Category: Junior
Refugees and Red Wednesday
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…
Music@1: a Musical Staff
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…
Young Enterprise 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…
Meeting Members of Staff…
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…
Juniors collect gifts for Christmas
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…
Junior and Senior Dream Jars
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…
Upper I visits the British Museum
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…
Christmas Fair 2016
The Parents’ Committee Seasonal Celebration Friday 2nd December from 3.00 – 5.30pm sees the 2016 Parents’ Committee Christmas Fair. As always, the Parents’ Committee is preparing an event which will dazzle and delight! There will be many wonderful stalls for us all to enjoy and for this fair to be the success it always is,…
Training to serve at Mass
Juniors step forward Our weekly Masses at St Augustine’s Priory are a source of great joy. We are fortunate to have our own Chapel and are so pleased and thankful that priests, for example, Fr Thomas from Ealing Abbey, or Fr Fintan from Our Lady of Lourdes, are happy to visit here to celebrate Mass…
Carol Service Competition
Design a cover for our Order of Service The St Augustine’s Priory Carol Service is one of the highlights of our year. Held at Ealing Abbey, this year the service is on Tuesday 13th December at 7.30pm at Ealing Abbey. Attended by forms Lower I – Upper VI, the Abbey is always packed as family…