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Welcoming alumnae back to St Augustine’s Priory
On Saturday 11th March we hosted a lunch for past pupils of St Augustine’s Priory; it was attended by alumnae of all ages, some who left as recently as last year and others whose own girls now attend the school, together with some past teachers, including Mrs Winslett, Mrs Haley, Mrs Majcherczyk and Mr Costello. We…
BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week: Hannah Kendall
International Women’s Day Celebrations BBC Radio 3 featured Hannah Kendall, renowned composer and past pupil of St Augustine’s Priory, last Wednesday 8th March, International Women’s Day, as their Composer of the Week in their series of Contemporary British Women Composers. BBC Radio 3’s website for 11th March says: ‘Donald Macleod speaks to five members of…
Opening night!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Little Shop of Horrors Opening night of this year’s school production, Little Shop of Horrors, on Thursday 9th March went down a storm. The monochrome set and costumes, spectacular singing and the homemade Audrey II plants tied together a moving and hilarious performance. Even our carnivorous plants made…
The Drama Department
Outstanding provision for all! In the week of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, our school production at the Questors Theatre, Ms Brown, Head of Drama and LAMDA at St Augustine’s Priory, here tells us of all the wondrous things that go on in the Drama Department: ‘The St Augustine’s Priory Drama Department aims to develop individuality,…
Lower II and Charities Week
A raffling success Mrs Round describes how Lower II triumphed in fundraising in Charities Week: ‘Lower II were thrilled to have sold so many raffle tickets during Charities Week, but there could only be one lucky winner of our top prize – the much coveted £50 Boden voucher. And it went to Louis Kovacs…
Stablemates: A Poetry Salon
A Reading with Mona Arshi Mona Arshi, award-winning poet and Augustinian parent, will be one of the poets reading from their latest collections at Waterstones Bookshop in Piccadilly on Thursday 30th March from 7.00 – 8.30pm. Together with Ruby Robinson and Deryn Rees-Jones, these Pavilion Poetry poets will be taking part in ‘Stablemates: A Poetry…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 13th March London Bridge, neuroscience and the history of medicine. Another wonderful week of talks put together by Mr Salmon for the week of Monday 13th March. For further information, please see Mr Salmon. Monday 13th March London Bridge Redevelopment: How do you do a large scale projecrt in a working…
Spring has sprung!
Counting chickens… This year we took possession of some eggs in the hope that some of them would hatch into chicks! This did not take long and we are now the proud possessor of several beautiful chicks. There has been a competition to name the chicks and some winning names have already been announced. So,…
Blind Dates with a Book
Exploring the world of books Over Half Term, girls took part in ‘Blind Dates with a Book’, an opportunity for girls to take home books without knowing their titles! A journey of true literary exploration. The aim of the activity was to promote the new books available in the Scriptorium and for our girls to…
Bop Sh’bop, Little Shop of Terror!
On the twenty-third day of the month of September in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places… This week…