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Lower I invades Colchester
History comes alive Mrs Van Der Merwe, Form Teacher Lower I, reports on the heated battle which recently took place between the forces of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, and the Roman forces at the battle of Colchester. If any of you are thinking that this took place nearly two thousand years ago, you are…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Mrs K Cotton, Deputy Head Seniors We are pleased to welcome Mrs Cotton who has joined us at St Augustine’s Priory this Summer Term as Deputy Head, Seniors while Mrs Collins is on maternity leave and look forward to her being with us until April 2017. Mrs Cotton joins us from St Catherine’s School in…
Super Camps, Summer 2016
Summer at St Augustine’s Priory The grounds at St Augustine’s Priory are made for children to enjoy – to play, to grow, to have adventures. What better way to spend some of the summer holidays than to enjoy the activities on offer at St Augustine’s Priory. Super Camps, the UK’s number one for childcare during…
The Transit of Mercury
Safe Planetary Viewing with the Physics Dept. Miss Hayden, fierce advocate of astronomy, informs us of an exciting event this coming Monday. ‘On Monday 9th May 2016, the transit of Mercury will be taking place. This is when Mercury passes in front of the Sun and may be observed as a black disk crossing the…
Visit by Ealing MP
“You can do it” This was the way in which Dr Rupa Huq MP, Ealing Central and Acton, left an attentive audience of St Augustine’s Priory pupils on Friday 29th April, following an encouraging speech about modern democracy and life as a Member of Parliament. Dr Huq encouraged our girls not only to ensure they…
Space Seeds
STEM: a voyage of discovery The Science department of St Augustine’s Priory has been successful in their application to take part in a collaborative project between the Royal Horticultural Society and the UK Space Agency: ‘Rocket Science’, a national initiative to turn curious school pupils into space biologists! The rocket seeds, which this time last…
Upper II production of Annie Junior
“It’s a hard enough life for us”… But not for the audience! A crowded room of proud parents and teachers were itching to join in with the singing that filled the hall of St Augustine’s Priory on Wednesday evening, during Upper II’s production of Annie Junior. In the words of Director of Music, Mr Martin,…
Running Wild
Augustinians cast in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production “A story of love, loss, loyalty and of living for the moment.” That sounds like a tall order. Love, an emotion one would expect to be encouraged in a Catholic school; Loss, an inevitable experience that requires a balance of anguish and optimism impossible at any…
Sixth Form student takes centre stage
Aoife-Jane Moss joins the National Youth Theatre Fifty or so years ago the now Dame Helen Mirren is likely to have experienced that which we all have at one time or another (usually the first day at a new school) – butterflies in her tummy. Why? Well alongside the probable nerves of new academic challenges…
The Benefits of Reading (Part Two)
From the Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Good, our School Counsellor, here contributes the second in her articles on the benefits of reading: ‘In my previous article I explored the benefits of reading to children. But what if encouraging your child to read is a challenge? After a day of lessons that includes reading, some children may…