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Lower VI visit the Royal Institution
Technology: A World of Possibilities On Tuesday 28th June the Lower VI Science students, along with Miss Hayden and Mr Barnes, gathered at the Royal Institution for a day of stimulating talks, panel discussion and activities for the event, “Technology: A World of Possibilities”, an opportunity for the girls to see the many avenues available…
Keeping brains active over the summer
The TED-Ed Challenge Miss Hayden, Head of Physics, informs us how to keep brains active and challenged over the long summer holidays! ‘The end of the school year approaches, and that means summer holidays! Holidays give us all a chance to relax after a year of hard work. Unfortunately however, our brains can become a…
Lower IV visit Brighton
Geography Field Visit Milly Tobin, Lower IVA, reports on the Geography Field Visit Lower IV conducted last week: ‘On Friday 24th June Lower IV travelled to Brighton on a field trip. We were accompanied by Miss Keep, Ms Varrow, Mr Chappory and Mr Martin. The bus departed quite early (7.45am) to avoid heavy traffic. The…
Sixth Form Theatre Company, Priory Players
Playlet in the Park In last week’s Newsletter Rebecca Shoesmith, Lower VI, told us about the Sixth Form Theatre Company, Priory Players, and their planned performance in Walpole Park on Saturday 25th June. This show was a short, physical comedy set in a sweet shop, devised and performed by four Sixth Formers, Claudia Bergin, Sophie Routledge, Amy-Elizabeth Roye and…
The EU Referendum
How St Augustine’s Priory participated With the votes in and the results announced from the EU Referendum, the results of the St Augustine’s Priory EU Referendum were announced at Assembly this morning. Both students and staff had voted in our referendum and in a packed Chapel we heard that we had overwhelmingly voted to remain…
Sports Awards 2016
Pupils’ achievement and a champion’s advice The grounds of St Augustine’s Priory were awash with festivity on the evening of Tuesday 21st June in anticipation of the annual Sports Awards event. Parents arrived to a summer drinks reception on the Chapel terrace and mused over rumours of a very special guest of honour. The celebrations…
Laudato Si’ Week
Following the Pope’s call It is one year since the publication of the papal encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home’, a call for us all to care for our planet. In the spirit of this encyclical we have been marking the anniversary at St Augustine’s Priory with ‘Laudato Si’ week. We have…
Sports Days
Come rain, come shine… Monday 14th June saw the first of this year’s Sports Days, the Senior Sports Day which took place in the grounds and on the Astroturf. The weather was, to say the least, changeable, but the girls showed incredible endurance, strength and perseverance as every event in track and field was completed…
Priory Players perform this weekend
Support our Sixth Form Theatre Company in Walpole Park! Rebecca Shoesmith, Lower VI, one of the members of Priory Players, the Sixth Form theatre company, tells us about their upcoming production in Ealing on Saturday 25th June. As there is a fair on Ealing Green over this weekend, this will be the perfect opportunity to…
Physics and more at St Augustine’s Priory
Miss Hayden looks back… Miss Hayden, Head of Physics, Astronomy teacher extraordinaire and leader of many Duke of Edinburgh expeditions is leaving St Augustine’s Priory in July and here takes the opportunity to look back at her time here: ‘I first arrived at St Augustine’s Priory in October 2010 as a PGCE student ready to…