Category: Junior
Children’s Mental Health Week 2019
Healthy: Inside and Out. Children’s health – something we take very seriously at St Augustine’s Priory. The key is integration: our life here focuses on the mental and physical health of children, enshrined in all that we do. From healthy eating, a stimulating and stretching academic life, exercise and, most vital, play, PSHEE lessons, our…
The TES Independent School Awards 2019
The Priory Farm’s work is recognised. The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane was the venue for the TES Independent School Awards 2019 held on Friday 1st February. Many independent schools had been shortlisted in various categories and we were delighted that St Augustine’s Priory had been shortlisted for the ‘Whole-school community initiative of the…
A Healthy School
Silver Award achievement. Mrs Costello, Form Teacher Prep II and PSHE Lead for Preps and Pre-Preps and Juniors, was the bearer of exciting news last week about our participation in Healthy Schools. She takes up the story: ‘I am delighted to announce that St Augustine’s Priory has achieved a Healthy Schools London Silver Award….
Chicago!
And All That Jazz. It’s nearly time for our St Augustine’s Priory production of ‘Chicago’, being held at The Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing on 3rd, 4th and 5th April at 7.30pm. Booking tickets online is easy, just go to http://www.questors.org.uk/. The production involves senior girls both on stage and backstage and the…
Loving to learn
Following St Augustine. Our patron saint, St Augustine of Hippo, had this to say about education: ‘Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation of grace to the soul.’ St Augustine of Hippo At St Augustine’s Priory we are…
A Life Outside
Mr Chappory and music. We all know Mr Chappory as our Head of Geography, venturing out in all seasons for field visits to places such as the Olympic Park, Brighton or Aberystwyth. But you may be interested to know that he is also a talented musician, founder of the band Lost Remnants, who have just…
Upper II Alpha share their stories
Creativity in the Juniors. Mrs Cattigan, Form Teacher Upper II Alpha, reports that her Form have begun the new year with a great spirit of creativity and generosity! ‘Upper II Alpha wrote some short stories inspired by their class novel, ‘Eye of the Wolf’ and in the true spirit of storytelling, visited Lower I…
News from Argentina
Fundación Anpuy. Ms De Lahitte is delighted to share with us news on Nico, the Argentinian boy we sponsor through the charity Fundación Anpuy. ‘We recently received Nicolas’ end of year report from Fundación Anpuy, which includes a picture of Nico with the personalised football top we sent him (this had been funded by a Priory 6 fundraising initiative). Below is a translated extract from…
Meeting members of staff…
Ms D Corkery. This term we are delighted to welcome Ms D Corkery to St Augustine’s Priory, who joins us as a teacher of R.E. Ms Corkery says: ‘I’m delighted to be teaching such fantastic pupils. The welcome that I have received since I set foot inside St Augustine’s Priory has been amazing. The…
Prayer for the New Year
God knows us and loves us. As we begin the Lent Term, we look forward with hope and trust to all that the year 2019 will bring. God loves us; as it says in Jeremiah, chapter 1: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you’. …