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Nursery Update
Exciting Times at School St Augustine’s Priory is an all-through school and, where the journey ends at A Levels, with our girls leaving the school for further adventures at university, the journey has to begin somewhere, and that is where the Nursery comes in, the beginning of the children’s educational journey. Nursery is a time…
‘Girls Go Gold’
A Sports Conference with a difference Opportunities to learn from elite athletes do not come along very often. But Thursday 28th September was a golden day for Elise Mercer, Deputy Head Girl Seniors, and the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Captains and A Level PE students as they attended the 2017 GSA (Girls’ School Association) Girls…
Coffee and Cakes
Raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support From Lower IV Alpha’s Assembly until the end of Little Break, Lower IV Alpha and Priory 6 delivered a tremendous morning of coffee, cakes and awareness raising on Friday 29th September, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support through the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’. Our first visitors were parents who…
Nursery and Preps: Working Together
The Eco Mural Displayed Pope Francis’ encyclical of 2015, “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord” asks us to care for the Earth, our common home. The Juniors responded to the Pope’s call and put together letters with their responses to his encyclical and sent them to Pope Francis. Now the…
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way. We welcomed CAFOD Schools Speaker, Jo Hodgson, on the morning of Monday 6th October to teach the whole school about CAFOD’s work and Harvest Fast Day this coming Friday. Ms Hodgson showed us a video documenting the day-to-day life of Sister…
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
A new year: the story so far… The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award provides some wonderful opportunities for character and skill building through team work, expeditions and community work. We have a long history at St Augustine’s Priory of our pupils participating at all three levels of the award, Bronze, Silver and Gold, and our most…
A Shining Success
Walking through London A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Mrs Cotton’s (Deputy Head, Seniors) plans to take part in the Shine Walk (London) for Cancer Research on Saturday 23rd September in memory of her friend, Jane Fisher-Hunt. This annual event takes place at night, a magical time to walk through London with a…
Meeting Members of Staff
Mr Stylianou We are pleased to introduce Mr Stylianou who has joined us as a teacher in the Science Department. He introduces himself here: ‘I am a Chemistry teacher and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. After attending Royal Holloway, University of London, I taught in several schools become joining St Augustine’s Priory. …
A Fantastic Evening of Fireworks
A Date for your Diary! The St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee is yet again organising a fantastic evening of fireworks! This annual event, a highlight of the school’s calendar, is being held on Friday 20th October in the school grounds – the ideal venue for such an event. As always there will be a BBQ,…
Creative Competition
‘Making a Difference’ and ‘Be a Game Changer’ Being inspirational, having an effect on a situation, making a difference – whether on the world stage or in your own home. We all know of people who are, or have been, game changers: Archbishop Oscar Romero, Rosalind Franklin, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Isaac…