Category: Nursery
Priory Pyrotechnics
A date for your diary: Friday 14th October A phantasmagorical, fantastic, flaunting of fireworks. Yes, it’s the St Augustine’s Priory annual fireworks evening, taking place on Friday 14th October from 6.30 – 9.00pm at St Augustine’s Priory. Our grounds are a wonderful backdrop for fireworks and the St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee always organises a…
‘Music@1’
Making music at lunchtime Dr G Higgins, Director of Music, announces an exciting initiative from the Music Department commencing next Friday, 30th September, in the Senior Music Room: ‘It is my great pleasure to announce the inauguration of ‘Music@1’, a series of short lunchtime concerts led by students and staff at St Augustine’s Priory. There…
The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Our contribution to a great cause The invitation to have a cup of coffee and a slice of cake is usually most welcome, and we hope you will accept our invitation to come to the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at St Augustine’s Priory on Friday 30th September at 8.40am. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raises…
The Shine Night Walk
A member of staff’s quest In the lead up to the World’s Biggest Coffee morning here on Friday 30th September in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, a member of our Bursary team, Louise Naylor, is also raising money for the fight against cancer, this time in aid of Cancer Research. Tomorrow night she is taking…
The International Day of Peace
“The chance to wake up without a fear of violence” On Wednesday 21st September 2016 St Augustine’s Priory marked the International Day of Peace. Established in 1981 by the United Nations, the International Day of Peace is observed annually on 21st September. Every year the United Nations calls on warring parties to lay down their…
Vive La Viande!
Sourcing our food The excellence of the quality of the food prepared and served to St Augustine’s Priory pupils and staff is of primary importance to our school caterers, Holroyd Howe, and it is of great educational value to explain to pupils where our food comes from and how it ends up on our plates….
A welcome guest…
A welcome guest… Groucho the rabbit makes an appearance A special visitor arrived at St Augustine’s Priory on Tuesday 13th September. Groucho the rabbit, who has been to St Augustine’s Priory over several years is owned by Lucy Bennet, past pupil and daughter of Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths. This year Groucho, accompanied by Lucy,…
Meeting Members of Staff…
An addition to the Nursery As we welcome so many children into the Nursery and Prep I this September, we welcome Ms Hristina Nikolova, who has also joined St Augustine’s Priory’s Nursery for this new term! Here she introduces herself: ‘I am Hristina Nikolova and I have just joined the Nursery at St Augustine’s Priory…
Write on Kew
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…
What Will This Year Bring?
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…