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Laudato si’, mi’ Signore: ‘Praise be to you, my Lord’

12th May 2016

On Care for our Common Home As we near the end of the Easter Season in this Year of Mercy, St Augustine’s Priory has been inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’’, published in June last year which urges us all to care for our planet and all that it contains. At St Augustine’s Priory…

Meeting Members of Staff…

12th May 2016

Mr M Bonnell, Teacher of Physics. We are looking forward to welcoming in September a new teacher of Physics.  Mr Matthew Bonnell has written, telling us about his love of all things Physics… ‘Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences and actually answers the questions that govern the universe. I love to know how…

Revision suggestions

11th May 2016

From the Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Good, our School Counsellor and Play Therapist has prepared some useful advice and suggestions for those who are coming up to their public examinations. ‘Revision for public examinations is underway.  This can be a taxing time, more so with thoughts of what is at stake as examination days draw close. …

Lower I invades Colchester

10th May 2016

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…

6th May 2016

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

6th May 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

6th May 2016

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

6th May 2016

“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

6th May 2016

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

6th May 2016

“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,…

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