Category: Priory Post
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Column
Promoting Good Behaviour. ‘God loves each of us as if there were only one of us’. So said St Augustine of Hippo, our patron saint. We are all individuals bound together in a community which strives to be the best we can be together. As part of this, at St Augustine’s Priory we are continually…
National Day of Reflection
Remembering. On Tuesday 23rd March the United Kingdom will observe a National Day of Reflection to mark the anniversary of the UK’s first Covid lockdown. A minute’s silence at 12.00 noon will be observed for all those who have died in this pandemic and all those who have been bereaved and we are all encouraged…
Book Week
A Celebration of Reading. Books, Books, Books! St Augustine’s Priory was a haven of literature this week as we dropped everything to read, heard staff reading their favourite stories (virtually), enjoyed a quiz and relished the Juniors in their cavalcade of costumes on Friday 12th March as they all paraded in their favourite characters from…
The Echo
Reducing our Carbon Footprint. Ariana in Lower V, a member of the St Augustine’s Priory Senior Eco-Committee, has produced the latest article for The Echo, on how to reduce our carbon footprint. ‘Last year, our school took part in two projects – one was to think of innovative ideas to reduce our carbon footprint and…
Lower V plans ahead
Insight into Industry Day. Here a member of Lower V has written about her form’s experience on Tuesday 9th March in their Insight into Industry Day. ‘I am a Lower V student and on Tuesday we took part in an industry workshop run by Ms Hales, our Head of Year. It was a fun and…
Big Sister, Little Sister
Return on International Women’s Day. Milly in Upper VI reflects on the return of girls to St Augustine’s Priory on Monday 8th March! ‘How appropriate that on International Women’s Day, our school finally reopened its gates to the whole school after the latest COVID lockdown. After weeks of being forbidden from socialising outside of the…
Intermediate Maths Challenge
Seniors triumph. Last week we heard the wonderful news of the results of the UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge. Girls at St Augustine’s Priory have received some spectacular results. Five gold awards have gone to Chloe, Simran, Lily and Yuuri in Upper V and Mana in Upper IV with these Upper V girls qualifying…
Taking the COVID lateral flow test in school
A pupil’s guide. We are all looking forward to welcoming pupils back to school on Monday 8th March. The school has been much too empty these past few weeks and we are all now gearing up for some wonderful weeks leading up to Easter. In preparation for the return to school we have organised the…
Form III’s Lent Quest
A challenge from Missio. Mrs McDermott, Head of R.E., has been challenging Form III to a Lent Quest this term. As part of their RE unit on Lent, Form III were set Missio’s Lent Quest as on off-screen lesson. There were 10 tasks to complete and once done they took a picture to create a…
Senior Educational visits
Something to look forward to! We have been firmly grounded over the past year, but hopefully we will again be able to look forward to expanding our horizons from later this year! (Always subject to COVID 19 and government guidelines). Here is our planned overseas and residential visit timetable for 2021-2023 for the Seniors. From…