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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Enthusiastic visitors to Priory Farm. We were all delighted to welcome the Reception class from the Unicorn School, Kew, on 26th May who came to visit the Priory Farm. Mr Raffray was on hand to lead the children around the school, starting with our sheep. The sheep were as enthusiastic as our visitors as they…
‘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…
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…
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…