Category: Senior
Upper V Bend It Like Beckham!
An eventful Religious Studies Theatre Visit Just before half term the Upper V GCSE students visited the theatre to see Bend It Like Beckham. Maddie Tipping, Upper VA, reports on the visit: ‘On Thursday 22nd October twenty girls from Upper V travelled to Leicester Square to see Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical at the…
Our Sixth Form speaks: Words from the Sixth Form Open Evening
The next step towards the future… We reported on our recent Sixth Form Open Evening in a previous Priory Post (16th October). Held on Thursday 15th October, it came at the end of a day when our Upper V students attended Sixth Form classes to enjoy a taste of Sixth Form Life at St Augustine’s…
Poetry By Heart Competition
Calling all competitors! This term has seen a feast of poetry: from pupils, parents and staff members. We would now like to continue this with the Poetry By Heart Competition, which is open to girls in Lower V and above. This is a national competition with the first round taking place in schools. The St…
Sixth Form Open Evening
Options for the future After enjoying a day shadowing our Sixth Form, our current Upper V girls and their parents and prospective Sixth Formers from other schools yesterday attended our Sixth Form Open Evening. Current Sixth Formers were on hand to welcome our guests with our Sixth Form prospectus and handbook which lists all the…
A Musical Crescendo!
New Equipment in the Music Room We are very excited by the new equipment which has been installed in the Music Room and which was available for visitors to view on our recent Open Day. The Director of Music, Mr P Martin, writes about how this will change the way the girls are able to…
Calling all prospective Sixth Formers!
Reviews from the current Lower VI… In advance of the Sixth Form Open evening on Thursday 15th October, some of the current Lower VI share their views on the additional subjects available to study in the Sixth Form at St Augustine’s Priory. So, for those of you studying for GCSEs at the moment, do have…
Dove Self-Esteem workshop
Form III to Lower V take part St Augustine’s Priory, in partnership with Dove, is running a programme to encourage positive self-image as part of a positive attitude to life and mental and emotional well-being. Girls who are secure learn better. One of the many challenges which affects young people today is the world of…
Lower IV visit Lille
A week of adventure Ljilja Vincic, Lower IVA, writes about Lower IV’s recent visit to Lille, France. ‘From 14th to 18th September Lower IV visited Lille in France. Once we arrived we were thrown head first into our amazing actvities. We first went to a French farm where we were privileged to learn how to…
Write on Kew Review
Kew Literary Festival 2015 Earlier this year we featured an article on the up-coming Literary Festival, Write on Kew. One of its organisers was a Lower V parent, Ms Burgess. We now hear from Grace Lozinski, Upper V Alpha, who tells us of her experience attending the event. ‘From Friday 25th to Sunday 27th September,…
Lower V visit the theatre
Drama students see Billy Elliot Banu Ali, Lower V Alpha, reviews the production of Billy Elliot which the Lower V Drama students saw last week: ‘On Wednesday 23rd September the Lower V drama students visited the Victoria Palace Theatre to watch Billy Elliot the Musical. Billy Elliot is a 12 year old boy who develops…