Category: Sixth Form

Gamechanging: #Womenswellness Week

13th June 2018

A Journey of Discovery. The St Augustine’s Priory Women’s Wellness Week, taking place throughout this week, is full of some amazing activities and talks.  We were privileged to open the week by hearing talks from Augustinian parent, Mrs Ransome, who addressed both Seniors and Juniors at their Assemblies on Monday to kick start the week…

Priory 6 Careers

8th June 2018

Inspirational alumnae. As Lower VI have been sitting their internal examinations this week they may be looking forward several years to when they will be established in their careers and returning to St Augustine’s Priory to share their experiences with the future Priory 6. One member of the current Lower VI, Portia Laryea-Adu demonstrated such…

Women’s Wellness Week

8th June 2018

A week to celebrate. A week brimming with conversations, dialogue and discussion will envelop St Augustine’s Priory next week as we will be celebrating Women’s Wellness Week.  Talks and workshops will be taking place throughout the week – as you will have seen in last week’s Newsletter. Everyone will be encouraged to participate, starting with…

App at St Augustine’s Priory

8th June 2018

Accessing our site on the go. Did you know that there is a St Augustine’s Priory App?  We have over 1,100 devices which has the App installed so the probability is that you do.  If you don’t then you should download it for free from the App Store or Google Play Store. The App is…

Are you a Gamechanging Parent?

8th June 2018

Are you helping your child to enjoy the snakes and ladders of outrageous fortune? We all have the potential to be gamechangers.  In this article by Headteacher, Mrs Raffray, first featured recently in ‘Primary Times’, a way in which all parents can be gamechangers in the lives and education of their children is examined.  And…

Miraculum Children’s Choir

7th June 2018

A date for your diary… We are all looking forward to the visit later in June of the world-renowned Miraculum Children’s Choir from the Kodály Music School in Hungary, directed by Laszlo Durányik.  The choir will be visiting us from the evening of Wednesday 20th until the morning of Friday 22nd June. We are privileged…

Priory 6 and Women’s Wellness Week

25th May 2018

Plans for the week of 11th – 15th June. In school assemblies on Friday, 25th May, Priory 6 introduced us to the plans for Women’s Wellness Week, running from 11th – 15th June. This will be a packed week of events and talks at St Augustine’s Priory, encompassing many issues which impact on women’s lives. …

From the Counsellor’s Chair

24th May 2018

Tips on managing exams for parents. Our School Counsellor, Mrs R Good, has some timely advice for parents during this examinations season. ‘Whilst a certain amount of pressure and worry can motivate some students to revise and achieve in exams, the pressure of exams can feel intolerable for others, activating or intensifying existing feelings of…

Priory 6 and Lower V work together

4th May 2018

Conversations for development.  Wednesday 2nd May saw Lower VI engage in an initiative designed to help prepare Lower V pupils for life in Priory 6.  At the beginning of the afternoon Lower VI pupils advised on A Level subjects to groups of Lower V pupils who rotated from subject station to subject station.  This was…

Prep III prepares for Association Day

4th May 2018

Young Young Enterprise.  Prep III explored their entrepreneurial abilities this week as they took part in a project designed to cultivate their business, creative and marketing skills! As part of the upcoming Association Day on Saturday 30th June this group of budding businesswomen will be designing and making their own products to sell on a…