‘The Journey’ After spending the Christmas holidays working hard revising for their GCSE mock examinations, Upper V sat their mock exams as soon as they returned to school in January. At the end of the mocks Upper V enjoyed a day of reflection and respite with their post-mock retreat, ‘The Journey’. Tallulah Bret-Day, Upper V…
Making voices heard Mrs Farmer, Form Teacher Upper II Alpha, reports on the recent visit of Upper IIA and Upper II Alpha to the Houses of Parliament. ‘On Wednesday 27th January 2016, Upper II had the opportunity to live and breathe the seat of British values – the Houses of Parliament. We walked the path…
A scientific reaction We look forward to hosting St Christina’s Year 5 pupils for a morning of scientific fun and experimentation on Tuesday 9th February. This event continues our programme of partnerships with local Catholic primary schools. Mr Barnes, Head of Science, has organised a morning of exciting activities which focus on the subject of…
The support of our parents… At St Augustine’s Priory we are blessed with grounds that look southwards to the Surrey Hills and we strive to encourage activities and enterprises that make the most of our wonderful facilities whether for play or education. Apart from being a superb playground, we also enjoy a Prayer Garden, superb…
Some events so far… It is only the Wednesday of Charities Week, but it has been a packed three days. The own clothes days have been very popular: on Monday members of St George’s House travelled the school dressed as superheroes. There were several Wonder Women, the Flash was observed and Super Women and Cat…
Institute of Physics Miss Hayden, Head of Physics, writes with news of an essay competition, the Institute of Physics Environmental Physics Essay Competition and encourages Physicists in the Senior School to enter! ‘The Environmental Physics Group is running an essay competition to recognise excellence in communicating the significance, value and rewarding nature of engaging with…
Beautiful Biscuits… Upper I contributed to the activities of Charities Week by being enthusiastic participants in the Prep and Junior Biscuit Decorating event on Tuesday. This was an extremely fun event and here are some of the comments received from our star bakers! Fern Mortimer explains, ‘On Tuesday 2nd February our class did biscuit decoration…
We all have a responsibility On Monday 25th January 2016 pupils Milly and Ljilja in Lower IV presented an assembly to the senior school about ‘Sustainable Development Goals’, something about which they feel passionately. ‘In December 2015, during their topic about ‘Food’ in Geography, Miss Keep taught a lesson about Poverty and Fair Trade, and…
Calling for Maths and Science videos! Miss Hayden, Head of Physics, writes with news of an exciting competition for students in the Senior School aged 11 – 13 and 14 – 16: ‘Your Life’ is an industry-led and Government-supported campaign which aims to show the dynamic career opportunities unlocked by studying Maths and Science. They…
Astronomy Observations Astronomy is a popular subject to study at GCSE at St Augustine’s Priory and here we believe in inspiring pupils to aim for the stars at an early age. Here, Miss Hayden, Head of Physics, reports on the Christmas holiday activities of our Upper II astronomers: ‘Over the Christmas Holidays, the girls in…
