Category: Whole School
The Cry of the Earth
A Prayer from CAFOD In the spirit of Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’, ‘On Care for our Common Home’ and Walking to School Week at St Augustine’s Priory we produce the following prayer, composed by Fr Michael Fitzsimons for CAFOD. This prayer has been put up in the school and is a useful reminder of…
Upper II visit the River Chess
An Adventurous Day Miss Keep, Geography Department, reports on Upper II’s recent day on the River Chess: ‘On Friday 6th May, Upper II travelled from school to the River Chess Field Studies Council centre, where they met two FSC teachers named Theresa and Emily. Emily and Theresa gave us a talk about the rules of the river…
Upper V’s Thanksgiving Liturgy
Prayers and Praise After all their hard work over the last two years of the GCSE courses Upper V are about to start their public examinations. To celebrate this moment and to give thanks for all they have in their lives the students prepared a Thanksgiving Liturgy on Friday 6th May to which staff and…
Lower V visit the British Film Institute
A day of Spanish Katherine Flynn and Helena Trickey, Lower V Alpha, report on the visit to the British Film Institute on Tuesday 10th May for a day discovering Hispanic cinema. First, we hear from Katherine Flynn: ‘Hola! On Tuesday, the Lower V Spanish class took a trip uptown to the Southbank for an interesting…
Humanities Student of the Year
Calling Upper II to Upper V The Humanities Faculty has launched a competition to find the Humanities Student of the Year! Girls from Upper II to Upper V are invited to produce a document which argues strongly for staying in or leaving the European Union. Reference should be made to a variety of subjects within…
Laudato si’, mi’ Signore: ‘Praise be to you, my Lord’
On Care for our Common Home As we near the end of the Easter Season in this Year of Mercy, St Augustine’s Priory has been inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’’, published in June last year which urges us all to care for our planet and all that it contains. At St Augustine’s Priory…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Mr M Bonnell, Teacher of Physics. We are looking forward to welcoming in September a new teacher of Physics. Mr Matthew Bonnell has written, telling us about his love of all things Physics… ‘Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences and actually answers the questions that govern the universe. I love to know how…
Revision suggestions
From the Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Good, our School Counsellor and Play Therapist has prepared some useful advice and suggestions for those who are coming up to their public examinations. ‘Revision for public examinations is underway. This can be a taxing time, more so with thoughts of what is at stake as examination days draw close. …
Lower I invades Colchester
History comes alive Mrs Van Der Merwe, Form Teacher Lower I, reports on the heated battle which recently took place between the forces of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, and the Roman forces at the battle of Colchester. If any of you are thinking that this took place nearly two thousand years ago, you are…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Mrs K Cotton, Deputy Head Seniors We are pleased to welcome Mrs Cotton who has joined us at St Augustine’s Priory this Summer Term as Deputy Head, Seniors while Mrs Collins is on maternity leave and look forward to her being with us until April 2017. Mrs Cotton joins us from St Catherine’s School in…