Category: Prep
Creating Space
Our theme for this year. St Augustine’s Priory delights in having over twelve acres of grounds and pupils and staff make good use of them throughout the year. These grounds give our pupils space to grow, learn and play, space to be themselves and space to care – for the environment and for each other….
Meeting Members of Staff
Mr J Philpott. We are delighted to welcome Mr Philpott to St Augustine’s Priory who this year joins us as our new Bursar and Clerk to the Governors. A conflict arose in his youth as, born in Bristol and raised in Bath, he was spoilt for choice when deciding which rugby team to support. He…
GCSE Results 2021
Great results. The GCSE results achieved by the pupils demonstrate how hard work and perseverance pays off. Girls have worked alongside teachers in this ‘new normal’ year and have shown how, even with lockdowns, great GCSE results were accomplished. Despite all the interruptions and uncertainties of the past year, Upper V pupils have shown focus…
A Level Results 2021
A well-deserved achievement. We were all delighted by the results our Upper VI achieved in their A Levels this summer. After a gruelling year of lockdowns, the results are a well-deserved tribute to the hard work and positive attitudes of both pupils and teachers. These results recognise all that the school has achieved in the…
STEM Week for Juniors and Preps (Part II)
The Little House of Science workshops. The last week of June was the STEM Week for Juniors and Preps. A festival of science, technology, engineering and Mathematics (excellent workshops on Maths called the Subject Revolution – as in previous article). Mrs Round reports, ‘Several workshops were run by The Little House of Science. Younger year…
Library News
Some excellent books. Our Librarian, Mrs Bhatti, has some great suggestions for a summer of reading and a recap of some of the things we are doing in the library! ‘Prep I are becoming very excited about books and have received their very own copy of the hilarious picture book ‘The Runaway Pea’ written by…
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Column
Racial Justice Equality and Diversity. We are pleased to announce that St Augustine’s Priory is participating in the Diocese of Westminster Education Service Racial Justice Equality and Diversity Continuing Professional Development online courses. These courses aim to ‘Educate, inform and inspire participants so they can actively work to achieve racial justice and equality in their…
Something to look out for…
Our next Priory Farm Open Day. A date to mark in your diary is our next Priory Farm Open Day which will be held on Sunday 18th July from 10.00 – 2.00pm. A chance to meet our animals and buy some eggs from our hens and ducks and produce from our allotment. This is proving…
Prep and Junior Sports Days
A festival of sport. Following on from Senior Sports Day, the Nursery, Preps and Juniors have also recently held their Sports Days – a veritable festival of sport at the end of the Summer Term. These events were tremendous events of sporting competition with a variety of athletic events taking place. Some pictures from Preps…
STEM Week for Juniors and Preps
Science and Maths enjoyed by all. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The Preps and Juniors relished these subjects this week with workshops galore, including ‘Wilding and the Return of Nature’ for Prep II – Lower I and ‘Green Engineering and Ecology’ for Upper I to Upper II. On Wednesday there was a Subject Revolution Workshop…