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Upper I: Une Excellente Tradition (deuxième partie)
A visit to the École André Malraux (Part Two). Following on from our article last week about the visit of Upper I to the École André Malraux in Hanwell we are delighted to produce this article by Arianna Pourgourides on her experience. ‘On Tuesday 23rd January 2018, Upper I went on a school trip to…
Lower II investigate Science
Experimental boating! Science begins early at St Augustine’s Priory. From the Nursery the children learn about the principles of Biology, Physics and Chemistry, exploring, questioning and investigating the world around us. Mrs Round, Form Teacher, Lower IIA, reports on the scientific experiments being conducted in the Junior School. Lower II have been sorting materials according…
Lower VI and Upper V theatre visit
‘Things I Know to be True’ Katrina Richardson, Lower VI, was one of the group of students who went to see ‘Things I Know To Be True’ last week. Written by playwright Andrew Bovell, this was a Frantic Assembly production. Frantic Assembly are known for their energetic productions using actors’ bodies in movement designed to…
Lower IV: English and History unite
A visit to the Foundling Museum. Lower IV have been studying ‘Coram Boy’ by Jamila Gavin, a book set in the eighteenth century which explores the issues around child cruelty and the plight of young parents and their babies born into poverty. The Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children’s charity Coram, was established…
New pull-up posters
A visual display. We thought you would like to view our new selection of pull-up posters which present several key themes of St Augustine’s Priory in a series of beautiful images. At over six feet tall and displayed on stands, they are used throughout the school on a day to day basis and also used…
Lower V visit the National Theatre
Pinocchio: GCSE Review. ‘On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean.’ This description of their production of Pinocchio on the National Theatre website summarises the plot of Pinocchio, the story…
Upper I: Une Excellente Tradition
A visit to the École André Malraux Upper I’s, by now, traditional visit to the École André Malraux in Hanwell took place on Tuesday 23rd January and was a triumph! Ms Gandi reports that ‘Before the visit, we filled in an information card about ourselves in French and we received cards which contained our partners’ profiles…
Lower V explore the future
Cyber Careers Show Mr Dellow, Head of e-Learning and ICT reports on the recent visit of Lower V to the Cyber Careers Show: ‘The cyber security industry in the UK estimates that only 9% of its employees are female. The government and other agencies have responded to this and are offering a wide range of pathways for school…
Juniors enjoy the Lollies!
Reading Matters Reading is a joy and our Junior Book Club make sure they keep up to date with all the latest happenings in the literary world. Voting for your favourite books in the Lollies Book Awards is all part of this and when an invitation arrives to an Awards ceremony – well, you just…
Being Present – The Launch
Poetry Matters In November we wrote about the by Mr Elder’s, English Department, forthcoming collection of poetry, ‘Being Present’. This is now hot off the press and published by The Black Light Engine Room Press. Comments have included, ‘Funny and true’ from one reader and ‘Brilliant’ from another! We advise you to get a copy,…