Category: Sixth Form
Academic Scholars’ News
Meetings of Minds. Mr Elder reports on the activities of our Academic Scholars who meet regularly to discuss and question current affairs and wider matters of interest: ‘On particular Wednesday mornings, while staff and students are arriving at school, the academic scholars are to be found in the Scriptorium discussing matters of the day or…
Hyperbolic Crochet Club
Mathematical shapes extraordinaire! Mrs Bennet, Head of Mathematics, has taken cross-curricular activity to its extreme with her Hyperbolic Crochet Club. A combination of mathematical and crocheting skills, this club reach the parts of mathematics and handicrafts that no other club can reach! Mrs Bennet reports, ‘Since the launch of the Hyperbolic Crochet Club in September…
Priory Pyrotechnics
Firework Fun. The Half Term break began with a bang at our annual Priory Pyrotechnics on Friday 18th October. An evening of fireworks, refreshments and entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed by our pupils and their families on a clear evening which was wonderfully organised by our St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee. A dazzling display…
Open Day
A day to remember. Saturday 12th October saw our Michaelmas Term Open Day. St Augustine’s Priory opened its doors to over 150 families, and we all had an amazing time showing St Augustine’s Priory to our very welcome guests. After a presentation from Mrs Raffray and our Head Girl in the Hall, the visiting…
Girls Go Gold Conference
Sports Captains’ Leadership Development On Friday 13th September ‘Girls Go Gold’, a Sports Captains Leadership Development Conference, took place in Sheffield and girls from Upper V – Upper VI took part. Here, Isabel Bathula and Joanna Doran (Upper V) report on their experience. ‘On the second Friday of term the PE department organized a trip…
Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman
‘From shadows and images into truth’. Rome will see thousands of visitors on Sunday 13th October as this is the day that Blessed John Henry Newman will be canonised. Along with Miss Johnson, our SENCO, Cardinal Vincent Nichols will lead a delegation of seventeen English and Welsh Bishops and the Prince of Wales will also…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Ms F Hagerty. Ms Hagerty joined St Augustine’s Priory in 2006 as a Drama Teacher, became Head of Drama the same academic year and then moved into pastoral middle leadership with Upper IV and Lower V in 2011. She then moved into Sixth Form in 2016, before securing her most recent role as Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum,…
Priory Pyrotechnics
Firework Fun! Friday 18th October sees the shining Priory Pyrotechnics coming to St Augustine’s Priory again. Our Parents’ Committee have promised an evening of light, splendour and magical fireworks. Now is the time to book your tickets! . Doors open at 6.30pm, with live music, a BBQ, bar and fun stalls for all the family….
National Poetry Day
Words and Truth. In the same week as the launch of ‘The God Who Speaks – A Year of the Word’, the diocesan theme for the coming year, Thursday 3rd October marked National Poetry Day 2019 and, not only that, but the 25th national Poetry Day! The theme of this year’s National Poetry Day was…
The God Who Speaks
A Year of the Word. Who can forget the mesmeric beginning of the fourth Gospel, the Gospel of St John: ‘In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God.’ The power of these words never fails to move and, following on from last year’s diocesan theme of ‘Adoremus…