Category: Nursery
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Column
The Inclusion Committee. We have received some wonderful applications from pupils eager to join the St Augustine’s Priory Inclusion Committee, which will focus on all aspects of inclusion and is part of our membership of the Schools Inclusion Alliance. We thought we would share with you extracts from some of the applications – inspiring comments…
Priory Farm Open Day and Farmers’ Market
A day out for everyone. We’re just over a week away from our next Priory Farm Open Day, which will take place on Sunday 20th June from 10.00am until 2.00pm. We’re looking forward to some exciting activities including sheep shearing and a great opportunity to buy limited edition pizzas from Sarv’s Slice, using produce from…
Governor in The Guardian
An inspiring career. Governor of St Augustine’s Priory, Mr Floyd Steadman, who so generously gives of his time to staff and girls, most recently in his training workshops on Unconscious Bias, has recently featured in an article in The Guardian. The article, by Jeremy Inson from 4th June, focuses on Maro Itoje, Saracens and England…
The Unicorn School come to visit
Enthusiastic visitors to Priory Farm. We were all delighted to welcome the Reception class from the Unicorn School, Kew, on 26th May who came to visit the Priory Farm. Mr Raffray was on hand to lead the children around the school, starting with our sheep. The sheep were as enthusiastic as our visitors as they…
An exciting Half Term activity for Preps
‘Don’t Tell Grandma’ Exciting news from Amy Perry, our Ballet and Musical Theatre teacher, on a Half Term activity that we know everyone will enjoy. Ms Perry is in rehearsals for a show which is on next week at the Chiswick Playhouse and many of her pupils are fans of the theatre and we know…
Taking delivery
Our new residents. This week the Priory Farm took delivery of two new residents: two beautiful Oxford Sandy and Black piglets. The Oxford Sandy and Black is a rare, traditional breed of pig and nearly became extinct twenty years ago. The eight week old piglets became instant favourites with girls and staff and soon settled…
Lower II Alpha and Mental Health Awareness Week
Lessons surrounded by nature. Miss Cooke, Form Teacher, Lower II Alpha, tells us how Lower II Alpha took advantage of our grounds this week when the girls enjoyed a PSHEE lesson centred around Mental Health Awareness Week. This year, the theme is nature – something which all of our girls, whatever their age, can enjoy…
Nursery Scientists
Investigating nature. The Nursery had an exciting time last week when they visited our very own pond. They are learning about the life cycle of frogs and pond life and so their visit to the pond was invaluable. They saw lots of plants and the wild life surrounding the pond, and were lucky enough…
Captain Tom 100 challenge
Raising funds for the Cardinal Hume Centre. Mrs McDermott, Head of Faith Life, tells us of some of the amazing things that were achieved last weekend when we took on the Captain Tom 100 challenge: ‘Over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend, many people throughout the UK took part in the Captain Tom 100…
Priory Farm Open Day
A day of pure joy. Our Priory Farm Open Day on Sunday 2nd May was a wonderful way to celebrate the outdoors, our community and our farm and its animals. After the months of lockdowns it was a joyous time to open our grounds to welcome so many visitors and share our Priory Farm with…