Category: Prep
Musical Notes…
Summer Term Melodies… Dr Higgins reports on the musical events of the school over the past few weeks… ‘It has been busy in the Music Department over the last two weeks. Exams and music-making of all kinds have been taking place, with girls from almost every year group in the school taking part in one…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Miss A Burrell, Head of Biology In September 2016 we will be joined by Miss Aisling Burrell as Head of Biology. Here she writes introducing herself to us: ‘I am Aisling Burrell and I will be joining the Biology Department at St Augustine’s Priory in September as Head of Biology. I have a first class…
Preps I and II visit Odds Farm
Animals galore On Thursday 23rd June Preps I and II went on an expedition to Odds Farm Park in Wooburn Common. They had a wonderful time, meeting lots of animals and even attending a sheep race. Here are some of the accounts of the day from members of Prep II: Audrey writes, ‘First we went…
Prep II and Laudato Si’
Correspondence with Pope Francis Last year Pope Francis wrote to the world with his encyclical “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”, urging us to care for our home, the planet Earth, and all that it contained. After we celebrated Laudato Si’ week last week with several initiatives designed to help…
Lower IV and Hampton Court Palace
A Journey Back in Time Hampton Court Palace is where you can explore what life was like in the Tudor and Stuart courts. Situated on the banks of the River Thames this wonderful palace was the destination of a recent visit by Lower IV. Katie Fung, Lower IV Alpha, leads us through Lower IV’s time…
Laudato Si’ Week
Following the Pope’s call It is one year since the publication of the papal encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home’, a call for us all to care for our planet. In the spirit of this encyclical we have been marking the anniversary at St Augustine’s Priory with ‘Laudato Si’ week. We have…
Sports Days
Come rain, come shine… Monday 14th June saw the first of this year’s Sports Days, the Senior Sports Day which took place in the grounds and on the Astroturf. The weather was, to say the least, changeable, but the girls showed incredible endurance, strength and perseverance as every event in track and field was completed…
Priory Players perform this weekend
Support our Sixth Form Theatre Company in Walpole Park! Rebecca Shoesmith, Lower VI, one of the members of Priory Players, the Sixth Form theatre company, tells us about their upcoming production in Ealing on Saturday 25th June. As there is a fair on Ealing Green over this weekend, this will be the perfect opportunity to…
EYFS Fathers’ Story Week 2016
Supporting fathers’ engagement in children’s learning Miss Slight, Lead Practitioner of Pre-Preps, here tells us about a very important initiative run by our EYFS practitioners every year, which is becoming increasingly popular thanks to the efforts of forward-thinking institutions such as the Fatherhood Institute. “We asked the fathers to bring in their favourite story. Some…
Mrs McTaggart writes
A Letter to all our community The following is a letter received from Mrs McTaggart Head of Art for all members of our community which we share with you now. ‘Dear staff, students and parents of St Augustine’s It is with great sadness that I have made the decision to leave St Augustine’s. I have…