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Priory Post 80 – Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year Prep I celebrations… Chinese New Year has come early to the Preps. Thursday 19th February is when this day falls in 2015 which is during our half term, so tomorrow Preps II and III will hold their Chinese New Year party. Today it was Prep I’s turn. The Prep I classroom was…
Priory Post 82 – Young Enterprise
Young Enterprise Lower VI and ‘Innovatrix’ Lower VI’s Young Enterprise group, ‘Innovatrix’ is going from strength to strength. Young Enterprise’s mission statement is ‘to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise’. Its guiding principle is to do this through ‘learning by doing’. Innovatrix is certainly accomplishing this. You will remember them…
Priory Post 83 – Ten Ten Theatre
Ten Ten Theatre Senior School Performances On Monday 2nd February Ten Ten Theatre visited St Augustine’s Priory to perform plays for Upper V, Upper IV and Lower IV. Ten Ten Theatre is an award-winning theatre company working in primary schools, secondary schools, young offender institutions, parishes, community venues and theatres throughout the UK and has…
Priory Post 84 – Chinese New Year – Part II
Chinese New Year – Part II Prep II and Prep III enjoy the party! Following on from Prep I’s celebrations yesterday, today Preps II and III enjoyed their Chinese New Year activities. As Chinese New Year, heralding the year of the sheep, falls during our half term on 19th February, the Art Department and Mandarin…
Priory Post 85 – Prayer for today
Prayer for today
Priory Post 86 – Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness From The Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Renata Good, our School Counsellor and play therapist has some ideas to consider during Half Term: ‘Tuesday 17th February is Random Acts of Kindness Day. Share a random act of kindness to spread positive thoughts and actions and in the process influence other people to perform…
Priory Post 87 – Your Life You Choose
Your Life You Choose Citizenship Day at St Augustine’s Priory On Tuesday 3rd February St Augustine’s Priory’s Form III welcomed Year 7 of Clifton Lodge and Durston House to ‘Your Life, You Choose’ a citizenship day about young people and their choices. We have hosted Your Life You Choose at St Augustine’s Priory for several…
Priory Post 88 – Welcome Yusra Al-Jumaily!
Welcome Yusra Al-Jumaily! Past pupil returns for teaching module This term we welcome back Yusra Al-Jumaily who is now in her final year at Queen Mary University, London, where she is studying Hispanic Studies with Business Management. Yusra, who left after taking her A Levels in July 2011, is now on a teaching placement module,…
Priory Post 90 – Bear Hunt!
Bear Hunt! Nursery and Prep I gather round the camp fire Last week, on Thursday 12th February, Nursery and Prep I took full advantage of our Forest School and went on a bear hunt. This involved wrapping up warmly, trekking to the Prep Meadow, setting up camp, building a camp fire (actually Mr Smith and…
Priory Post 91 – Feast Day 2015
Feast Day 2015 Celebrating One Hundred Years of Faith Friday 13th February saw our annual celebration of Feast Day. During the years the religious community resided here it was a celebration of Reverend Mother’s Feast Day, and is now celebrated as the School’s Feast Day. Founded in 1634 in France and arriving in England in…