Category: Nursery
Reaching across the U.K.
Blended Learning Initiative. One of the biggest challenges education is facing during the Covid-19 pandemic is how to simultaneously reach, stimulate and educate both those children who are in school and those who, owing to self-isolation or quarantine, are at home. At St Augustine’s Priory, we realised before lockdown began that an effective way of…
Ealing Foodbank
September donations needed. This is a time of great need for many people. The Ealing Foodbank has contacted us to ask if people are able to assist with their latest shopping list. Their stocks are dwindling and they say that there was a 4909 kg gap between donations received and food distributed in August. They…
Premiere at the BBC Proms 2020
Composer Hannah Kendall. The BBC Proms, the annual festival of classical music, is enjoyed every year by millions. In 2020, the festival ran from 17th July until the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 12th September. This year, owing to the pandemic, it was unfortunately not possible to hold live concerts from the beginning…
Resting in balance
‘For Equilibrium’. We would like to share with you the following words, an oasis of grace in these turbulent days. It is from John O’Donohue’s inspirational book, ‘Benedictus, A Book of Blessings’ and is entitled ‘For Equilibrium’. Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your…
Theme for the year
‘RADIO’. During their time at St Augustine’s Priory, pupils are allocated into the four school Houses: St Gabriel, St Michael, St Raphael and St George which compete throughout the school year, for example in sports or during Charities Week. The first three House patrons are the Archangels and, during the Michaelmas Term, on 29th September,…
Sports Day 2020
Or, ‘Why aren’t these events in the Olympics?’ On Wednesday 24th June, the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Day took place with Upper II competing in the grounds, along with the children of critical workers. Everyone else enjoyed an afternoon of sport at home – our first ever Blended Virtual Sports Day. Miss Hales led the…
The Rose Garden
‘When life throws thorns, hunt for roses.’ Anonymous. The rose garden is in full bloom at St Augustine’s Priory and these glorious flowers are a source of great cheer. From red to orange to pink to white our roses are a welcome sight for sore eyes. The beds contain a variety of beautiful blooms, including…
Prayers for all
Ten Ten Resources. Ten Ten Theatre Company, a professional Catholic theatre company which has often visited St Augustine’s Priory, has prepared resources for us all to use at this time. We are attaching the following prayers and are grateful to Ten Ten for them. We do hope you find them of use. …
Spring at St Augustine’s Priory
The grounds wake from winter. The grounds at St Augustine’s Priory are beautifully coming into their own with Spring definitely in the air. Daffodils, the heralds of Spring, are trumpeting the new season and blossoms and buds are running riot. It seems strange to see the grounds and animals at St Augustine’s Priory without…
Ethical Leadership Programme
Priory 6 and Trusted Friends. Ljilja Vincic is one of three Priory pupils participating in the Ethical Leadership programme. They are involved in designing projects which will recognise and develop their leadership qualities and skills for life. The Ethical Leadership Programme is a student-focused qualification designed to recognise character skills and leadership qualities, while enabling…