Category: Sixth Form
Musical inspiration: Hannah Kendall
Proms Debut for Augustinian’s ‘The Spark Catchers’ The Proms season comes to its conclusion tomorrow night at the Royal Albert Hall, the culmination of a summer season of musical riches that blazes across the London summer. If you have been following this year’s Proms you will perhaps have seen composer and past pupil Hannah Kendall…
Priory 6 and Upper V Careers
Priory 6 and Upper V Careers A series of speakers We are pleased to announce that this term will see another season of careers talks aimed at Priory 6 and Upper V. This programme will give pupils in these year groups an insight into the career opportunities available to them and we are looking forward…
New Venture for a past pupil
ALICE BLACK: Soho art gallery opens It is always exciting to discover news about past Augustinians! One past pupil, Alice Black, a 26 year old graduate in Art History from Sussex University, has embarked on an innovative venture in the world of art by opening a new gallery, based in Soho. The gallery, ALICE BLACK,…
A new academic year at St Augustine’s Priory
Prayer for the Beginning of Term As we begin the new academic year, we will be meeting old friends and making new ones and, for our pupils, there is the added excitement of going up a year with all the challenges and joys that that brings. We thought we would share with you this prayer…
Excellent results for Upper V
GCSE Results We have had a wonderful day of GCSE results today at St Augustine’s Priory. Top grades have been awarded to Upper V girls this year with 82% of GCSE results being A* – B or equivalent (9 – 6). With a clean sweep of A*s in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, 100% passes in…
Congratulations to our exceptional Upper VI!
A Level Results Congratulations to all our Upper VI on their exceptional A Level results, which were released today. In a year of greater challenge at A Level with many linear courses and new specifications, we are delighted to announce the exceptionally strong performance of our girls. Overall, 92% of grades were from A* –…
End of Summer Term 2017
“Dream big, be determined and most importantly – enjoy yourself”, Mrs Collins, Interim Head teacher. It’s hard to believe the end of the school year has come round yet again; events such as Roald Dahl Day, the High 5 Netball tournament and the European Day of Languages last September are still fresh in our minds!…
A Level Geography Independent Investigations
Fieldwork in and around Aberystwyth, Wales Fieldwork is an essential component of Geography. At St Augustine’s Priory pupils learn early; for example, Upper II’s fieldwork in Amersham is excellent ground work for the expeditions they will participate in further up the school. On Saturday 8th July fieldwork took centre stage as Priory 6 Geographers travelled…
‘A Stitch in Time’ at our Arts Festival
A community embroidery project During our Arts Festival, on Wednesday 28th June, a wonderful display and demonstration of the creativity achieved throughout the year by our students, one of the displays was of our ‘A Stitch in Time’ project, started in 2015. We now have some examples of finished kneelers on display, and at the…
Our Escape Room is open and it’s ‘the best ever’!
The clock is ticking… St Augustine’s Priory in Ealing have turned their cellar into a real life, fully immersive Escape Room for the last week of the summer term. Inspired by a school trip to live escape room ‘clueQuest’, Mr Dellow, Head of ICT, made big plans to get the girls code breaking and team…