Faith Life
Category: Priory Post
Feast of Ss Peter and Paul
A Mass for the whole school. Tuesday 29th June was the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul, and a Holyday of Obligation. We were delighted that Fr Alexander from Ealing Abbey came to celebrate Mass for us. Lower II gathered in the Chapel and Lower IIA had done a wonderful job of preparing the readings…
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…
The ICAEW BASE Challenge
Our Sixth Form Finalists. We are now able to report on the results of the BASE challenge organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, reports on the National Final of the ICAEW Base Challenge. ‘To the backdrop of cheering from the sports field (Senior…
Songs and Certificates
Lower I, Upper I and Lower II celebrate. The season of Songs and Certificates is upon us! On Monday 14th June we saw Lower II perform with the theme of ‘Birds and Flight’. Mrs Round says that, ‘the girls ‘flew’ into the Chapel to the sound of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ and followed this up…
Eyes of the World
Juniors share their vision. Miss Cooke, Form Teacher, Lower II tells us some exciting news from the Juniors: ‘As part of our extra-curricular club ‘Parliamentary Priory’, we have been exploring the climate crisis and this year’s 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) meeting. As part of this, the girls have created some drawings for the…
Drama in the Seniors
GCSE Devising and Grimm Tales. Ms Brown, Head of Drama, tells us about Lower V’s excellent performance this week: ‘Lower V GCSE Drama pupils wowed their audience with their Devising Drama exam plays on the evening of Wednesday 23rd June. From the comic Victorian melodrama ‘She Sherlock’, to crime thriller ‘Jailbirds’, to American time travel…
Priory Farm Open Day
The Secrets of Sheep Shearing. Sunday 20th June saw a mega-Open Day at our Priory Farm. Visitors flocked in to meet the animals and the Trash and Treasure Farmers’ Market supplied refreshments in all their forms to our guests, together with other produce for sale, including Sarv’s Slice, the family pizza business which includes our…
Senior Sports Day
A record-breaking year. The atmosphere during Senior Sports Day is always incredible and this year was no different as Seniors and staff gathered on Wednesday 16th June to compete and to spectate. And this year was a record breaker! Records were broken from Form III to Lower V in the 200m, 300m, 800m, the high…
Lower IVA’s Pilgrimage
‘A Priory Pilgrimage’. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the most famous books in the English language. Written at the end of the fourteenth century, this collection of 24 stories tells of a group of motley pilgrims as they journey to Canterbury. The tales give a, sometimes not very flattering, but extremely…
Juniors celebrate St Joseph
Lower II Alpha lead Mass. This year Father’s Day falls on Sunday 20th June. Pope Francis also proclaimed this year to be the Year of St Joseph. In honour of St Joseph, Lower II Alpha organised their Mass on 16th June, and filled it with tributes to St Joseph and to fathers. The Mass, celebrated…
