Category: Prep
Children’s Mental Health Week 2019
Healthy: Inside and Out. Children’s health – something we take very seriously at St Augustine’s Priory. The key is integration: our life here focuses on the mental and physical health of children, enshrined in all that we do. From healthy eating, a stimulating and stretching academic life, exercise and, most vital, play, PSHEE lessons, our…
The TES Independent School Awards 2019
The Priory Farm’s work is recognised. The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane was the venue for the TES Independent School Awards 2019 held on Friday 1st February. Many independent schools had been shortlisted in various categories and we were delighted that St Augustine’s Priory had been shortlisted for the ‘Whole-school community initiative of the…
A Healthy School
Silver Award achievement. Mrs Costello, Form Teacher Prep II and PSHE Lead for Preps and Pre-Preps and Juniors, was the bearer of exciting news last week about our participation in Healthy Schools. She takes up the story: ‘I am delighted to announce that St Augustine’s Priory has achieved a Healthy Schools London Silver Award….
Chicago!
And All That Jazz. It’s nearly time for our St Augustine’s Priory production of ‘Chicago’, being held at The Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing on 3rd, 4th and 5th April at 7.30pm. Booking tickets online is easy, just go to http://www.questors.org.uk/. The production involves senior girls both on stage and backstage and the…
Loving to learn
Following St Augustine. Our patron saint, St Augustine of Hippo, had this to say about education: ‘Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation of grace to the soul.’ St Augustine of Hippo At St Augustine’s Priory we are…
A Life Outside
Mr Chappory and music. We all know Mr Chappory as our Head of Geography, venturing out in all seasons for field visits to places such as the Olympic Park, Brighton or Aberystwyth. But you may be interested to know that he is also a talented musician, founder of the band Lost Remnants, who have just…
News from Argentina
Fundación Anpuy. Ms De Lahitte is delighted to share with us news on Nico, the Argentinian boy we sponsor through the charity Fundación Anpuy. ‘We recently received Nicolas’ end of year report from Fundación Anpuy, which includes a picture of Nico with the personalised football top we sent him (this had been funded by a Priory 6 fundraising initiative). Below is a translated extract from…
Prayer for the New Year
God knows us and loves us. As we begin the Lent Term, we look forward with hope and trust to all that the year 2019 will bring. God loves us; as it says in Jeremiah, chapter 1: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you’. …
The Christmas Carol Service
We prepare for the Nativity. The St Augustine’s Priory Carol Service, held every year at Ealing Abbey, is a wonderful way to prepare for the coming of Christ. The evening of Tuesday 11th December 2018 was no exception. We began the evening with a gathering of Association members in the Parish Centre. Past pupils, former…
The Christmas Fair
An annual festival! With stalls, crafts, games, the teddy tombola and refreshments on offer, the annual St Augustine’s Priory Christmas Fair was a festival of fun and entertainment. Brilliantly organised by the St Augustine’s Parents’ Committee, whose hard work and energy is always behind the Christmas Fair, the school enjoyed a late afternoon of magic…