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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Bronze Training Weekend On the weekend of 24th – 26th March our candidates for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award left St Augustine’s Priory for their training weekend at Margaret Macmillan House near Meopham, Kent. Mr Salmon, one of the teachers accompanying the group, here tells his story… ‘There were good times, there were bad…
Lower IV Prize Winner
Celebrating Books Back in February we announced a national competition being held by the SPECS network (a nationwide network of opticians – Specialist Providers of Eye Care Solutions network) to celebrate World Book Day on 2nd March. Local optician, ‘Eyes on the Common’, supported this competition which promoted the SPECS Eye Health Campaign built around World Book Day, with an…
The Stations of the Cross
Marking the end of term Today, the last day of the Lent Term, we marked the season of Lent with two liturgies, one for Seniors and one for Juniors, comprising the Stations of the Cross. We thought that we would share the resource used for these liturgies with you; the CAFOD Stations of the Cross….
Book Week
‘You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book’, Dr. Seuss. It was Book Week here at St Augustine’s Priory last week, and it was an adventure from start to finish. On Monday 20th March pupils were greeted in the Preps’ playground by Captain Hook, Peter Pan,…
Upper I visit Kew Gardens
On Tuesday 21st March Upper I took on the role of plant hunters on an exciting visit to Kew Gardens. Some of Upper I have written about their favourite parts of the trip: ‘As a school trip, we went to Kew Gardens and I loved it! My favourite part was when we went and did…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 27th March and the Easter Holidays Revolution in healthcare, the effect of the colour red, cybersecurity and conserving the mountain chicken – just some of the talks offered next week and during the Easter holidays in a list which Mr Salmon has put together for your edification and enjoyment. Do ask…
Sixth Form Careers Event
A Joint Project On Friday 17th March St Augustine’s Priory, together with St Benedict’s Senior School, held a joint Careers Event at St Benedict’s. Here, Elise Mercer, Lower VI, writes about the evening: ‘On Friday 17th March, Priory 6 attended a joint event with St Benedict’s. We were given the task of creating a product…
Poetry at the Priory
We were delighted to welcome Mona Arshi, poet, former human rights lawyer and current St Augustine’s Priory parent, to St Augustine’s Priory on Wednesday 22nd March to run a poetry workshop. Here, Mr Elder of the English Department and Zara Al-Naher of Lower V tell us more: “One of the strengths of the English Department at St…
Prep III visit the Florence Nightingale Museum
A memorable visit into history Mrs Lubowiecka, Form Teacher Prep III, here recounts the recent visit of Prep III to the Florence Nightingale Museum: ‘Prep III’s current History topic is Florence Nightingale and, on Thursday 16th March, they travelled to Central London to visit the Florence Nightingale Museum. The girls were amazed to see Miss…
Head for the Day
Miss Isabel Upcraft stepped in as Headteacher for the Day on Friday 17th March. Miss Upcraft decreed that the Senior school would be allowed to wear nail varnish and have their hair down for the day, while her year group, Lower IV Alpha, would have a mufti day. The acting Headteacher, along with her colleagues,…