Category: Nursery
A visit to Priory Farm
Nile Lodge Playgroup visits St Augustine’s Priory. There was great excitement on the morning of Wednesday 11th May, as the Nursery pupils from Nile Lodge Playgroup came to visit the Priory Farm! The Sisters, parents and children all came and met the chickens, ducks and, of course, our new lambs. Our Farm Managers were on…
Headteacher’s Blog: Speaking to the NBCW
Education, Spirituality, Church and the Feminine. On Thursday 28th April Mrs Raffray was guest speaker at the National Board of Catholic Women (NBCW). This was a wonderful opportunity and Mrs Raffray seized it with both hands, speaking on ‘Education, Spirituality, Church and the Feminine’, an extraordinarily inspirational talk. The NBCW says, ‘As a body with…
Charities Week
Four causes to support. Our annual Charities Week, held at the end of the last half term raised a wonderful £4,267.10 for the four House charities. This is a wonderful amount which will be divided amongst MIND, the mental health charity; the Down’s Syndrome Association; SightSavers, the international charity which works to eliminate avoidable blindness…
Six Lambs in Six Days!
The Priory Farm produces. ‘Six lambs in six days!’ was Farm Manager’s Freya’s comment on the recent hive of activity in the Priory Farm. Spring has definitely arrived at St Augustine’s Priory as Priory Sixthformer Freya’s pictures show. Visitors are plentiful to see the newborns, who are very quickly finding their feet and enjoying life….
Easter liturgies
The School marks the Easter journey. The end of the Lent Term 2022 was marked at St Augustine’s Priory with several liturgies to prepare for the coming of Easter. The Preps, with energy and enthusiasm, held a Palm Sunday Liturgy and also an Easter Egg Hunt. Palms were made and waved and then the Meadow…
Bronze STARS
TfL accreditation scheme. Earlier in the Lent Term we received our plaque and certificate from TfL (Transport for London) for achieving our Bronze STARS – Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe Accreditation. This has been awarded in recognition of achievement in active and safer travel initiatives. STARS is “TfL’s accreditation scheme for London schools and nurseries….
Student Council
‘You said, we did’. Listening to and acting upon students’ concerns is one of the key functions of the Student Council. This dedicated student-led body meets regularly throughout the year and takes the initiative to hear and put forward proposals coming from pupils. Some of the recent proposals coming from the Student Council were: Asking…
Building the Kingdom
Nursery to Upper II enjoy meeting our guests. We hosted visitors on Friday 25th March when Deputy Heads from around the country came to St Augustine’s Priory as part of the National School of Formation Barnabas Magdalene Programme. The programme is designed to promote leadership and our guests spent the day observing our work around…
Scribe: Volume II
Creative Writing Club. It is a wonderful event when the Creative Writing Club produces a new edition of Scribe. Following Scribe Volume I and also the beautifully written Priory Pilgrimage, Mrs King, the Co-ordinator of the Creative Writing Club, is proud to announce that Scribe Volume II is now published! Scribe, a collection of poetry…
Strictly Heads 2022
icandance. Headteachers are known for many things. Leadership and academic ability being but two. Dancing prowess may not necessarily be top of anybody’s list. Or feature on the list at all, to be brutally honest. Well, now we all have the opportunity to see for ourselves how Headteachers can waltz, fandango and cha cha cha,…