Category: Nursery
Blind Dates with a Book
Exploring the world of books Over Half Term, girls took part in ‘Blind Dates with a Book’, an opportunity for girls to take home books without knowing their titles! A journey of true literary exploration. The aim of the activity was to promote the new books available in the Scriptorium and for our girls to…
Headteacher’s Blog
“Comparison is the Thief of Joy”: Why Careers Education is about Knowing Your Soul. Every now and then there come moments of real satisfaction as a Head. Week in, week out I give assemblies and recently British and global events have given richly in the way of opportunities for comments on the rule of law,…
It’s Quiz Time!
Clear your diaries… The Parents’ Committee are planning another of their exciting Quiz Nights, which this year will be on Friday 24th March from 7.30pm. This is always an event to test your knowledge, scratch your heads and get your thinking caps on (and enjoy good company and good food)! The Committee writes: ‘Please join…
Our Christmas Carol Service
Looking to the stars Our traditional Carol Service at Ealing Abbey on Tuesday 13th December was a wonderful occasion. To a backdrop of stars, our pupils from Lower I to Upper VI joined in music and readings with parents, staff and past pupils to celebrate Advent and look forward to the birth of the Christ…
‘A Budget Cinderella’
Priory Players’ Pantomime Our Head of Drama and Managing Director of the Priory Players, Ms Brown, reports on the Priory Players’ Christmas production: ‘On Friday 9th December the Priory Players staged this year’s school panto ‘A Budget Cinderella’ and it was a triumph. Bhakti Patel, the company’s production manager, co-directed the play with me and…
The Nursery Nativity
The birth of Jesus retold The Nursery Nativity, ‘Our First Nativity’, on Wednesday 7th December was a classic re-telling of the birth of Jesus. Mary and Joseph, the donkey, shepherds, the three Kings, the innkeeper and the angels all played their part in this production, performed in front of a Nursery full of parents and…
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…