Category: Whole School
Prep III supports The Little Princess Trust
Working to help others At St Augustine’s Priory we take the responsibility to others seriously. This was evident in the Prep Assembly on Wednesday 27th September which celebrated the work of the Little Princess Trust and one of its supporters, Christina Miller in Prep III, who has had her hair cut in support of this…
High 5 Netball Tournament
A great afternoon of sport Mrs Gosling, Director of Sport, reports on the wonderful afternoon last week when we hosted a High 5 netball tournament: ‘On Friday 23rd September, we welcomed five local schools, including several Catholic Primary schools, for a High 5 Netball Tournament. High 5 Netball is a Junior form of Netball which…
Upper V and Priory6 visit the Tate Modern
A stimulating environment Stimulating intellectual curiosity is part of everyday life at St Augustine’s Priory and the Art Department is no exception in leading the way in making opportunities for academic and creative development. On Tuesday 20th September Miss Eng, Head of Art, accompanied Art and Photography students from Upper V to Upper VI to…
Peace and Language
A Prayer for Peace Lower IV A concluded their assembly this Monday, 26th September, with an extract from David Tonghou Ngong’s ‘A Prayer for Peace’. The extract, which appears below, calls to mind last week’s International Day of Peace and the longing for the establishment of peace in areas of conflict around the world. Monday…
An abundant allotment
Green Fingers at St Augustine’s Priory ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ (From ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats) When the community of Augustinian Canonesses Regular of the Lateran moved into St Augustine’s Priory with their pupils over one hundred years ago they strove to be as self-sufficient as possible. The nuns’ part of the grounds…
Priory6 students expand their horizons
Government and Politics Our Sixth Form students are encouraged to develop a wider perception on their chosen subjects than can be found in text books. Strengthening a sense of intellectual discovery is an essential part of Sixth Form life. Here, Mona Sharif and Rana Sumaidaie, two of our Upper VI Government and Politics students, write…
Careers Programme
A programme to inspire One of the key aims of St Augustine’s Priory is to prepare girls for life. After A Levels our Priory 6 (Sixth Form) girls will make the exciting progression to university, studying a wide range of subjects from History to Medicine, Law to English Literature. Following their degrees the world of…
Priory Pyrotechnics
A date for your diary: Friday 14th October A phantasmagorical, fantastic, flaunting of fireworks. Yes, it’s the St Augustine’s Priory annual fireworks evening, taking place on Friday 14th October from 6.30 – 9.00pm at St Augustine’s Priory. Our grounds are a wonderful backdrop for fireworks and the St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee always organises a…
‘Music@1’
Making music at lunchtime Dr G Higgins, Director of Music, announces an exciting initiative from the Music Department commencing next Friday, 30th September, in the Senior Music Room: ‘It is my great pleasure to announce the inauguration of ‘Music@1’, a series of short lunchtime concerts led by students and staff at St Augustine’s Priory. There…
Travel Scholarship
Huay Nam Yen School “Some of the children and their families had escaped the military on the border of Burma and in the school there were around three orphans.” – Lonika Manektalla Every year our Priory 6 girls are given the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to go towards an…