Paris, to the wonderful Mass to say farewell to Mrs Raffray as she leaves us for new challenges,…
The first half of the Lent Term 2023 has seen community life at St Augustine’s Priory at its best. From retreats to visits to Paris and our Feast Day, we have joined together to celebrate and commemorate. Community and Faith Life: Feast Day. The annual St Augustine’s Priory Feast Day was celebrated on Wednesday 8th…
From time travel, to Paris, to New York, the St Augustine’s Priory community went far and wide during the second half of the Michaelmas Term 2022. It’s a wonderful town: New York, New York. Mr Chappory, Head of Geography, reports on the visit, at the end of the Michaelmas term and the beginning of the…
The first half of the Michaelmas Term 2022 at St Augustine’s Priory was filled with a variety of events. The following highlights give just a taste of all that happened. 1. Year 7’s Adventure at High Ashurst: Flying High! Tara in Year 7 reports on the high excitement visit of Year 7 in September to…
A welcome return to a superlative event. Bearing in mind the glorious summer of sport we have enjoyed, from the victory of the Lionesses to the Commonwealth Games and now the European Athletics Championships and the European Swimming Championships, it was wonderful to be able to welcome the return of our Sports Awards evening on…
Celebrations in the Chapel. Since the end of the Summer Term we have been delighted to celebrate not one, but two weddings of past pupils in our Chapel. On the first weekend of the Summer holidays, Rozzy married Jake and on the following weekend, Olivia married Jonah. Both weddings were beautiful and joyous occasions filled…
Our pet lamb. We didn’t start out with the idea of breeding a therapy sheep, it just seemed to happen! When our lambs were born this Spring, one of them was unfortunately rejected by his mother. So the Farm Managers, under the guidance of Mr Raffray, decided to hand rear the lamb. Bottle-feeding a new…
St Augustine’s Priory shortlisted. We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in two categories in the Independent School Parent magazine’s Independent Schools of the Year 2022; for ‘Student Wellbeing’ and also ‘Rising Star of the Year’. As the ISOTY website states, the purpose of the awards is to, ‘highlight the excellence of…
