Category: Sixth Form
Careers Speakers Lent 2018
Expanding horizons This term sees a variety of speakers coming to speak on Careers to Priory 6 and Upper V. On 18th January Barbara Marino, Director of Orsa Consultancy, will be visiting us, followed on 1st February by BBC Sports Broadcaster, Phil Parry. On 22nd February there will be a workshop on interview techniques –…
Society of Heads Exhibition 2018
A Level Art Work We are excited to announce that St Augustine’s Priory and the Freemen’s School, Ashtead are proud to be hosting the Society of Heads Art Exhibition to be held at the Livery Hall, Guildhall London, on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th January 2018. You will remember that St Augustine’s Priory hosted this…
Healthy Schools London Awards
Celebrating making a difference Healthy Schools London is an Awards Programme that will reach out to every London child, working with schools to improve children and young people’s wellbeing. Just before Christmas we were delighted to announce that Mrs Costello, Junior PSHE Coordinator, had led an application for St Augustine’s Priory for the Healthy Schools Award…
Almódovar Through The Ages
GCSE and A Level Spanish students visit the BFI Karina Kular, Upper VA, reports on the recent visit of GCSE and A Level Spanish students to the BFI Southbank: ‘On Friday 8th December 2017, GCSE and A Level Spanish students went to the BFI Southbank to learn about the famous Spanish director, Pedro Almódovar. We…
Computing Challenges
The Bebras Competition Mr Dellow, Head of e-Learning and ICT, here tells us about the recent computational challenge set by Oxford University, Bebras. ‘Each year senior school Computing students have the opportunity to take part Oxford University’s brilliant Bebras computational thinking challenge. This year over 140,000 students from around the world took part, making it the biggest yet….
Carol Service 2017
An evening of joy Choirs, orchestras, soloists, readers, pupils, staff and parents – all our community at St Augustine’s joined together for our annual Carol Service on Tuesday 12th December at Ealing Abbey. Fr Thomas led us in the Opening Prayer and the packed Abbey was then filled with the sounds of praise and jubilation….
Parents’ Committee Christmas Fair 2017
Our Parents’ Committee and parent volunteers worked tirelessly last Friday 8th December setting up a spectacular Christmas Fair. Marquees, fairy lights and decorations adorned the school – both inside and out – and Santa’s Grotto sat neatly in the middle of the Prep Playground in its new home under the pagoda. The Christmas Fair…
Advent: Second Week
We continue the journey to Christmas Sunday 10th December is the Second Sunday of Advent and time to light the second Advent candle. At St Augustine’s Priory we have been preparing for the coming of Christ this week with the Nursery and Prep nativities and next week, on Tuesday 12th December, we gather together for…
Past Pupil News
A new venture for Frankie Fearis We have received some exciting news from past pupil Frankie Fearis. Leaving after her A Levels, Frankie showed a great theatrical talent while at St Augustine’s Priory, contributing greatly to the life of the school and being especially committed to the Drama Department! Now, nearly a decade after leaving…
Classics students and a play for today
‘The Suppliant Women’ The Classical world, far from being redundant, has much to teach us in terms of culture, history, language and, of course, through its literature. At St Augustine’s Priory, we are pleased to offer Latin, Greek and Classical Civilisation. ‘The Suppliant Women’, the tragedy by ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, communicates the dilemmas facing…