Category: Junior

17th September 2021

Juniors and Preps celebrate. The Preps and Juniors celebrated with gusto on Monday 13th September to mark the anniversary of Roald Dahl’s 105th birthday. Ms Weir, Prep I Teaching Assistant, organised an inspiring paintathon for Prep II and Prep III who spent lunchtime painting a mammoth portrait of The Enormous Crocodile.  This story, first published…

16th September 2021

Mrs C McNulty. This term we welcome a new Drama teacher to the St Augustine’s Priory Drama Department, Mrs McNulty, who will be teaching both Juniors and Seniors.  She has this to say: ‘I am very excited to have joined St Augustine’s Priory as it is such a kind and caring community. It is also…

10th September 2021

Old friends and new. Starting in the Seniors is a giant and exciting step for everyone concerned.  And this year is no exception.  We welcomed into the Seniors girls who have come up from Upper II and also a host of new girls.  Old friends and new are settling in beautifully at St Augustine’s Priory…

10th September 2021

Our theme for this year. St Augustine’s Priory delights in having over twelve acres of grounds and pupils and staff make good use of them throughout the year.  These grounds give our pupils space to grow, learn and play, space to be themselves and space to care – for the environment and for each other….

8th September 2021

Mr J Philpott. We are delighted to welcome Mr Philpott to St Augustine’s Priory who this year joins us as our new Bursar and Clerk to the Governors. A conflict arose in his youth as, born in Bristol and raised in Bath, he was spoilt for choice when deciding which rugby team to support.  He…

7th September 2021

Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française. This was the first year that pupils that pupils at St Augustine’s Priory took the DELF (Diploma of French Language Studies) and all the girls achieved excellent results!  Mlle Gandi, Modern Foreign Languages Department, comments, ‘This has been a very successful year, reflecting the pupils’ commitment and dedication – not…

13th August 2021

Great results. The GCSE results achieved by the pupils demonstrate how hard work and perseverance pays off.  Girls have worked alongside teachers in this ‘new normal’ year and have shown how, even with lockdowns, great GCSE results were accomplished. Despite all the interruptions and uncertainties of the past year, Upper V pupils have shown focus…

12th August 2021

A well-deserved achievement. We were all delighted by the results our Upper VI achieved in their A Levels this summer.  After a gruelling year of lockdowns, the results are a well-deserved tribute to the hard work and positive attitudes of both pupils and teachers. These results recognise all that the school has achieved in the…

9th July 2021

The Little House of Science workshops. The last week of June was the STEM Week for Juniors and Preps.  A festival of science, technology, engineering and Mathematics (excellent workshops on Maths called the Subject Revolution – as in previous article). Mrs Round reports, ‘Several workshops were run by The Little House of Science. Younger year…

9th July 2021

Some excellent books. Our Librarian, Mrs Bhatti, has some great suggestions for a summer of reading and a recap of some of the things we are doing in the library! ‘Prep I are becoming very excited about books and have received their very own copy of the hilarious picture book ‘The Runaway Pea’ written by…