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Headteacher’s Blog: Creating Space
‘A very warm welcome to the Society of Heads Conference 2022. What a pleasure it is to welcome so many people in person. We also welcome people joining us online. We last met for conference shortly before the first lockdown in March 2020. Since then we have climbed the mountain of moving schools online, responding…
Oracy for Advocacy
Juniors and Seniors in partnership with other schools. Monday 21st February was a golden opportunity for St Augustine’s Priory. We had been invited to take part in the Oracy for Advocacy day at Westminster Cathedral, organised by EducareM. Pupils from both Juniors and Seniors participated in this, part of the Building the Kingdom programme. The…
Head for the Day
Form III pupil shines in her new role. Friday 25th February was a momentous day for Shanay in Form III. She won the opportunity to be Head for the Day in a raffle at Christmas and took full advantage of the responsibilities and duties that come with such a position. Head for the Day and…
Wellness Week
Time to draw breath. After a busy first half of the Lent Term, the week just before Half Term was a welcome respite to create space for mind, body and soul – the theme for St Augustine’s Priory this year and the theme for our Wellness Week. Fittingly, the week began with a time of…
Lower IV journalist
The Flight From Egypt. Giorgia in Lower IV combined a journalistic skill with knowledge of R.E. in a recent assignment. Here she tells us of the Exodus – the flight of the Israelites from Egypt. However, Giorgia gave a twist to the traditional telling by challenging herself to write it from the Egyptian perspective. Mrs…
Seniors and the Inclusion Committee
Faith and Belief Forum. St Augustine’s Priory has been proud to have been a member of the Faith and Belief Forum for many years. It was founded in 1997 as the Three Faiths Forum, changing its name to the Faith and Belief Forum in 2018. They work towards ‘a connected and supportive society where people…
Art and R.E.
Creating Space. Over the last two thousand years there have been a multitude of images of Jesus created in art, and here Freya in Form III examines one such painting in this essay, taking to heart our year’s theme of ‘Creating Space’: ‘One of the reasons I chose this picture is because of the fabulous…
Feast Day 2022
A day to celebrate. Our Feast Day took place just before Half Term on Wednesday 9th February. The school gathered for The Wishing at the beginning of the day when speeches from our Head Girl and the House Captains were well received. During The Wishing, the Catherine Aylward Award winners were announced. This award commemorates…
GCSE artists visit the National Gallery
A day of artistic study. On 26th January, our GCSE artists went on a field visit to the National Gallery. Here, Cici in Upper V, tells us of their day: ‘On 26th January, I went on the art visit to The National Gallery with the other GCSE art students, accompanied by Mrs Mackay and Mrs…
Senior playwrights conduct research
‘Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of). Ms Brown, Head of Drama, tells how research is fundamental to playwriting: ‘On Wednesday 2nd February, twelve pupils from Upper IV – Upper V went to see the production of ‘Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)’ by Isobel McArthur at the Criterion theatre. This retelling of Jane Austen’s glorious book ‘is…