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School Officials: 2017 – 2018 Candidates
‘You mean as much to the school as the school means to you.’ Leah Mpinga, Lower VI It is always so impressive to watch our girls striving to achieve their goals. Inspiring because they are so young and so driven, and heart-warming because of the many ways in which they attribute their qualities to their…
Musical News
Events so far this year Dr Higgins, our Director of Music, reports on St Augustine’s Priory’s musical events since January. ‘The Lent Term was one of extraordinary productivity and output for the Music Department with several projects coming to fruition. After six months of hard work and practice, the school production, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’…
BBC’s The Odyssey Project
‘My Name is Nobody’ One of the most famous journeys of all time was that of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’, the tale of Odysseus’ epic, ten year journey home after the Trojan War. As a response to ‘The Odyssey’, Europe’s second oldest poem, the BBC has…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Mrs Kirsty Knowles We are delighted to welcome Mrs Kirsty Knowles to St Augustine’s Priory this term. Mrs Knowles joins us as Deputy Head, Juniors and here tells us about herself. ‘From the age of three, when, much to my mother’s paradoxical pride and sadness, I let go of her hand with ease and self-reliance,…
Easter message from Pope Francis
Urbi et Orbi – Easter 2017 The Holy Father’s Easter message to the city and to the world, ‘Urbi et Orbi’ spoke of the joy of the Resurrection of Christ and how, by turning to God in prayer, we can ask for an end to the injustice and suffering prevalent in the world and help…
UKMT Team Challenge
Our Mathematicians compete For our Mathematicians it has been an exciting term. The latest competition was the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Team Challenge held at Trinity School, Croydon, earlier in March. Four pupils from Lower IV and Upper IV attended: Siya Sehgal, Kyoka Iwami (Lower IV), Katie Fung and Naomi Jeffries (Upper IV). Mr Pereira,…
‘Un très beau voyage sur la Côte d’Opale‘ by Upper II
A Feast of French Mrs Assemat, Modern Languages Junior Co-ordinator, reports on the recent visit of Upper II to France: ‘On Wednesday 8th March 2017 we set off for ‘un beau voyage’ to la cote d’Opale France, North of France, with Upper II. We visited charming little places and drove through picturesque scenery in the French countryside. Of…
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Bronze Training Weekend On the weekend of 24th – 26th March our candidates for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award left St Augustine’s Priory for their training weekend at Margaret Macmillan House near Meopham, Kent. Mr Salmon, one of the teachers accompanying the group, here tells his story… ‘There were good times, there were bad…
Lower IV Prize Winner
Celebrating Books Back in February we announced a national competition being held by the SPECS network (a nationwide network of opticians – Specialist Providers of Eye Care Solutions network) to celebrate World Book Day on 2nd March. Local optician, ‘Eyes on the Common’, supported this competition which promoted the SPECS Eye Health Campaign built around World Book Day, with an…
The Stations of the Cross
Marking the end of term Today, the last day of the Lent Term, we marked the season of Lent with two liturgies, one for Seniors and one for Juniors, comprising the Stations of the Cross. We thought that we would share the resource used for these liturgies with you; the CAFOD Stations of the Cross….