Category: Whole School
It’s Quiz Time!
Clear your diaries… The Parents’ Committee are planning another of their exciting Quiz Nights, which this year will be on Friday 24th March from 7.30pm. This is always an event to test your knowledge, scratch your heads and get your thinking caps on (and enjoy good company and good food)! The Committee writes: ‘Please join…
Charities Week
“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do”, Helen Keller Bring-and-buy sale hosted by Lower I St Augustine’s Priory has been humming with activities this week, from a very British Bake-off on Monday to…
Lower I and French Fashion
Language learning with style With London Fashion Week well under way, it’s time to have a look at our own fashionistas. On 1st December last year Lower I took part in their own fashion show – in French. This was an opportunity to enjoy fine clothes and fine language. Style was the watchword as Lower…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 27th February For the week beginning 27th February Mr Salmon has again selected another wonderful array of events ranging from life without electricity to diamonds and chocolate. For further information, please see Mr Salmon. Monday 27th February 40 Years on from the first Kremer Prize: 6.00pm, Royal Aeronautical Society. Free and friendly. John Edgley…
Skiing in Italy…
A Half Term adventure Lucy Williams, Form IIIA, here writes about the exciting Half Term skiing trip to Bormio in Italy. ‘There was great excitement as we lined up by passport control in Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, at 5:15am on Friday 10th February. We took a plane to Milan and then had a four hour…
Upper IV Code-Breakers
A visit to Bletchley Park On Thursday 9th February Upper IV ventured into the world of secret ciphers. Mr Dellow, Head of Computing, describes the day: ‘As most of the school was preparing for next day’s Feast Day celebrations, Upper IV computing students made their way to Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes. It has been…
Intermediate Maths Challenge 2017
A Senior Triumph Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, leads us through the recent Intermediate Maths Challenge, a national competition organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust. ‘Brachycephalus frogs are tiny − less than 1 cm long − and have three toes on each foot and two fingers on each ‘hand’, whereas the common frog has…
Our Christmas Carol Service
Looking to the stars Our traditional Carol Service at Ealing Abbey on Tuesday 13th December was a wonderful occasion. To a backdrop of stars, our pupils from Lower I to Upper VI joined in music and readings with parents, staff and past pupils to celebrate Advent and look forward to the birth of the Christ…
‘A Budget Cinderella’
Priory Players’ Pantomime Our Head of Drama and Managing Director of the Priory Players, Ms Brown, reports on the Priory Players’ Christmas production: ‘On Friday 9th December the Priory Players staged this year’s school panto ‘A Budget Cinderella’ and it was a triumph. Bhakti Patel, the company’s production manager, co-directed the play with me and…
Language Learning
An academic analysis Language learning has long been a staple part of our Junior School curriculum with French recently having been joined by Spanish and Mandarin. We are very fortunate that this has continuously been delivered by not only native speakers, but also language-teaching specialists. Therefore when the Government, in 2014, made it compulsory for…