Category: Prep
Little Shop of Horrors
Feed me, Seymour! St Augustine’s Priory will be wowing audiences with their cutting edge version of the classic American musical, Little Shop of Horrors, at Questors Theatre on Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March 2017. The musical will be performed in the Judi Dench Playhouse, the main and highest capacity stage of the…
Might counting our blessings be the path to health and wellbeing?
I have finally acknowledged that I am no longer a young teacher. Various moments have prompted this epiphany and it was sealed recently as I reflected upon schools’ responses to the new curriculum. I realised that I am one of just a few people in the staff room who remembers teaching A Levels before Curriculum…
The Advent Journey
Travelling with CAFOD We have now entered the season of Advent, the time to prepare for the coming of Christ. CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, has produced a digital Advent calendar to help ‘you to reflect on issues of global justice with your family or as part of your parish or community as…
Power for Good
One kind word can change someone’s entire day For Anti-Bullying week this year, held last week, Senior Form Teacher Miss O’Brien organised an activity to help highlight the ways in which we can prevent and respond to bullying. The week, annually held in November, is a great way to take a stand against bullying, promote positive messages about…
Refugees and Red Wednesday
Priory 6 and freedom of faith Aid to the Church in Need’s ‘Red Wednesday’ was on 23rd November, a campaign for those who have suffered because of their religion. At St Augustine’s Priory many Senior students and staff supported this by wearing red throughout the day. This was an amazing way to raise awareness of…
Music@1: a Musical Staff
Music Department news Dr Higgins, Director of Music, writes about the Music@1 concert which took place last Friday, 18th November, bringing to light the musical talents of two of our members of staff: ‘Friday 18th November saw our third Music@1 concert take place in the Chapel. This time our performers were Mrs Cotton and Mrs…
Young Enterprise 2016
Lower VI and ‘Dexterity’ Equipping girls for life is part of our mission at St Augustine’s Priory and the Priory 6 participation in Young Enterprise certainly does that. The website for the charity states, ‘Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading charity that empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills. We make the…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Lisa McMullin, LAMDA Teacher Ms Lisa McMullin is joining our team of LAMDA teachers and here introduces herself: ‘I’m delighted to be joining St Augustine’s Priory as a LAMDA teacher. The staff and students seem absolutely delightful! I’ve been teaching drama in schools in the UK for over a decade and am currently also joint…
Juniors collect gifts for Christmas
Operation Christmas Child Every year near Christmas the Juniors set about collecting shoe boxes. This does not show an avid love for boxes, or for shoes, but in order to send Christmas gifts to children in need abroad, it is necessary to first have an empty shoe box to fill! Operation Christmas Child, run by…
Junior and Senior Dream Jars
Creativity around Roald Dahl Mrs Van Der Merwe writes of some dreamlike activities the Junior School have been engaging in relating to the author, Roald Dahl. ‘Roald Dahl is one of the Prep and Junior School’s very favourite authors. This year marks 100 years since he was born. In addition to the celebrations that took place in…