A Stitch in Time ‘Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.’ (Elie Wiesel) At St Augustine’s Priory the theme for this year is Memory and, as the Headteacher, Mrs Raffray, wrote in her last letter, ‘We will be planning rich cross-curricular links, competitions as well…
A Festival of Literature It is again time for that wonderful literary festival ‘Write on Kew’, returning to Kew Gardens again this year from Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th September 2016 in Kew Gardens. This is a festival for all ages, from one to 101 with four days of talks and events with a stellar…
A Prayer for the New School Year A new academic school year is always exciting. Perhaps starting a new school, moving up a year, reuniting with old friends and making new ones, it all adds to the experience of new beginnings, of a fresh start, a blank page on which to write. The following prayer…
A Summer of Art and Architecture As we look forward to next week when elements of the ‘Artkitecture’ summer course’s sculptural building will be exhibited in the Rose Garden we look back at the adventure of this week long workshop which took place earlier in the summer. In what seemed to be the hottest week…
Miss D Aiton, School Office Manager One of our new members of staff this term is Miss Dawn Aiton, our new School Office Manager. She writes: ‘I am very pleased to have joined St Augustine’s Priory as School Office Manager. For nearly the last five years I have worked at Brunel University London. I have…
A Level Results Day Thursday 18th August was a happy day at St Augustine’s Priory as the Upper VI came to collect their A Level results. These were exceptional as we enjoyed a record year for A Level results. Teachers and parents were on hand to celebrate with the Upper VI as they prepare for…
Pupils, parents, neighbours and staff, tarry together and much merriment hath. The jovial atmosphere of St Augustine’s Priory was palpable on Saturday last, when the preparation of pupils, staff and our dedicated Parents’ Committee came to fruition. WARNING: This blog contains frivolous use of superlatives and far too much Tudor phrasing. Once the stalls were…
Summer Term Melodies… Dr Higgins reports on the musical events of the school over the past few weeks… ‘It has been busy in the Music Department over the last two weeks. Exams and music-making of all kinds have been taking place, with girls from almost every year group in the school taking part in one…
Westminster Cathedral On Tuesday 21st June the Good Samaritan Mass was held at Westminster Cathedral, celebrating the work of schools for the Crisis Fund of the Catholic Children’s Society, Westminster. Dilichi Dieobi, Form III Alpha, was privileged to read at the Mass and said, ‘I was lucky enough to read a bidding prayer at the…
Miss A Burrell, Head of Biology In September 2016 we will be joined by Miss Aisling Burrell as Head of Biology. Here she writes introducing herself to us: ‘I am Aisling Burrell and I will be joining the Biology Department at St Augustine’s Priory in September as Head of Biology. I have a first class…
