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Lower I and Upper I Remember
November, Month of the Holy Souls November is the month of the Holy Souls and at St Augustine’s Priory we mark the month in several ways, including Remembrance Prayers at Friday lunchtimes and a Remembrance Book in the Chapel where everyone is able to write a prayer or to ask for prayers for loved ones….
Christmas Fair 2015, Friday 4th December
Our Parents’ Committee This year is speeding by! Our anniversary year of One Hundred Years of Faith has been marked with the visit of H.E. Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the blessing of the Prayer Garden. We are also still working on the community’s ‘A Stitch in Time’ embroidery project and have enjoyed the visit of…
Welcoming Dancers for Diwali
In celebration of Diwali On Friday 6th November we were delighted to welcome dancers from The Bhavan, the Indian Arts Centre in West Kensington. They were here to introduce to us the feast of Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, which marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year and this year begins…
Exchange with the John Lyon School
Oxbridge interview practice Several Upper Sixth Formers from the John Lyon School in Harrow were our guests today as they visited St Augustine’s Priory to take part in some practice interviews in preparation for their Oxbridge interviews. At the same time, our Upper VI Oxford and Cambridge candidates visited the John Lyon school for their…
Good Schools Guide Review
Review now on our website You will know that we have received a wonderful review from the prestigious Good Schools Guide. If you would like to feast your eyes on the review on our website please go to http://sapriory.com/about-us/inspection-reports/
Upper II and Justice and Peace
Investigating Hidden Sugar ‘We want to make a change’. This comment from Sofia in Upper II encapsulates the motive behind the formation of the Upper II Justice and Peace Group. Under the auspices of Mrs Tippen, Deputy Head, Juniors, this group meets every Thursday lunchtime to work on issues of concern. Lucy said, ‘I wanted…
Society of Heads Art Exhibition
16th – 18th November Ealing Town Hall will be home to the Society of Heads Art Exhibition from 16th – 18th November. St Augustine’s Priory is delighted to be hosting the event this year which will showcase the best of students’ art from the member schools of the Society of Heads. There will be a…
Upper V Bend It Like Beckham!
An eventful Religious Studies Theatre Visit Just before half term the Upper V GCSE students visited the theatre to see Bend It Like Beckham. Maddie Tipping, Upper VA, reports on the visit: ‘On Thursday 22nd October twenty girls from Upper V travelled to Leicester Square to see Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical at the…
Our Sixth Form speaks: Words from the Sixth Form Open Evening
The next step towards the future… We reported on our recent Sixth Form Open Evening in a previous Priory Post (16th October). Held on Thursday 15th October, it came at the end of a day when our Upper V students attended Sixth Form classes to enjoy a taste of Sixth Form Life at St Augustine’s…
Working Collaboratively
From the Counsellor’s Chair As we near Half Term break pupils across the country have settled in to the year’s work in earnest and niggles around homework, classroom assignments or friendships may start to surface. Unresolved, they begin to take on a life of their own with children becoming stressed and at times reluctant to…