Category: Whole School
Second-hand Uniform Sale
Friday 23rd June 2017 The Parents’ Committee is organising a second-hand uniform sale to take place on Friday 23rd June from 3.00pm. It will be held in the new Second Hand Uniform Shop which can be accessed from the Prep Playground. There is stock for all parts of the school available but the Parents’ Committee…
Upper I explore conservation
A visit to Woburn Safari Park Introducing important issues to girls starts at an early age at St Augustine’s Priory. On Tuesday 13th June Upper I ventured out to explore the wilds of Woburn Safari Park and while there learnt about the importance of conservation and the protection of endangered species – all part of…
Upper I ‘At the Restaurant’
Dining in French Learning languages is far more than reading out of a textbook and doing exercises. Here Madame Assémat recounts how she has been working with Upper I on a module entitled ‘The Restaurant’. A delightful culinary experience for all concerned! ‘Just before Half Term Upper I worked in their French classes on ‘The…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 19th June Therapy pets, electrons, women in engineering and post-truth. Just some of the topics covered in talks around London next week. This is a great selection for What’s On for Priory 6, put together by Mr Salmon, from whom more information is available. Monday 19th June Time to sit in…
Senior Sports Day
Records smashed in track and field Monday 12th June saw Senior Sports Day take place at St Augustine’s Priory. We were very fortunate with the weather – not too hot and not too cold – just right. The PE Department organised the day brilliantly with every event, both track and field, running smoothly under the…
The Sacrament of Confirmation
A joyous celebration ‘Alleluia, alleluia! Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Alleluia!’ This was the Gospel Acclamation from our Senior School Mass on Wednesday 14th June. This is a particularly apt passage as we celebrated on that day the recent Confirmation of several…
Photographs from St Augustine’s Priory
Whole School Class photos We are pleased to let you know that we now have a web collection of the Whole School Class Photos taken on Thursday 4th May. Tempest Photography photographed each year group from Nursery through to Priory 6. The photographs are now available for purchase from the Tempest Photography website. The images are password…
Our response to events
Grenfell Tower We are all aware of the horrific events in the early hours of Wednesday 14th June when Grenfell Tower, the tower block of flats in North Kensington, was destroyed by fire. Our thoughts and prayers are, of course, with all those who have been affected by this terrible, terrible tragedy. Our response is…
Lower IV visits the British Museum
Exploring the ancient world London is fortunate to be full of wonderful venues with a multitude of educational resources on offer to supplement the curriculum. Lower IV enjoyed a visit to one of these venues when they participated in a tour of several of the galleries at the British Museum on Friday 9th June. Mrs…
Under the Sea with the Nursery
Fishes and fun! Playing ‘Let’s Pretend’ is an experience from all our childhoods. In Nursery this has developed into Drama workshops! Ms Hagerty led our Nursery children in an Under the Sea workshop earlier in June. The children really enjoyed acting out different sea creatures, playing Musical Starfish and using their imaginations to create sea…