Category: Sixth Form
Wellness Week 2020
Whole School Involvement From the Nursery right through to Upper VI, all at St Augustine’s Priory were involved in Wellness Week 2020. A host of activities took place, starting on Monday 10th February when Priory 6 students visited the Nursery to talk about how to look after ourselves and each other. Ms Hagerty led a…
St Augustine’s Priory wins TES Student Initiative of the Year
TES Independent School Awards 2020 We were delighted when, last Friday, 7th February, St Augustine’s Priory won the TES Student Initiative of the Year at the TES Independent School Awards 2020. A Priory 6 student initiative to tackle period poverty captured the judges’ attention. Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual…
Seniors’ Drama visit
‘Mary Poppins’ Theatre visits offer an inspirational way to bring drama lessons to life, to explore the world of theatre which comes alive when plays are performed in front of an audience. Emily Delargy, the St Augustine’s Priory 16+ Drama Scholar, reports on the recent theatre visit of Senior pupils to see ‘Mary Poppins’: ‘On…
Wellness Week 2020
A celebration of life. Next week sees the St Augustine’s Priory Wellness Week which this year has as its theme Women’s Rights: Taking Action, focussing on the wholeness of the human being. Many events are planned. Among them there will be a session on ‘Women and the Word’ for Priory 6 which will take as…
Careers Talks in the Lent Term 2020
Learning about Life. Mr Ferguson, History teacher and PSHEE Co-ordinator, has once again organised a term of excellent careers speakers. Beginning on 30th January with Ms Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO British Business Investments, CEO British Patient Capital, Ms Lewis La Torre took us through her career in finance after graduating with a degree in…
The Benefits of Sport.
Swimming for Success. Mr Harnett is known as a significant member of the Mathematics Department, but less well known is his involvement with the swimming team. A national swimmer in his teens, specialising in the Butterfly Stroke, Mr Harnett qualified as a coach when he was sixteen and coached from then and all through his…
Meeting Members of Staff
Ms N Chandler. This term we have been delighted to welcome Ms N Chandler, who joined us as PA to the Bursar plus having responsibility for HR compliance. Ms Chandler is a past pupil of St Augustine’s Priory and has fond memories of her time here. After working in retail for eleven years and several…
The UK Space Design Competition
Through to the next stage. The UK Space Design Competition is an annual science and engineering competition designed as a simulation of life in industry. Open to students in Years 10 to 13, the UKSDC aims to enable students to experience the vast potential and valuable opportunities available through future study, or even a career,…
God loves teachers
Additional events. We thought you would be fascinated by this piece which was quoted in the St Ignatius School, Toowong, Newsletter in October 2005 and which we would like to share with you: ‘God loves Teachers On the sixth day God created men and women. On the seventh day, God rested – not so much…
Meeting the new decade
The speaking image. This series of images encapsulates the values that we hold at St Augustine’s Priory. From Nursery through to Upper VI we rejoice in intellectual curiosity in a school which holds academic excellence at its core. There is a love of learning and an overflowing creativity which encourages a freedom of spirit amongst…