Category: Junior
Are you a Gamechanging Parent?
Are you helping your child to enjoy the snakes and ladders of outrageous fortune? We all have the potential to be gamechangers. In this article by Headteacher, Mrs Raffray, first featured recently in ‘Primary Times’, a way in which all parents can be gamechangers in the lives and education of their children is examined. And…
Miraculum Children’s Choir
A date for your diary… We are all looking forward to the visit later in June of the world-renowned Miraculum Children’s Choir from the Kodály Music School in Hungary, directed by Laszlo Durányik. The choir will be visiting us from the evening of Wednesday 20th until the morning of Friday 22nd June. We are privileged…
Racing for Life
A whole school runs. On Sunday 3rd June, a day of glorious sunshine, a strong contingent of girls, parents and staff from the St Augustine’s Priory community running in the Race for Life for Cancer Research UK. Mrs Gosling, Director of Sport, reports: ‘The St Augustine’s Priory pink army assembled for the Race for…
First Holy Communion Celebration
Lower I commemorate a special occasion. Every year at St Augustine’s Priory we celebrate our First Holy Communicants. Over the previous weeks girls in Lower I have received their First Holy Communion in their parishes and we mark this important event in the girls’ lives with a special Mass. Prep III to Upper II, families,…
Priory 6 and Women’s Wellness Week
Plans for the week of 11th – 15th June. In school assemblies on Friday, 25th May, Priory 6 introduced us to the plans for Women’s Wellness Week, running from 11th – 15th June. This will be a packed week of events and talks at St Augustine’s Priory, encompassing many issues which impact on women’s lives. …
Maths Rules!
Junior Maths Week. Earlier in May Nursery to Upper II embarked on an enhanced exploration of Mathematics. Ms Gambrill, Mathematics Coordinator for the Juniors, relates the work that went on throughout the Junior School: ‘During the first half of May the Junior, Prep and Nursery pupils celebrated Maths Week. The main aims of the week…
Upper I and Hot Cross Buns!
A visit from the André Malraux Primary School. Miss Gandi, Modern Languages Department, writes, ‘It is now the second year of our partnership with the André Malraux Primary School. After they kindly invited us in January to share the French tradition of the galette, we exchanged book marks with our favourite book characters during Book…
Juniors enjoy our new equipment
Google Chromebooks. Mr Dellow, Head of ICT, has some exciting news to impart… ‘If you take a look around you will probably find you are no more than a metre away from some form of computing device, in fact, you are likely to be using one to read this post. As of this week our…
The Scintillating Space Between Us
Mr Elder, Poet, English Department. If there is a space in your life then we can help you fill it by recommending Mr Elder’s latest publication of poetry. ‘The Space Between Us’ won the Cinnamon Press Debut Collection and is described as “At times tender and at times laugh-out-loud funny, Elder seamlessly negotiates anything from the terrors…
Lower II meet Henry VIII
A visit to Hampton Court Palace. Just before the Easter holidays, on Monday 26th March, Lower II embarked on a historical field visit to Hampton Court Palace. The home of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs, Lower II enjoyed a day exploring history, with particular emphasis on the Tudor period. Mrs Tomlinson, Form Teacher Lower II…