Brighton and St Pancras explored. Upper V Geographers had the opportunity to take part in two fieldwork visits in the middle of September. Mr Chappory, Head of Geography, reports: ‘On Thursday 16th September Upper V travelled to Brighton and Rottindean (East Sussex) on a physical Geography fieldtrip to study the impacts of Longshore Drift and…
Leading Assembly. Our Upper II Liturgy Monitors led the Junior Assembly on Monday 27th September. Mrs Round reports, ‘The newly appointed Junior Liturgy Monitors led the Junior Gospel Assembly on Monday and in so doing reminded girls about how to plan a pupil led Collective Worship in their own classrooms. We are very proud of…
St Augustine’s Priory open its doors. We were delighted to welcome over 170 families to St Augustine’s Priory on Saturday 25th September for our Michaelmas Term Open Day. It was wonderful to see so many people who came to sample all our school has to offer. St…
A wedding to remember. Saturday 18th September was such a happy day and one to remember as past pupil Katy married her fiancé Danny at St Augustine’s Priory. The weather was sunny and warm as we welcomed Katy and Danny’s family and friends to the Chapel to celebrate their marriage. Katy was attended by three…
Walking and star gazing. It was wonderful to be able to re-commence the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award practice expeditions this term. A chance for girls to enjoy working for their different awards. Here, Isabella and Mattie in Upper V write about the recent Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Silver Practice weekend. ‘On the weekend from 11th…
High Ashurst. Mrs Gosling reports on a wonderful tradition renewed as she tells us of Form III’s residential visit to High Ashurst! ‘On Monday 20th September Form III embarked on their residential visit to High Ashurst. We often see this as a rite of passage for pupils who join Form III as it is a fantastic…
‘Welcome to Prep II and Prep III’. On Wednesday 22nd September a very special Mass took place in the Chapel at St Augustine’s Priory when Prep II and Prep III came together to attend a ‘Welcome to Prep II and Prep III’ Mass celebrated by Fr Thomas. The piano was played by Ms Keane as…
A new collection of poetry. Head of English, Mr Elder, needs no introduction and his books of poetry likewise are well-known. Following on from ‘Codes of Conduct’ and ‘The space between us’, his new collection, ‘Like This’ was published in August by 4Word Press. Written over the past two years Mr Elder writes that, ‘The…
Design winner. Augustinian parent, Mrs Sehgal, let us know of some exciting news that happened over the summer. She reports, ‘I wanted to share with you the news that one of the winners of the competition I ran with the Ealing Wildlife Group over the summer was St Augustine’s Priory pupil, Poppy (now in Lower…
Upper V and Priory Sixth and a range of professions. On Tuesday 21st September we welcomed five women who work in the construction industry, all of whom are part of the Design Team for our ambitious capital development project. Our visitors were Kimberley Scally, architect, Paul Murphy Architects; Fiona Ballance, architect and Director at Paul…