Category: Whole School
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 14th November Mr Salmon, Science Department, has prepared another programme of stimulating extra-curricular events for Priory 6 (and their parents!) for the week commencing Monday 14th November, with links attached. If you need more information on any of the events, please do see Mr Salmon. Explore the world of Doctor Who,…
Carol Service Competition
Design a cover for our Order of Service The St Augustine’s Priory Carol Service is one of the highlights of our year. Held at Ealing Abbey, this year the service is on Tuesday 13th December at 7.30pm at Ealing Abbey. Attended by forms Lower I – Upper VI, the Abbey is always packed as family…
Olympic champion Hannah Macleod visits St Augustine’s Priory
“To succeed, you have to believe in something with such passion that it becomes a reality” – (Dame Anita Roddick) Monday 7th November began with an assembly on ‘Resilience and Drive’ from our guest for the morning, Hannah Macleod, Team GB Olympic 2016 Gold Medallist, Team GB Olympic 2012 Bronze Medallist and member of the…
Apple Week
Healthy Eating at St Augustine’s Priory The humble apple has for thousands of years wormed its way into our hearts and our stomachs. And this week has seen Holroyd Howe, our school caterers, seek to enlighten us on all things apple. With a display in the cloisters of a variety of apple varieties and a…
Medical Ethics
To challenge and inspire is part of the remit for our speaker programme for Priory 6 and this certainly was the case with a recent visitor to St Augustine’s Priory. Mrs Cotton, Deputy Head, Seniors comments on this speaker: “We were fortunate on 18th October to have Professor Gerry Thomas of Imperial College London come to speak to…
Upper IV and Lower V Decoders
The Soton Cypher Challenge Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, announces some exciting news from the Cipher Club: ‘Cybersecurity is often in the news. This week, the government announced a free training course in London for people looking for a career change to become codebreakers as part of its £1.9 billion National Cybersecurity Programme. In a…
Response from the Vatican
Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home Our celebrations of the one year anniversary marking the publication of the papal encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home’, has resulted in a wonderful and surprise response from the Vatican. In the Summer Term we held a ‘Laudato Si’ week, celebrating Pope Francis’ call…
Artistry in Action
A Stitch in Time We were delighted when the Summer edition of The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) magazine featured our ‘A Stitch in Time’ project, the project for the upholstering of our Chapel kneelers which our Head of Art, Miss Eng, has led and organised from its inception. Pupils take part in the embroidering of…
Upper IV explore the world of the Royal Institution
Mathematics Masterclasses Mrs Bennet, Head of Mathematics, writes about one of the opportunities available for the young mathematicians in Upper IV. ‘Each year, we are lucky enough to be invited by the Royal Institution to nominate pupils in Upper IV to participate in a series of Saturday morning masterclasses in Mathematics. This year we have…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 7th November Mr Salmon, Science Department, has prepared another programme of extension opportunities for our Sixth Form (and their parents!)for the week commencing Monday 7th November, with links attached. From Science, to Hebrew inscriptions to the natural world these talks provide exciting opportunities to discover subjects you may not normally think…