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Our annual week of fundraising Charities Week is a long-standing tradition at St Augustine’s Priory. Every year the whole school community joins forces to raise funds for the charities chosen by the school Houses. This year it will take place next week and from Monday 1st to Friday 5th February there will be an assortment…
Attention to what? The hustle and bustle of modern city living is considered, by many, a thrill. An inexhaustible supply of communication, entertainment, news and attention, keeps our young Augustinians’ eyes and ears on ready alert. But in this mire of competing distractions, how readily do our girls’ senses focus on that which they should?…
Learning a musical instrument! Rhiannon Phillips, Upper VI, is an enthusiastic flautist of great ability. And, as she writes below, taking up a musical instrument is something she would recommend to everybody: ‘I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow you all away with my 24 note chromatic scale in the key of G! Many…
The stitches multiply From the Nursery to Upper VI during January the whole school was involved in our A Stitch in Time Project. The smaller kneelers have been designed and are in production with the whole school, staff, past pupils and Governors embroidering and spreading the kneelers far and wide – even going as far…
Debating Matters “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Upper II are honing their debating skills in readiness for a visit to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 27th January. On that day they are taking part in a Your Voice Tour and Workshop and, in preparation, have conducted some serious debates….
Year 5 enjoys a day of Science and Art Continuing with our programme of partnerships with local Catholic primary schools Mrs Tippen, Deputy Head Juniors, reports on the visit of Year 5 from Mount Carmel Catholic Primary school on 14th January: ‘On Thursday we hosted 56 Year 5 pupils from Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School. …
Historical focus at Assembly Miss O’Connell, Form Teacher Upper I, has gathered some reports from the pupils in her class who last week led the Junior Assembly on Magna Carta. The Great Charter was signed by King John at Runnymede, near Windsor in 1215 and Upper I shared their findings in a great performance: Fern…
Young Scientist of the Year Ms Hayden, Head of Physics, announces the launch of this year’s St Augustine’s Priory Young Scientist of the Year Competition: ‘We are pleased to announce the return of the St. Augustine’s Priory Young Scientist of the Year Competition, which was launched on 11th January and will run until 29th April….
Lower I make new friends… Lower I is learning about Dragons, Myths and Legends in their English lessons. To encourage the pupils to think very seriously about dragons and their role in our history, culture and literature Mrs Van Der Merwe, Form Teacher, Lower I, invited some fiery visitors to the school to demonstrate their…
Reporting on the National Gallery During the last half of last term Prep III learnt how to be newshounds in their English lessons. During their visit to the National Gallery on 3rd December they used these skills to analyse and report on the paintings of the Nativity they saw and studied as part of their…