Category: Priory Post

Library News

5th November 2020

Inspirational learning. The development of resources and tools for children to access books and learning materials gathers apace in the library as Mrs Bhatti reports on the latest developments happening throughout the school:  ‘Prep I are becoming very excited about books and they will be receiving their very own copy of the hilarious picture book…

Nursery, Preps, Juniors and Black History Month

16th October 2020

A wealth of inspiration. On the website of Black History Month, Catherine Ross, Founder Director of Museumand – The National Caribbean Heritage Museum and Editor of Black History Month 2020 writes: ‘Black History Month 2020 is also a time to look forward and celebrate the here and now – and the future possibilities. In years…

Joy in the Juniors

16th October 2020

A Display for the Michaelmas Term. Joy is something to be treasured!  An inspirational display has been put up by the Juniors to mark their joy at returning to school after the summer.   Both staff and pupils are contributing to the display, which continues to be added to! We share with you here some of…

Library News

16th October 2020

Black History Month. Ms Bhatti, School Librarian, has adorned the Scriptorium with a display marking Black History Month.  She writes, ‘In the Scriptorium, Black History Month is a celebration of writers, illustrators and inspirational people of colour. We have created a display in the library to promote Black History Month along with a colourful array…

Form III meet the Rhinos

16th October 2020

A once in a lifetime experience. Despite the limitations of life these days, Form III visited Africa this week and connected with some wonderful  Northern White Rhinos.  Although they couldn’t travel to Kenya, Kenya came to us via Zoom! Ms Eng, Head of Art takes up the story:   ‘Over the summer, Arianna in Form III,…

Lower IV Art work

14th October 2020

Black History Month celebration. The celebrations to mark Black History Month continue in the Art Department as here, Ms Eng, Head of Art, reports on the work Lower IV have been undertaking in their study of perspective in Art.  Ms Eng writes: ‘We thought we would celebrate Black History Month by each researching an artefact…

Nursery Bakers

9th October 2020

Studying The Little Red Hen. The Nursery have been having an exciting time this week!  Mrs Morris reports that the story of the week was The Little Red Hen who finds some wheat.  She plants the wheat, harvests and mills it before baking it into delicious bread!  At each stage she asks all the other…

Dyslexia Awareness Week

9th October 2020

Activities around the School. Celebrating #GoRedForDyslexia today, 9th October, by wearing red accessories was a great way to help raise awareness of neurodiversity.  But there were many more activities going on around the school this week which all helped us to understand neurodiversity! Mrs Thackray, our Literacy Support Teacher, reports that St Augustine’s Priory marked…

News from the Library

9th October 2020

Books Galore. Mrs Bhatti, our School Librarian, updates us on all the literary activities going on this term throughout the school.  In addition, in this Dyslexia Awareness Week, Mrs Bhatti has put together an excellent display in the Scriptorium with books about various aspects of neurodiversity for girls to investigate. ‘We celebrated Roald Dahl’s birthday…

Upper IV visit Bletchley Park

9th October 2020

LB TE HC EL PY RA XK. Code-breaking – a subject that exerts a fascination for any fan of spy stories.  Mathematics and Computing are, of course, two subjects that are essential for life.  Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than at Bletchley Park.  Mr Dellow, Head of the Computing Department and Head of…

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