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News from the Bursary
Congratulations to Miss Naylor Many of you will know Miss Naylor, who works in our Bursary as the Finance and Examinations Assistant. While working at St Augustine’s Priory Miss Naylor has also been studying for her accountancy qualification which she achieved this summer. This has been an incredible journey for Miss Naylor which she writes…
Our Form III Accelerated Readers
Girls are motivated by 100% scores in Accelerated Reader quizzes Form III girls Naomi Nnatu, Katherine O’Neill and Mattie Green all scored 100% in the Accelerated Reader quizzes they took recently. Funded by our wonderful Parents’ Committee, the Accelerated Reader quizzes not only give pupils immediate online feedback on their reading but build reports that…
Our Artists and Photographers
Mashan Marri and Isabella Ju of Lower VI write about their recent trip into central London. ‘On Wednesday 4th October the Upper V and Priory 6 Art and Photography students went to visit two galleries: The Photographer’s Gallery and Jerwood Space – we were also lucky enough to spontaneously fit in another gallery visit to…
Prep II and Prep III learn about Diwali
The Hindu Festival of Lights Prep II Form Teacher, Mrs Costello, tells us about how Prep II and Prep III learnt about the Hindu festival, Diwali, which takes place this week and celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair. ‘This week Preps II and III…
Macbeth at Watermans Arts Centre
Shakespeare Schools Festival The national Shakespeare Schools Festival provides a valuable opportunity for pupils to work on a production, whether through acting or backstage, bring it to fruition and perform it in front of an audience. This year the St Augustine’s Priory production is Macbeth and will be performed at the Watermans Arts Centre on…
Sports Scholars Special: Part II
Lower IV Sports Scholars Every week we see our pupils’ enthusiasm for sport take hold as a variety of fixtures are held with schools throughout west and north London, both home and away. This week, in our series of articles on the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Scholars, we focus on the two Sports Scholars in…
A Must See!
New film of St Augustine’s Priory Now available to see on the St Augustine’s Priory website (and also on YouTube) – our new film! Giving a bird’s eye view of the school with its amazing grounds and taking the viewer through the variety of life at St Augustine’s Priory, this new film was premiered at…
Doing good does you good
World Mental Health Day 2017 “Tomorrow is World Mental Health day and one way to promote positive mental health is through being kind to others!” Miss Kumarasinghe told us on Monday. Our Head of Senior PSHEE, Miss Kumarasinghe, led a whole school initiative on Tuesday 10th October to get everyone involved in and aware of…
Form III visit High Ashurst
A residential visit to remember The annual Form III residential visit to High Ashurst is something to look forward to! Combining adventure activities, fun and companionship it gives Form III girls the opportunity to stretch themselves and get to know their whole year group through teamwork, activities and recreational time together. This year’s visit was…
Why girls should choose construction
Our third Careers Speaker of the term, Managing Director of Sizebreed Group, Darren Size, brought with him two female colleagues to help him to encourage our young women to consider the construction industry for a career. Mr Size explained that he wanted to come and talk to St Augustine’s Priory girls because he is proud…