Category: Whole School
Junior Music Competition
Raising our voices! Miss Westley, Music Department, reports on the wonderful Junior Music Competition which was held on Wednesday 7th February. This was a golden opportunity for Junior girls to compete in their school Houses and enjoy the sounds they make! ‘This term Junior girls have been participating in a Music Competition, which culminated in…
Mental Health and Book Week unite
New publication. Having just celebrated our Book Week with some stupendous activities, Mr Elder, English Department, highlights an issue very much in the spotlight: ‘As a school we have mental health very much in mind – both in regard to students and ourselves. The charity MIND provides support and funding for support services for those…
News about the Kneelers!
Chapel Update… You will remember our One Hundred Years of Faith project to produce kneelers for our Chapel, started in 2015; twelve small and one long kneeler. Well, the exciting news is that eleven of the small kneelers have been completed and we are awaiting completion of the twelfth, and then it’s on to the…
A Quizzical Evening
A Date for your Diary! The Parents’ Committee is holding another wonderful evening on Friday 16th March. ‘A Quizzical Evening’ will test your ability to mine the darkest recesses of your memories for those items of trivia you have stashed away for that rainy day. What is the capital of Iceland? How many children did…
Lent Prayer
A Time of Transformation. Lent is a time of transformation, when we strive, with God’s help, to undertake the journey that is Lent with a pure heart and a spirit of compassion. We thought we would share this prayer with you today to take with you on this journey to Easter.
Learning is not a Pathology
Did you know that “whatevs” has entered the English dictionary? You probably knew that “mankini” is used frequently enough to have become a “real” word but did you know that words, which have evolved from texting, have formally been acknowledged? Do you use “Truthiness (n): the quality of seeming or being felt to be true,…
Feast Day Celebrations
A School Community. The Lent Half Term began, as always, with our school’s Feast Day on Friday 9th February. Originally held on the Feast Day of Reverend Mother, this is a tradition which reaches back many years into the history of St Augustine’s Priory, when the school was in France. At the beginning of the…
Prep I and Nursery go hunting
EYFS Forest School adventure Our Forest School is very popular – covering many aspects of the curriculum and ensuring that children enjoy and take advantage of all that our grounds have to offer. On Tuesday 6th February the Nursery and Prep I set out into the grounds to go on a bear hunt. Miss Keane,…
Upper I mark a Centenary
Women’s Right to Vote To mark the centenary of women’s right to vote 1918, just before half term Upper I took part in an experiment designed to demonstrate what life may have been like! Miss Gambrill, Form Teacher Upper I, reports on the subsequent events: ‘To commemorate the centenary of women gaining the vote, Upper…
Priory Farm
Tea Time for T-Pex If you would like a career in veterinary science, or yearn to be a zookeeper or a biologist, here at St Augustine’s Priory we can certainly assist with your career choices by enabling you to have hands-on experience with some of our own livestock. We now have a thriving farm with…