Category: Senior
Musical News
A focus on the Mass More news from our Director of Music, Mr Martin, re musical news this week: ‘The Summer Term has got off to a fine start and congratulations are due to all the girls who took an ABRSM instrumental exam last term. It was an excellent set of results with a 100%…
Sixth Form Leadership
The next chapter Schools exist for young people. It follows then that the involvement of young people in the leadership of academic institutions is not only sensible, but necessary. By providing girls with greater ownership of their educational experience, we ensure they develop the skills to manage their own direction in life, which in a…
Musical Events at St Augustine’s Priory
Melodies abound during the Summer Term Mr Martin, Director of Music, looks back on the Spring Concert at the end of the Lent Term and reports on the events we can look forward to this Summer Term. ‘Last term’s stand-out musical event at St Augustine’s Priory was the end-of-term Spring Concert, and what a magnificent…
Lower IV girls run the Junior London Mini Marathon
Lower IV girls run the Junior London Mini Marathon Pupils raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital At 6.30am next Sunday morning, 24th April, Lizzy Higham and Mia Simpson, Lower IV Alpha, have an early start to the day. They will be at Ealing Town Hall ready to be transported to central London to run…
Calais Kitchens
Lent Collection feeds thousands with fish The final newsletter of Lent Term commenced with a message from Mrs Raffray which highlighted the many freedoms we in the UK enjoy and which other people, in other places, are not so fortunate to experience. The backdrop to this reflection was a Monday morning assembly in which the…
Welcoming the Summer Term
Mass at St Augustine’s Priory As always, we welcomed a new term at St Augustine’s Priory by celebrating Mass for both the Juniors and Seniors. We were pleased to welcome Fr Thomas from Ealing Abbey who celebrated the Masses for us today, occasions of joy for the beginning of the Summer Term. Both Masses saw…
Easter prayer
Seeing with new eyes Happy Easter! Seeing with Easter Eyes is the prayer which is being displayed in the school to help us to celebrate this season of renewal and to see the world through the eyes of the Easter experience. We thought you would like to share this prayer with us and we attach…
The Benefits of Reading
From the Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Good, our School Counsellor, reminds us of the joys and advantages of reading: ‘World Book Reading Day took place on 3rd March 2016 and was the nineteenth year that there has been a World Book Reading Day. It’s the biggest celebration of its kind designated by UNESCO as a worldwide…
Screen Time
A questionable recreation As our series of veritas lectures continues, Dr Aric Sigman’s talk on the contentious issue of recreational screen time attracted the curiosity of many. As a thought leader on matters of health education, Dr Sigman’s candid approach is, as one might expect, well informed, respected and authoritative. But is the danger of…
Quicksticks Festival
Quicksticks Festival nets success with local Catholic schools There is something superhuman about the P.E. Department at St Augustine’s Priory. The pace at which they operate would rival Road Runner. And are we grateful for it? Oh yes! One of the many pleasures of working here is the reassurance that our girls are free to…