Category: Junior

15th September 2020

Composer Hannah Kendall. The BBC Proms, the annual festival of classical music, is enjoyed every year by millions.  In 2020, the festival ran from 17th July until the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 12th September.  This year, owing to the pandemic, it was unfortunately not possible to hold live concerts from the beginning…

11th September 2020

‘For Equilibrium’. We would like to share with you the following words, an oasis of grace in these turbulent days.  It is from John O’Donohue’s inspirational book,  ‘Benedictus, A Book of Blessings’ and is entitled ‘For Equilibrium’.  Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your…

10th September 2020

‘RADIO’. During their time at St Augustine’s Priory, pupils are allocated into the four school Houses:  St Gabriel, St Michael, St Raphael and St George which compete throughout the school year, for example in sports or during Charities Week.  The first three House patrons are the Archangels and, during the Michaelmas Term, on 29th September,…

4th September 2020

Mrs N Foley and Miss A Carroll. We are pleased to welcome two new members of staff who have joined us this year – both with Australian connections!  Mrs N Foley has joined us as Form Tutor for Prep III and Miss A Carroll has joined us as Form Tutor for Lower I. Mrs Foley…

4th September 2020

Beginning a new year. Thursday 3rd September saw pupils return to St Augustine’s Priory for the start of the Michaelmas Term 2020.  A time of renewing friendships, welcoming new friends to St Augustine’s Priory and enjoying the excitement of moving up into new classes.  We started off the year by celebrating two Masses, with Fr…

10th July 2020

Blended learning at its best. Miss Snell, Miss Westley and Mrs Cattigan organised a truly triumphant and exuberant event that was Upper II’s production of ‘Olivia!’.  With blended learning at the fore and participation from cast both at St Augustine’s Priory and at home, this was a production that excelled both in acting and production…

10th July 2020

Visionary education. St Augustine’s Priory has embraced blended learning with a creative drive during these ‘new normal’ times.  Since the beginning of lockdown, classes have continued in all subjects even though pupils and teachers have been absent from school and, now that some classes have returned to school, blended learning continues. Learning has not stopped,…

10th July 2020

Blended learning. Mrs Macallister recently reported, ‘I have been to some brilliant Maths lessons!  Different teachers are using different applications to teach Maths, and are definitely engaging the students’.   For example, Mr Harnett, Mathematics Department, has been using blended learning to guide Lower IV and Upper IV through the world of formulae and shapes….

8th July 2020

Making Music. Lockdown has not prevented the St Augustine’s Priory musicians from making music.  Individual lessons and ensemble work have continued and our Summer Concert, with its weaving of musical magic, went ahead as planned last week.  Everyone involved, pupils and staff, worked hard to ensure that each person’s work blended seamlessly with their colleagues’…

8th July 2020

The year of sport celebrated. The St Augustine’s Priory Sports Awards Evening on 30th June was a splendidly virtual affair.  Although we were not able to be all together celebrating the year of sport at St Augustine’s Priory, we were able to watch the awards via the triumph of modern technology. Congratulations to all those…