Category: Junior
Language Learning
An academic analysis Language learning has long been a staple part of our Junior School curriculum with French recently having been joined by Spanish and Mandarin. We are very fortunate that this has continuously been delivered by not only native speakers, but also language-teaching specialists. Therefore when the Government, in 2014, made it compulsory for…
Holy Family Parish Christmas Carol Concert
A Christmas community On Sunday 11th December a choir led by Mrs Cotton and Miss Johnson from St Augustine’s Priory was delighted to perform at the Holy Family Church’s Carol Concert together with the Iraqi Choir from the parish and the choir from the Holy Family Catholic Primary School. Fr Neil, Parish Priest at the…
Christmas Fair 2016
Some of the highlights! Our Christmas Fair took place on Friday 2nd December. As always, it was organised by our Parents’ Committee, and this year it was even better than ever! From the teddy tombola, the delicious refreshments to suit all tastes, the hoopla stall and our Young Enterprise team selling their wares, to the…
Understanding Catholicism
The Benedictine Institute ‘Understanding Catholicism’ is a fascinating course run at the Benedictine Institute, Overton House, 74 Castlebar Road, Ealing W5. The course is for adults of any faith or none and has been developed for both non-Catholic and Catholic parents of children and teachers at Catholic schools – and for anyone else interested in…
Exodus
Journeying As we journey through Advent to Christmas Day, let us remember all those who journey in the world today, that God may bring them safe to their destination.
Little Shop of Horrors
Feed me, Seymour! St Augustine’s Priory will be wowing audiences with their cutting edge version of the classic American musical, Little Shop of Horrors, at Questors Theatre on Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March 2017. The musical will be performed in the Judi Dench Playhouse, the main and highest capacity stage of the…
Might counting our blessings be the path to health and wellbeing?
I have finally acknowledged that I am no longer a young teacher. Various moments have prompted this epiphany and it was sealed recently as I reflected upon schools’ responses to the new curriculum. I realised that I am one of just a few people in the staff room who remembers teaching A Levels before Curriculum…
The Advent Journey
Travelling with CAFOD We have now entered the season of Advent, the time to prepare for the coming of Christ. CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, has produced a digital Advent calendar to help ‘you to reflect on issues of global justice with your family or as part of your parish or community as…
Lower II takes on ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Lower II takes on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ‘Wherefore art thou Romeo?’ Ms Hagerty, Director of Sixth Form and teacher of Drama writes about Lower II’s contribution to the Shakespeare Schools Festival 2016: ‘Monday 14th November marked the day when girls in Lower II took to the stage to perform their very own version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, ‘Romeo…
St Cecilia
We lift our hearts in joyous song to honour Him this way, and while we sing remembering to sing is to doubly pray On Thursday 24th November, we celebrated the feast of St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Musicians, with our annual St Cecilia Concert. The Junior and Senior school ensembles, orchestras and choirs performed in a…