Category: Whole School
Inside the House of Commons
Eleanor Priestley reports on her political work experience. Sixth Form student, Eleanor Priestley, shadowed Steven Pound, Member of Parliament for Ealing North during the week 27th June 2016. Here she provides an account of her time with Mr Pound, in the local surgery and the nerve-centre of British politics, the House of Commons. “At last…
Elizabethan Extravaganza
Pupils, parents, neighbours and staff, tarry together and much merriment hath. The jovial atmosphere of St Augustine’s Priory was palpable on Saturday last, when the preparation of pupils, staff and our dedicated Parents’ Committee came to fruition. WARNING: This blog contains frivolous use of superlatives and far too much Tudor phrasing. Once the stalls were…
Musical Notes…
Summer Term Melodies… Dr Higgins reports on the musical events of the school over the past few weeks… ‘It has been busy in the Music Department over the last two weeks. Exams and music-making of all kinds have been taking place, with girls from almost every year group in the school taking part in one…
Upper II’s Retreat
Upper II celebrate the end of Juniors Mrs Farmer, Form Teacher Upper II Alpha reports on the joyous end of year retreat for Upper II. ‘On Friday 1st July, Upper II spent time together during the morning to reflect on their time in the Junior School at their retreat. The theme was ‘Wisdom’ and it was based on the…
Year of Mercy Pilgrimage
Catholic Primary Schools join together On Tuesday 5th July St Augustine’s Priory was privileged to be the last stage in the Ealing Deanery Catholic Primary Schools’ Pilgrimage to mark the Year of Mercy. Over the last few weeks, primary schools from all over the deanery had marked the Year of Mercy with a pilgrimage, journeying…
Languages in the Junior School
Achievements in learning ‘To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.’ (from a Chinese proverb) Ms Assemat, Modern Foreign Languages Junior Co-ordinator, speaks about the achievements this year of our Junior school linguists! ‘As the Junior Co-ordinator for Modern Languages, I am eager to share the…
Form III and the Good Samaritan Mass
Westminster Cathedral On Tuesday 21st June the Good Samaritan Mass was held at Westminster Cathedral, celebrating the work of schools for the Crisis Fund of the Catholic Children’s Society, Westminster. Dilichi Dieobi, Form III Alpha, was privileged to read at the Mass and said, ‘I was lucky enough to read a bidding prayer at the…
Hola! from Lower VI
A Level Spanish students visit the BFI Friday 24th June saw the A Level Spanish students visit the British Film Institute for a study day on the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, ‘Almodóvar on the Edge – All about His Films’ Here is an account of the day from several of the students involved. In case there…
Ealing in Bloom
Lower II and Upper II guides to the grounds On Tuesday 28th June we welcomed the judges from the Ealing in Bloom competition who had come to judge our grounds for this year’s competition. The categories under which our grounds were judged were maintenance, plants, features and children’s involvement. To show them round the grounds…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Miss A Burrell, Head of Biology In September 2016 we will be joined by Miss Aisling Burrell as Head of Biology. Here she writes introducing herself to us: ‘I am Aisling Burrell and I will be joining the Biology Department at St Augustine’s Priory in September as Head of Biology. I have a first class…