Category: Whole School

Schools Science Prize 2016

29th April 2016

Corpus Christi College Oxford Science Competition Corpus Christi College, Oxford, has announced the categories for their annual Schools Science Competition. There are two categories this year, firstly Biomedical Sciences in which they require an essay outlining one experiment or test on a sample of organic matter from Mars.  The other category is Chemistry: write an…

Lower IV Alpha and Trees for Earth

29th April 2016

Online petition Last Friday, Lower IV Alpha presented their assembly on the topic of Earth Day 2016. The theme of Earth Day this year is ‘Trees for Earth.’ The Earth Day Network has pledged to aim to plant 7.8 billion trees by 2020 – a tree for every person on Earth. The class were so…

Upper VI visit to the Buddhist Vihara

28th April 2016

Religious Studies and Upper VI This article from Upper VI students, compiled by Shivali Sharma, reports on the recent visit of Upper VI Religious Studies students to the Buddhist Vihara in Chiswick ‘The teachings of the Buddha have been a way of life for millions of people in the East for over two and a…

Upper I and Lower II go to Norfolk

28th April 2016

  A Spring residential visit Miss O’Connell, Form Teacher Upper I, reports on Upper I and Lower II’s adventurous residential visit in Norfolk. ‘On Wednesday 20th April Upper I and Lower II set off on an exciting residential visit to Kingswood, West Runton, Norfolk. We stayed for three days at Kingswood taking part in activities…

Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Practice Expedition

28th April 2016

Battling the Weather On 27th March, the Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants from St Augustine’s Priory along with Ms Hayden and Mr Thomas journeyed to Machynlleth, Wales to take part in their training and practice expedition. The girls had to deal with rough terrain and weather, and demonstrated extraordinary perseverance and an upbeat attitude…

Upper IVA’s Retreat experience

28th April 2016

Exploring Theology Here, Shahla Ghodrat, Upper IVA, reports on Upper IVA’s recent Retreat, held at SPEC, the residential retreat centre for children and young people in the Diocese of Westminster. ‘On 26th April, Upper IVA visited SPEC where we explored the nature of God. SPEC is the residential retreat centre for children and young people…

Musical News

21st April 2016

A focus on the Mass More news from our Director of Music, Mr Martin, re musical news this week: ‘The Summer Term has got off to a fine start and congratulations are due to all the girls who took an ABRSM instrumental exam last term. It was an excellent set of results with a 100%…

Lower I and British Values

21st April 2016

What does it mean to be British? ‘I do not like tea, it is disgusting!’  So states a member of Lower I in this ground-breaking video on what it means to be British, produced by the pupils and their teacher, Mrs Van Der Merwe. The girls voice their support for the shared values of the…

Upper I and Lower II deliver Birthday Greetings

21st April 2016

  Visit to Sandringham On Wednesday 20th April Upper I and Lower II left St Augustine’s Priory to go on a residential two day visit to Kingswood in Norfolk where they planned to take part in various adventurous activities. However… on the way they stopped at Sandringham, the Norfolk country estate of The Queen.  They…

Sixth Form Leadership

15th April 2016

The next chapter Schools exist for young people. It follows then that the involvement of young people in the leadership of academic institutions is not only sensible, but necessary. By providing girls with greater ownership of their educational experience, we ensure they develop the skills to manage their own direction in life, which in a…

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