Category: Prep
Christmas Fair 2016
The Parents’ Committee Seasonal Celebration Friday 2nd December from 3.00 – 5.30pm sees the 2016 Parents’ Committee Christmas Fair. As always, the Parents’ Committee is preparing an event which will dazzle and delight! There will be many wonderful stalls for us all to enjoy and for this fair to be the success it always is,…
Apple Week
Healthy Eating at St Augustine’s Priory The humble apple has for thousands of years wormed its way into our hearts and our stomachs. And this week has seen Holroyd Howe, our school caterers, seek to enlighten us on all things apple. With a display in the cloisters of a variety of apple varieties and a…
Artistry in Action
A Stitch in Time We were delighted when the Summer edition of The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) magazine featured our ‘A Stitch in Time’ project, the project for the upholstering of our Chapel kneelers which our Head of Art, Miss Eng, has led and organised from its inception. Pupils take part in the embroidering of…
Little Princess Trust
“I’ll grow it back anyway!” These unassuming words of Aneae Rodriguez, Upper VI, represent so effortlessly the outlook that girls at St Augustine’s Priory develop as they grow; selfless, down to earth girls with their feet so firmly on the ground when it comes to considering others. “My motivation to cut my hair was somewhat…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Mrs K Bhatti, School Librarian We welcome this term our new School Librarian, Miss Bhatti, who here introduces herself: ‘Dear Staff, Parents and Students, I am Karen Bhatti, your new School Librarian. I have worked within an educational organisation as a School Librarian for 16 years. I enjoy working with children and young adults and…
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day
‘Lord of the harvest, we praise you for this season of plenty. We rejoice that you created everything for all of us to share.’ (CAFOD 2016) CAFOD is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, standing alongside poor communities and working with them to end poverty and injustice across the…
Our Open Day, 8th October
A welcome for new friends We were delighted that over 120 families registered for our Open Day on Saturday 8th October. Welcomes from the Headteacher, Mrs Sarah Raffray, and from our Head Girl, Erin Costello, in the Chapel were combined with tours led by St Augustine’s Priory pupils. Families were guided around the school to…
National Poetry Day
“I remember the sound of my voice echoing across the desert” This National Poetry Day, Thursday 6th October 2016, St Augustine’s Priory is being encouraged to contribute to the activities set out by our English Department, using our school theme for this academic year ‘Memory’ to inspire us. Stairwell walls have been papered with poems, and…
Prep I and the Magic Beans
‘Ooh la la!’ Magic yes, but not the kind that will sprout a giant beanstalk. In the Prep Playground last Friday morning, Mr Alejandro was heard calling out different types of beans to Prep I, who in response would run, jump, wiggle or freeze accordingly. As if this wasn’t curious enough, the girls would sporadically and…
Grand Designs
“Take a handful of locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, a dash of creativity, a big pinch of training and mix with talented people”. Over the summer holidays this year, our kitchens and refectories underwent a glamorous makeover. The equipment in the main kitchen has been replaced including the ovens, fryers and counter tops as well as…