Category: Nursery
Parents’ Committee Christmas Fair 2017
Our Parents’ Committee and parent volunteers worked tirelessly last Friday 8th December setting up a spectacular Christmas Fair. Marquees, fairy lights and decorations adorned the school – both inside and out – and Santa’s Grotto sat neatly in the middle of the Prep Playground in its new home under the pagoda. The Christmas Fair…
Advent: Second Week
We continue the journey to Christmas Sunday 10th December is the Second Sunday of Advent and time to light the second Advent candle. At St Augustine’s Priory we have been preparing for the coming of Christ this week with the Nursery and Prep nativities and next week, on Tuesday 12th December, we gather together for…
A baby born in Bethlehem
St Augustine’s Priory Nativities 2017 This festive week began with carol practice in Assembly on Monday and will end with Christmas Jumper Day and the Parents’ Committee Christmas Fair on Friday! Sandwiched in between has been three consecutive days of the Nursery and Prep Nativities! On Tuesday 5th December Prep I & II set the…
Relationship building from the very start
Early Years Reading & Literacy Workshops At St Augustine’s Priory we encourage our parents to be involved in the girls’ school lives as much as possible, from parents giving careers advice to Upper V and Priory 6, to our fantastic Parents’ Committee putting together their fabulous events. In the Nursery and Preps parental engagement is…
Charities Week Came Early
An update on this year’s Charities Week The annual tradition of Charities Week at St Augustine’s Priory has always been a huge success in many respects; in raising money for the charities chosen by our four Houses, in raising awareness in our girls and staff of our chosen charities, in building relationships between girls throughout…
Advent: First Week
Preparing for the coming of Christ Sunday 3rd December is the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the four week season when we prepare for Christmas, the coming of Jesus Christ into the world. To mark this we light the first of the Advent candles. Here is a prayer to help us to focus…
Charities Week
27th November – 1st December 2017 We are all looking forward to Charities Week which, although usually held in the Lent Term, this academic year has been brought forward to next week! Activities aplenty will take place including talent shows, cake sales, an eco-fashion show, dodgeball tournament, a bring and buy sale and the ever-popular…
Vision of Hope
A visit to the House of Lords The website of the National Schools Poetry Competition (NSPC4PEACE) says that the competition ‘is designed to unlock the potential of young people and to encourage them to express their emotions through writing poetry about peace.’ As it is supported by the Three Faiths Forum (3ff), Mrs McDermott, Head…
Christmas Fair
A panoply of excitement Just over two weeks to go before our annual Christmas Fair, organised by our Parents’ Committee. Friday 8th December at 3.00pm sees the event open and it will end with the Grand Prize Draw at 5.30pm. As always, Father Christmas will be setting up his grotto in the Prep Playground, ably…
Friendship Week in the Nursery
An important lesson to learn When there are whole school activities and themes the Nursery are definitely not missed out! Here, Miss Honeyman, Nursery Teacher, demonstrates how the latest events in the Nursery echo all that is going on in the rest of St Augustine’s Priory: ‘To complement Anti-bullying Week held last week, the Nursery’s…