Category: Junior
Juniors enjoy the Lollies!
Reading Matters Reading is a joy and our Junior Book Club make sure they keep up to date with all the latest happenings in the literary world. Voting for your favourite books in the Lollies Book Awards is all part of this and when an invitation arrives to an Awards ceremony – well, you just…
Being Present – The Launch
Poetry Matters In November we wrote about the by Mr Elder’s, English Department, forthcoming collection of poetry, ‘Being Present’. This is now hot off the press and published by The Black Light Engine Room Press. Comments have included, ‘Funny and true’ from one reader and ‘Brilliant’ from another! We advise you to get a copy,…
Update: Society of Heads Exhibition 2018
Exhibition of A Level Art Work Following the article last week about the Society of Heads Exhibition on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th January 2018 at the Livery Hall, Guildhall (accessed via the Basinghall Street entrance) we thought we would wet your taste buds with a glimpse of some of the exciting artwork we will…
Regulatory Compliance Inspection Report
December 2017 Earlier this week Mrs Raffray, Headteacher of St Augustine’s Priory, sent to all parents the Regulatory Compliance Inspection Report, the result of an inspection held by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in December 2017, in which St Augustine’s Priory was found to be fully compliant. It is a brief report, running only to eight…
Exploring photography
Pinhole Photography Workshop Ms Porter, Art Department, here reports on the workshops held by photographer, Lotte Hampson, on Friday 12th January. It is of such value for the pupils to meet professional artists and to gain from their experience and knowledge. With our A Level photography course proving popular and now a working darkroom which…
Society of Heads Exhibition 2018
A Level Art Work We are excited to announce that St Augustine’s Priory and the Freemen’s School, Ashtead are proud to be hosting the Society of Heads Art Exhibition to be held at the Livery Hall, Guildhall London, on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th January 2018. You will remember that St Augustine’s Priory hosted this…
Beginning the Lent Term
A week of celebration On Monday the Nursery began the new term by learning about the journey of the Magi to see the baby Jesus, celebrated in the Feast of the Epiphany. Miss Honeyman, Nursery Teacher, describes how the voyage to Bethlehem progressed: ‘Nursery celebrated the feast of the Epiphany by taking the “long…
Different paths
Changing direction This week has been about changing directions. From the Feast of the Epiphany, when after visiting Jesus, the Magi ‘were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way’, to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord when Jesus, after his…
Society of Heads Exhibition 2018
A Level Art Work We are excited to announce that St Augustine’s Priory and the Freemen’s School, Ashtead are proud to be hosting the Society of Heads Art Exhibition to be held at the Livery Hall, Guildhall London, on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th January 2018. You will remember that St Augustine’s Priory hosted this…
Healthy Schools London Awards
Celebrating making a difference Healthy Schools London is an Awards Programme that will reach out to every London child, working with schools to improve children and young people’s wellbeing. Just before Christmas we were delighted to announce that Mrs Costello, Junior PSHE Coordinator, had led an application for St Augustine’s Priory for the Healthy Schools Award…