Category: Junior

25th November 2016

Lower II takes on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ‘Wherefore art thou Romeo?’ Ms Hagerty, Director of Sixth Form and teacher of Drama writes about Lower II’s contribution to the Shakespeare Schools Festival 2016: ‘Monday 14th November marked the day when girls in Lower II took to the stage to perform their very own version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, ‘Romeo…

25th November 2016

We lift our hearts in joyous song to honour Him this way, and while we sing remembering to sing is to doubly pray On Thursday 24th November, we celebrated the feast of St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Musicians, with our annual St Cecilia Concert.  The Junior and Senior school ensembles, orchestras and choirs performed in a…

25th November 2016

One kind word can change someone’s entire day For Anti-Bullying week this year, held last week, Senior Form Teacher Miss O’Brien organised an activity to help highlight the ways in which we can prevent and respond to bullying.  The week, annually held in November, is a great way to take a stand against bullying, promote positive messages about…

25th November 2016

Priory 6 and freedom of faith Aid to the Church in Need’s ‘Red Wednesday’ was on 23rd November, a campaign for those who have suffered because of their religion.  At St Augustine’s Priory many Senior students and staff supported this by wearing red throughout the day.  This was an amazing way to raise awareness of…

24th November 2016

Music Department news Dr Higgins, Director of Music, writes about the Music@1 concert which took place last Friday, 18th November, bringing to light the musical talents of two of our members of staff: ‘Friday 18th November saw our third Music@1 concert take place in the Chapel. This time our performers were Mrs Cotton and Mrs…

23rd November 2016

Lower VI and ‘Dexterity’ Equipping girls for life is part of our mission at St Augustine’s Priory and the Priory 6 participation in Young Enterprise certainly does that. The website for the charity states, ‘Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading charity that empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills. We make the…

22nd November 2016

Lisa McMullin, LAMDA Teacher Ms Lisa McMullin is joining our team of LAMDA teachers and here introduces herself: ‘I’m delighted to be joining St Augustine’s Priory as a LAMDA teacher. The staff and students seem absolutely delightful! I’ve been teaching drama in schools in the UK for over a decade and am currently also joint…

18th November 2016

Operation Christmas Child Every year near Christmas the Juniors set about collecting shoe boxes. This does not show an avid love for boxes, or for shoes, but in order to send Christmas gifts to children in need abroad, it is necessary to first have an empty shoe box to fill! Operation Christmas Child, run by…

18th November 2016

Creativity around Roald Dahl Mrs Van Der Merwe writes of some dreamlike activities the Junior School have been engaging in relating to the author, Roald Dahl. ‘Roald Dahl is one of the Prep and Junior School’s very favourite authors. This year marks 100 years since he was born. In addition to the celebrations that took place in…

16th November 2016

Ancient Egypt comes to life On Thursday 10th November Upper IA and Upper I Alpha went on a voyage of discovery to the British Museum.  For this visit Upper I focussed on Ancient Egypt.  They took part in a workshop about the Ancient Egyptian afterlife and toured the Egyptian galleries. Here are some of their…