Category: Senior
Creative Competition
‘Making a Difference’ and ‘Be a Game Changer’ Being inspirational, having an effect on a situation, making a difference – whether on the world stage or in your own home. We all know of people who are, or have been, game changers: Archbishop Oscar Romero, Rosalind Franklin, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Isaac…
Winning poets
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…
Promoting Education
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…
European Day of Languages
‘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…
National Poetry Day
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…
Vegetables for sale!
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…
Upper IV go ‘Footloose’
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…
A Prelude to National Poetry Day
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…
The Ealing Mini-Mile: Getting that Ealing Feeling
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…
International Day of Peace
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….