Category: Prep

24th April 2017

Mr J Powell, Bursar Our new Bursar, Mr Jonathan Powell, joined St Augustine’s Priory in January and claims to have been so busy since then that he has not had time to draft this article. Having previously served in the Royal Navy and then in the charity sector, he says that the transition has been…

21st April 2017

‘You mean as much to the school as the school means to you.’ Leah Mpinga, Lower VI It is always so impressive to watch our girls striving to achieve their goals.  Inspiring because they are so young and so driven, and heart-warming because of the many ways in which they attribute their qualities to their…

21st April 2017

Events so far this year Dr Higgins, our Director of Music, reports on St Augustine’s Priory’s musical events since January. ‘The Lent Term was one of extraordinary productivity and output for the Music Department with several projects coming to fruition. After six months of hard work and practice, the school production, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’…

20th April 2017

‘My Name is Nobody’ One of the most famous journeys of all time was that of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’, the tale of Odysseus’ epic, ten year journey home after the Trojan War. As a response to ‘The Odyssey’, Europe’s second oldest poem, the BBC has…

31st March 2017

Marking the end of term Today, the last day of the Lent Term, we marked the season of Lent with two liturgies, one for Seniors and one for Juniors, comprising the Stations of the Cross. We thought that we would share the resource used for these liturgies with you; the CAFOD Stations of the Cross….

29th March 2017

‘You can find magic wherever you look.  Sit back and relax, all you need is a book’, Dr. Seuss. It was Book Week here at St Augustine’s Priory last week, and it was an adventure from start to finish.  On Monday 20th March pupils were greeted in the Preps’ playground by Captain Hook, Peter Pan,…

21st March 2017

Cross-Curricular activity Our 2017 school production ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and its rapidly growing carnivorous character ‘Audrey II’ inspired much cross-curricular activity here at St Augustine’s Priory. Here, Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, reveals all that was involved: ‘As soon as we knew that the school drama production this year was to be Little Shop…

21st March 2017

Book Week is upon us with all the wonders of the world of books ready and waiting to be explored!  The poster below gives you some idea of how we are celebrating literature this week at St Augustine’s Priory.

16th March 2017

Debut Poetry Collection Prize 2016 Congratulations to Mr Neil Elder, English Department, who is joint winner of the Cinnamon Press Debut Poetry Collection Prize 2016. Mr Elder organises the Tom Warner and Holly Hopkins poetry workshops at St Augustine’s Priory and edits ‘Poems from the Priory’, our annual booklet of pupils’ poetry from these workshops….

13th March 2017

International Women’s Day Celebrations BBC Radio 3 featured Hannah Kendall, renowned composer and past pupil of St Augustine’s Priory, last Wednesday 8th March, International Women’s Day, as their Composer of the Week in their series of Contemporary British Women Composers. BBC Radio 3’s website for 11th March says:  ‘Donald Macleod speaks to five members of…