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An abundant allotment

27th September 2016

Green Fingers at St Augustine’s Priory ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ (From ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats) When the community of Augustinian Canonesses Regular of the Lateran moved into St Augustine’s Priory with their pupils over one hundred years ago they strove to be as self-sufficient as possible. The nuns’ part of the grounds…

Priory6 students expand their horizons

27th September 2016

Government and Politics Our Sixth Form students are encouraged to develop a wider perception on their chosen subjects than can be found in text books. Strengthening a sense of intellectual discovery is an essential part of Sixth Form life.  Here, Mona Sharif and Rana Sumaidaie, two of our Upper VI Government and Politics students, write…

Careers Programme

26th September 2016

A programme to inspire One of the key aims of St Augustine’s Priory is to prepare girls for life. After A Levels our Priory 6 (Sixth Form) girls will make the exciting progression to university, studying a wide range of subjects from History to Medicine, Law to English Literature. Following their degrees the world of…

Priory Pyrotechnics

23rd September 2016

A date for your diary: Friday 14th October A phantasmagorical, fantastic, flaunting of fireworks. Yes, it’s the St Augustine’s Priory annual fireworks evening, taking place on Friday 14th October from 6.30 – 9.00pm at St Augustine’s Priory. Our grounds are a wonderful backdrop for fireworks and the St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee always organises a…

‘Music@1’

23rd September 2016

Making music at lunchtime Dr G Higgins, Director of Music, announces an exciting initiative from the Music Department commencing next Friday, 30th September, in the Senior Music Room: ‘It is my great pleasure to announce the inauguration of ‘Music@1’, a series of short lunchtime concerts led by students and staff at St Augustine’s Priory. There…

Travel Scholarship

23rd September 2016

Huay Nam Yen School “Some of the children and their families had escaped the military on the border of Burma and in the school there were around three orphans.” – Lonika Manektalla Every year our Priory 6 girls are given the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to go towards an…

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

23rd September 2016

Our contribution to a great cause The invitation to have a cup of coffee and a slice of cake is usually most welcome, and we hope you will accept our invitation to come to the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at St Augustine’s Priory on Friday 30th September at 8.40am. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raises…

The Shine Night Walk

23rd September 2016

A member of staff’s quest In the lead up to the World’s Biggest Coffee morning here on Friday 30th September in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, a member of our Bursary team, Louise Naylor, is also raising money for the fight against cancer, this time in aid of Cancer Research. Tomorrow night she is taking…

The International Day of Peace

22nd September 2016

“The chance to wake up without a fear of violence” On Wednesday 21st September 2016 St Augustine’s Priory marked the International Day of Peace. Established in 1981 by the United Nations, the International Day of Peace is observed annually on 21st September.  Every year the United Nations calls on warring parties to lay down their…

Meeting Members of Staff…

22nd September 2016

Mr J Salmon, Science Department This term we welcome Mr James Salmon to the Science Department at St Augustine’s Priory. Here he writes about his career so far… ‘I am a Biologist, having studied Natural Sciences (Botany), then Molecular Biology (Insulin) and then German (Translation). At St Augustine’s Priory I will be teaching Physics, Astronomy…

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