Category: Prep
Joy in the Juniors
A Display for the Michaelmas Term. Joy is something to be treasured! An inspirational display has been put up by the Juniors to mark their joy at returning to school after the summer. Both staff and pupils are contributing to the display, which continues to be added to! We share with you here some of…
News from the Library
Books Galore. Mrs Bhatti, our School Librarian, updates us on all the literary activities going on this term throughout the school. In addition, in this Dyslexia Awareness Week, Mrs Bhatti has put together an excellent display in the Scriptorium with books about various aspects of neurodiversity for girls to investigate. ‘We celebrated Roald Dahl’s birthday…
A Virtual Open Day
Welcoming visitors. Our virtual Open Day on Saturday 26th September was a wonderful opportunity to welcome visitors to St Augustine’s Priory, albeit via the computer. The Open Day was held via five Zoom sessions where our guests spoke to the following: Headteacher & Pupils (Head Girl and Deputy Head Girls) Nursery & Juniors Seniors &…
City Kids Autumn 2020
New issue available now. The Autumn 2020 edition of City Kids, the magazine for London families, is now available. To read your copy please click on the following link: Read Autumn 2020 issue where you will find a host of information, including a calendar of events on in London and issues arising from lockdown and…
Prep II and Prep III Mass
The Good Shepherd. Prep II and Prep III produced a wonderful display of sheep in the Chapter Room this week! This was in preparation for their Celebratory Mass on 23rd September to begin the school year. This was on the theme of ‘The Good Shepherd’, and Miss Keane, Deputy Head Juniors (Academic), had this to…
News from Zambia
Lubasi Home developments. We have received some news from Mrs Sarah Bramble (expedition coordinator), who is our link with Lubasi Home in Zambia, for which we raised the wonderful sum of £1,400 earlier in the year. This is what she has to tell us: ‘It was a very exciting meeting of St Augustine students, their…
Prep I study owls
Combining Literature and Art. Mrs van der Merwe, Prep I Form Teacher, describes an exciting Prep I cross-curricular activity. Prep I have been exploring the excellent world of literature with ‘Owl Babies’ and expanding that into some great art work using natural materials from our grounds. Mrs van der Merwe explains, ‘Over the past two…
Real change, enduring change
One step at a time. ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time’. So said Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who died on 18th September 2020. The poem below, ‘In the steps of RBG’ by American poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer speaks about the change that…
Our new, ‘virtual’ Carlo House
Community and Remote Learning Online (CARLO). One of the greatest challenges of self-isolation is exactly that sense of isolation, which can make people of all ages feel cut off from their friends and relations. We are therefore delighted to announce the launch of ‘Carlo’, a new ‘virtual’ House for all students (and staff) who are…
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…