Category: Junior
Priory Farm Open Day and Farmers’ Market
A day out for everyone. We’re just over a week away from our next Priory Farm Open Day, which will take place on Sunday 20th June from 10.00am until 2.00pm. We’re looking forward to some exciting activities including sheep shearing and a great opportunity to buy limited edition pizzas from Sarv’s Slice, using produce from…
Governor in The Guardian
An inspiring career. Governor of St Augustine’s Priory, Mr Floyd Steadman, who so generously gives of his time to staff and girls, most recently in his training workshops on Unconscious Bias, has recently featured in an article in The Guardian. The article, by Jeremy Inson from 4th June, focuses on Maro Itoje, Saracens and England…
The Unicorn School come to visit
Enthusiastic visitors to Priory Farm. We were all delighted to welcome the Reception class from the Unicorn School, Kew, on 26th May who came to visit the Priory Farm. Mr Raffray was on hand to lead the children around the school, starting with our sheep. The sheep were as enthusiastic as our visitors as they…
An exciting Half Term activity for Preps
‘Don’t Tell Grandma’ Exciting news from Amy Perry, our Ballet and Musical Theatre teacher, on a Half Term activity that we know everyone will enjoy. Ms Perry is in rehearsals for a show which is on next week at the Chiswick Playhouse and many of her pupils are fans of the theatre and we know…
Taking delivery
Our new residents. This week the Priory Farm took delivery of two new residents: two beautiful Oxford Sandy and Black piglets. The Oxford Sandy and Black is a rare, traditional breed of pig and nearly became extinct twenty years ago. The eight week old piglets became instant favourites with girls and staff and soon settled…
Upper II couturiers
Uniforms galore. The Modern Languages Department set a challenge for the girls in Upper II recently. As Ms Gandi reports, ‘Upper II have been learning about clothes and colours. They then accepted the challenge to create a school uniform and describe it – in French! We had an exhibition of their uniforms in the Marquee…
Walk to School Week
Wacky Walking Wednesday. Wacky Walking Wednesday is always a great hit, pupils celebrate Walk to School Week with an array of wacky shoes. Their imagination and skill at transforming ordinary shoes into works of art are always an inspiration. Here, we show some of the wonderful ideas that have materialised in school this week! From…
Photos within photos
Juniors and Seniors experiment. Mrs Wright, Art Department, describes the photographic workshops she recently delivered to Art students in both Juniors and Seniors: ‘These experimental photography workshops explored the theme of a photograph within a photograph. Girls were shown examples of the work of contemporary photographers and asked to respond with creative solutions, using large…
Lower II Alpha and Mental Health Awareness Week
Lessons surrounded by nature. Miss Cooke, Form Teacher, Lower II Alpha, tells us how Lower II Alpha took advantage of our grounds this week when the girls enjoyed a PSHEE lesson centred around Mental Health Awareness Week. This year, the theme is nature – something which all of our girls, whatever their age, can enjoy…
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Column
Made By Dyslexia: an inspiring podcast. For all those of you who are considering a life in the secret services, Miss Johnson, our SENCO, recommends viewing this podcast produced by Made By Dyslexia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez7hc7krzaU which looks at why those with dyslexia make great spies. Made By Dyslexia is a global charity whose aim is to…