A Stitch in Time ‘Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.’ (Elie Wiesel) At St Augustine’s Priory the theme for this year is Memory and, as the Headteacher, Mrs Raffray, wrote in her last letter, ‘We will be planning rich cross-curricular links, competitions as well…
A Festival of Literature It is again time for that wonderful literary festival ‘Write on Kew’, returning to Kew Gardens again this year from Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th September 2016 in Kew Gardens. This is a festival for all ages, from one to 101 with four days of talks and events with a stellar…
A Prayer for the New School Year A new academic school year is always exciting. Perhaps starting a new school, moving up a year, reuniting with old friends and making new ones, it all adds to the experience of new beginnings, of a fresh start, a blank page on which to write. The following prayer…
A Summer of Art and Architecture As we look forward to next week when elements of the ‘Artkitecture’ summer course’s sculptural building will be exhibited in the Rose Garden we look back at the adventure of this week long workshop which took place earlier in the summer. In what seemed to be the hottest week…
Miss D Aiton, School Office Manager One of our new members of staff this term is Miss Dawn Aiton, our new School Office Manager. She writes: ‘I am very pleased to have joined St Augustine’s Priory as School Office Manager. For nearly the last five years I have worked at Brunel University London. I have…
Pupils raise money for Acton Homeless Concern. Pupils of Upper II yesterday welcomed our guest, Ian Breen, manager of local charity Acton Homeless Concern, the mission of which “is to provide advice and support for those who need shelter and hope”. Mr Breen visited St Augustine’s Priory to discuss the challenges facing the increasing number…
Pupils, parents, neighbours and staff, tarry together and much merriment hath. The jovial atmosphere of St Augustine’s Priory was palpable on Saturday last, when the preparation of pupils, staff and our dedicated Parents’ Committee came to fruition. WARNING: This blog contains frivolous use of superlatives and far too much Tudor phrasing. Once the stalls were…
Summer Term Melodies… Dr Higgins reports on the musical events of the school over the past few weeks… ‘It has been busy in the Music Department over the last two weeks. Exams and music-making of all kinds have been taking place, with girls from almost every year group in the school taking part in one…
Upper II celebrate the end of Juniors Mrs Farmer, Form Teacher Upper II Alpha reports on the joyous end of year retreat for Upper II. ‘On Friday 1st July, Upper II spent time together during the morning to reflect on their time in the Junior School at their retreat. The theme was ‘Wisdom’ and it was based on the…
Catholic Primary Schools join together On Tuesday 5th July St Augustine’s Priory was privileged to be the last stage in the Ealing Deanery Catholic Primary Schools’ Pilgrimage to mark the Year of Mercy. Over the last few weeks, primary schools from all over the deanery had marked the Year of Mercy with a pilgrimage, journeying…
