Category: Sixth Form
Priory 6 Businesswomen
Young Enterprise programme. You will have seen members of our Young Enterprise team, Natura Beauty, selling their wares at this year’s Priory Pyrotechnics, where their bath bombs and clay face masks proved very popular. Aoife Pedreschi, Lower VI, is the Managing Director of this year’s St Augustine’s Priory Young Enterprise team and here describes Natura…
Lost Property
Longing to be reunited! Our lost property cupboard is overflowing with uniform that is longing to be reunited with its rightful owners. Do please remember to label your daughters’ uniforms to ensure that they are returned to them as soon as possible. Any unclaimed uniform will be sold at the next Second Hand Uniform Sale….
Priory Pyrotechnics!
An evening of the most fabulous fireworks. The Priory Pyrotechnics on display on Friday 19th October was indeed a fabulous way to begin Half Term. Our Parents’ Committee organised a wonderful evening of entertainment. From a BBQ to a tombola and from face painting to a live band the evening was filled with entertainment. …
Fundación Anpuy
Happy Birthday, Nico! Last academic year we wrote about how Ms de Lahitte, Spanish teacher in the Modern Languages Department, runs an initiative to support Fundación Anpuy, an organisation providing educational and social opportunities for children, adolescents and young people from deprived backgrounds. We are supporting the education of Nicolás Aramayo who attends the school,…
Priory 6 and Jesus as Gamechanger
Studying Jesus and His influence. After taking their GCSEs our pupils select the subjects they wish to study for A Level in Priory 6. Although they may not wish to continue formal studies of the core subjects, the religious education of the girls does not stop after GCSE. Priory 6 girls take general R.E. lessons…
Trestle Theatre Company
Making Masks. The Trestle Theatre Company visited St Augustine’s Priory on Monday 1st October to run workshops to enhance the girls’ experience and practice of Drama. Here Mrs Brown, Head of Drama, describes the day: ‘Professional practitioners from the Trestle Theatre Company, based in St Albans, came into school on Monday 1st October to teach…
The Priory Farm
Latest chicken news. After having spent several weeks in the comfort of one of our labs, some chicks have been added to our flock. To see the excellent chicken handling skills of one of the Science Department as he decants the chicks into the larger coop to join their colleagues, please follow the link here. …
The Ealing Mini Mile and Half Marathon
A weekend for the family. Last weekend saw a festival of athletics in Ealing. On Saturday 29th September the Ealing Mini Mile took place, of which we were proud to be sponsors. On Sunday 30th September the Ealing Half Marathon took place and several of our teachers took part, achieving excellent results. The weather was…
Priory 6 and Preventing Period Poverty
A new campaign. Inspired by learning about pressure groups in their politics lessons, two members of Priory 6 are determined to play their part in Preventing Period Poverty. Molly and Nell want to raise awareness of an issue which means that one in ten girls cannot afford sanitary products and do not therefore attend school…
National Poetry Day 2018
A Feast of Events. National Poetry Day is on Thursday 4th October and there is a wonderful array of activities taking place at St Augustine’s Priory, where there is a strong tradition of writing poetry, both among pupils, staff and parents. Dressing up as a poet or a character in a poem will be an…