Category: Junior
Welcome Back!
Beginning a new year. Thursday 3rd September saw pupils return to St Augustine’s Priory for the start of the Michaelmas Term 2020. A time of renewing friendships, welcoming new friends to St Augustine’s Priory and enjoying the excitement of moving up into new classes. We started off the year by celebrating two Masses, with Fr…
Upper II and ‘Olivia!’
Blended learning at its best. Miss Snell, Miss Westley and Mrs Cattigan organised a truly triumphant and exuberant event that was Upper II’s production of ‘Olivia!’. With blended learning at the fore and participation from cast both at St Augustine’s Priory and at home, this was a production that excelled both in acting and production…
Blended learning
Visionary education. St Augustine’s Priory has embraced blended learning with a creative drive during these ‘new normal’ times. Since the beginning of lockdown, classes have continued in all subjects even though pupils and teachers have been absent from school and, now that some classes have returned to school, blended learning continues. Learning has not stopped,…
Seniors and Mathematics
Blended learning. Mrs Macallister recently reported, ‘I have been to some brilliant Maths lessons! Different teachers are using different applications to teach Maths, and are definitely engaging the students’. For example, Mr Harnett, Mathematics Department, has been using blended learning to guide Lower IV and Upper IV through the world of formulae and shapes….
Summer Concert
Making Music. Lockdown has not prevented the St Augustine’s Priory musicians from making music. Individual lessons and ensemble work have continued and our Summer Concert, with its weaving of musical magic, went ahead as planned last week. Everyone involved, pupils and staff, worked hard to ensure that each person’s work blended seamlessly with their colleagues’…
Sports Awards Evening 2020
The year of sport celebrated. The St Augustine’s Priory Sports Awards Evening on 30th June was a splendidly virtual affair. Although we were not able to be all together celebrating the year of sport at St Augustine’s Priory, we were able to watch the awards via the triumph of modern technology. Congratulations to all those…
Sports Day 2020
Or, ‘Why aren’t these events in the Olympics?’ On Wednesday 24th June, the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Day took place with Upper II competing in the grounds, along with the children of critical workers. Everyone else enjoyed an afternoon of sport at home – our first ever Blended Virtual Sports Day. Miss Hales led the…
Lower I Songs and Certificates
Courage. The theme of ‘Courage’ resonated throughout the Lower I Songs and Certificates celebration today. Following a morning’s Retreat, Lower I gathered to sing and to speak. Girls were socially distanced in the Chapel and Miss Westley accompanied Lower I on the piano and friends who were not present joined virtually. This was a…
The Rose Garden
‘When life throws thorns, hunt for roses.’ Anonymous. The rose garden is in full bloom at St Augustine’s Priory and these glorious flowers are a source of great cheer. From red to orange to pink to white our roses are a welcome sight for sore eyes. The beds contain a variety of beautiful blooms, including…
Upper I Songs and Certificates
A celebration of achievement. Upper I was welcomed at St Augustine’s Priory yesterday, Tuesday 23rd June, to celebrate their year of achievement with their Songs and Certificates. After weeks of virtual learning the girls were very excited to be together again (with social distancing firmly to the fore, together with lots of hand sanitising). After…