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World Book Day Competition
Who reads what? We received an avalanche of entries for this year’s World Book Day Competition. ‘Who reads what?’ was the talk of the school. But a winner (or this in case, winners, emerged), Naomi (Upper V Alpha) and Isabel (Form III Alpha) Jeffries who were triumphant with a score of 24 out of 27…
Lower VI study Human Trafficking
The life and impact of St Josephine Bakhita. Mrs Corkery, RE teacher reports that Lower VI, in their General RE lessons, are researching and writing about the issue of Human Trafficking, something which sadly is still of concern in today’s world. Here Jasmine Dawuda, Ellie Kingsmill, Aoife Pedreschi and Sofia Gentile write about the life…
Seniors visit Canada
A Half Term of Skiing! From 13 – 19th February St Augustine’s Priory embarked on its latest foray into the mountains. Yes, it was this year’s senior ski trip to Mont Sainte Anne, Canada. Josephine Heffernan, Lower VA, reports, ‘The 2019 ski was such an amazing and exciting trip for me as I had never…
Lower VI: Visit to the Houses of Parliament.
Government and Politics to the fore. With Brexit at the forefront of people’s minds, watching debates in the House of Commons is becoming quite addictive! Lower VI pupils Jasmine Dawuda and Nell Dobson were part of the group of A Level Government and Politics students to see debates live on their recent visit to the…
EPQ: A preparation for life.
‘We learn. We reflect. We achieve.’ Here at St Augustine’s Priory we provide girls with the intellectual challenges and space to allow them to continue their education with an advantage that many other schools do not provide. The EPQ, the Extended Project Qualification, supports learners with the transition to higher education or into the world…
British Science Week 2019
Seniors and Juniors: Experiments and enrichment. St Augustine’s Priory is gearing up for British Science Week next week. There are a host of activities taking place throughout the school, from Juniors through to Priory 6, including the Junior School Science Fair run by Lower II and taking place on Friday 15th March. Science teacher, Ms…
Augustinians Achieving
The best experience! Girls leave St Augustine’s Priory prepared for the world of further education and the world of work. We ensure that they have the tools that enable them to enter a vast array of careers and have all the equipment needed to fulfil their potential and contribute to the wider world. Here we…
Nursery and The Year of the Pig
A Palace fit for Pigs. This year, 2019, we celebrate the Chinese year of the pig. We hope that our pigs are enjoying their year; over Half Term a veritable Pig Palace was constructed for them and the pupils in the Nursery certainly enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year in February and made the most of…
Drama training: a skill for life
A valuable Drama Inset. Training and learning never stops! Head of Drama, Ms Brown, attended the annual Drama Teacher Conference last week at the Royal National Theatre and learnt from the best! Ms Brown reports, ‘Theatre director, Katie Mitchell, spoke to a room of Drama Teachers at the National Theatre last week as part…
Youth Evening at Ealing Abbey
An evening with Georgia Clarke. The Ealing Abbey Youth Group will be hosting Georgia Clarke on Thursday 7th March at 7.30pm. Georgia will be speaking about her journey of faith and this promises to be an extremely valuable evening for all 15 – 18 year olds. The meeting will take place at the Coffee Shop…