Category: Senior

28th September 2017

The Chiswick Book Festival Poetry stretches the imagination and expands the vocabulary and at St Augustine’s Priory we delight in our pupils’ enjoyment of this wondrous world of language and metaphor.  In July we wrote about the success achieved by St Augustine’s Priory pupils in the Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition 2017.  The…

28th September 2017

Modern Languages Department leads the way We are delighted to announce that the Modern Languages Department’s Latin American handicraft sale on Friday 22nd September to raise money to sponsor a primary school pupil in Latin America was a great success, raising £165, a great step towards the goal of £450 which will cover a primary…

28th September 2017

 ‘Round the corners of the world I turn, More and more about the world I learn. All the new things that I see You’ll be looking at along with me’, Hymn. Upper IV Alpha’s assembly on Monday 25th September taught us all about the origins of different languages, about pioneers of language such as Miguel…

28th September 2017

National Poetry Day is an annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover and share poems. It was founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience. This week the whole school has been involved in celebrating poetry, from Senior…

28th September 2017

Produce from our allotment Next Wednesday, 4th October, is your chance to purchase some of the delicious vegetables produced in our allotment.  Join us after school in the Prep Playground to buy from a wide selection of goods, including, squash, beans, carrots, beetroot, cabbages, kale and chard. Under the guidance of parents Mr Klein and…

27th September 2017

A musical evening An inspiring element of the study of Drama is viewing professional productions – to enjoy the experience of visiting the theatre, to gain ideas and to exercise critical faculties.  All of this some of our Drama students did on a recent visit to the theatre. Mia Tobin, Upper IV, reports on this…

26th September 2017

Forward Prizes for Poetry National Poetry Day is on Thursday 28th September and will be marked with events and excitement at St Augustine’s Priory.  As a prelude to this, Miss Brown, Head of Drama, reports on the recent visit of Priory 6 and Upper IV pupils to the Forward Prizes for Poetry. ‘On Thursday 21st…

26th September 2017

St Augustine’s Priory girls race to victory! An amazing afternoon of racing took place on Saturday 23rd September when the Ealing Mini Mile took place in Lammas Park, Ealing; an event which enjoyed ideal weather, a great atmosphere and a record 1,600 children competing in the five age-specific races.  The Ealing Mini Mile was making…

22nd September 2017

During Monday’s assembly, Mrs Macallister talked to the girls about the history of the Nobel Peace Prize and, in the lead up to Peace Day on Thursday 21st September, asked them to think about their awareness of those living in conflict, about being thankful, and about being active in promoting peace in their own lives….

22nd September 2017

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Lower IV Alpha and Priory 6 are joining forces this year to raise awareness and money for the Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning being held on Friday 29th September.  Billed as the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’, with coffee mornings being held up and down the country, at St Augustine’s Priory Lower…