Inter-Faith Week. This week has been Inter-Faith Week and we take the opportunity to look back at the celebrations that took place on 4th November for the Feast of Diwali. Diwali is the five-day Festival of Lights, marking the Hindu New Year and signifies the victory of light (good) over darkness (evil). …
One Kind Word. Next week, 15th – 19th November 2021, is Anti-Bullying Week. Coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, this year’s theme is One Kind Word. We are looking forward to beginning the week with Odd Socks Day, and urge pupils and staff to rummage for the oddest socks possible! The Anti-Bullying Alliance website says,…
Whole School commemoration. Our flag few at half-mast on Thursday 11th November to mark Remembrance, or Armistice, Day, the anniversary of the ending of World War One in 1918. The whole school gathered in the grounds for the two-minute silence at 11.00am, after which Daisy, one of our talented Priory Sixth musicians, played the Last…
Valuing who and what we have. Ealing’s school wide Giant Walk to School initiative on Friday 12th November is taking place in support of COP26, the UN’s annual climate change conference, currently taking place in Glasgow. This is a wonderful opportunity for us all to show our commitment to help alleviate the climate crisis and…
‘Somebody Loves You’. We are delighted to announce that former Augustinian parent, Mona Arshi, has produced her first novel, ‘Somebody Loves You’. Ms Arshi worked as a human rights lawyer at Liberty before she started writing poetry. Her debut collection, ‘Small Hands’ won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. ‘Somebody Loves You’…
A great end to the first half of term. The end of the first half of the Michaelmas Term was marked by a stupendous evening of Priory Pyrotechnics, the latest event from the St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee. The grounds were filled with pupils, their families and staff and everyone enjoyed the celebrations. The fireworks…
The Holy Trinity. Mr Ferguson, Religious Studies teacher, has recently been leading Form III in their work on the Holy Trinity. One of the pieces of work he was impressed by was Eloise’s and we would like to share it with you, ‘Catholics believe in a triune God. This means that God’s essence is within…
Day of the Archangels. We were delighted to welcome Rt Rev Bishop John Sherrington, auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Westminster, to St Augustine’s Priory on Thursday 30th September. He celebrated Mass for us in the Chapel at St Augustine’s Priory where representatives of Juniors and Seniors were present, with Liturgy Prefects from throughout the…
St Augustine’s Priory open its doors. We were delighted to welcome over 170 families to St Augustine’s Priory on Saturday 25th September for our Michaelmas Term Open Day. It was wonderful to see so many people who came to sample all our school has to offer. St…
A new collection of poetry. Head of English, Mr Elder, needs no introduction and his books of poetry likewise are well-known. Following on from ‘Codes of Conduct’ and ‘The space between us’, his new collection, ‘Like This’ was published in August by 4Word Press. Written over the past two years Mr Elder writes that, ‘The…