Category: Senior
Upper IV Code-Breakers
A visit to Bletchley Park On Thursday 9th February Upper IV ventured into the world of secret ciphers. Mr Dellow, Head of Computing, describes the day: ‘As most of the school was preparing for next day’s Feast Day celebrations, Upper IV computing students made their way to Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes. It has been…
Intermediate Maths Challenge 2017
A Senior Triumph Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, leads us through the recent Intermediate Maths Challenge, a national competition organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust. ‘Brachycephalus frogs are tiny − less than 1 cm long − and have three toes on each foot and two fingers on each ‘hand’, whereas the common frog has…
Our Christmas Carol Service
Looking to the stars Our traditional Carol Service at Ealing Abbey on Tuesday 13th December was a wonderful occasion. To a backdrop of stars, our pupils from Lower I to Upper VI joined in music and readings with parents, staff and past pupils to celebrate Advent and look forward to the birth of the Christ…
‘A Budget Cinderella’
Priory Players’ Pantomime Our Head of Drama and Managing Director of the Priory Players, Ms Brown, reports on the Priory Players’ Christmas production: ‘On Friday 9th December the Priory Players staged this year’s school panto ‘A Budget Cinderella’ and it was a triumph. Bhakti Patel, the company’s production manager, co-directed the play with me and…
Cipher Club and the 2016 Soton Cipher Competition
Deciphering the ciphers Mrs Bennet, Mathematics Department, reports on the progress of the 2016 Soton Cipher Competition and the mathematical maze through which our students are finding their way! ‘So far the Priory Decoders and the Cipher Guild (our two teams from Upper IV and Lower V) have managed to decrypt all of the challenges…
Hanwell Homeless Concern
Priory Purpose Thank you to Amy-Elizabeth Roye of Upper VI, who wrote the following to parents last week on behalf of Priory Purpose, the charity movement set up by the Sixth Form. “Every year St Augustine’s Priory helps to support a local charity, ‘Hanwell Homeless Concern’. Miss Sylvia Clayton, a former St Augustine’s Priory teacher,…
Holy Family Parish Christmas Carol Concert
A Christmas community On Sunday 11th December a choir led by Mrs Cotton and Miss Johnson from St Augustine’s Priory was delighted to perform at the Holy Family Church’s Carol Concert together with the Iraqi Choir from the parish and the choir from the Holy Family Catholic Primary School. Fr Neil, Parish Priest at the…
Debate of the Day
Sky News coverage Three of our Senior pupils took part in today’s Sky News ‘Debate of the Day’. Charlotte Higham, Lucy Williams and Elise Mercer were interviewed at St Augustine’s Priory yesterday for the news story about the forthcoming ban in July 2017 on pop-up adverts for food on social media and online which will…
Piera Cuttica
Priory 6 Careers Speakers We were so pleased to welcome Piera Cuttica, Head of Post Production at Manor Production Services and the most recent in our series of guest speakers, to the school last Thursday 1st December 2016. The following was sent to us by Piera Cuttica, summarizing her Careers Talk which she kindly presented…
Christmas Fair 2016
Some of the highlights! Our Christmas Fair took place on Friday 2nd December. As always, it was organised by our Parents’ Committee, and this year it was even better than ever! From the teddy tombola, the delicious refreshments to suit all tastes, the hoopla stall and our Young Enterprise team selling their wares, to the…