Category: Priory Post
Dyslexia Awareness Week
The richness of Neurodiversity. Mrs Thackray has alerted us to some activities next week to mark Dyslexia Awareness Week, running from 5th – 11th October. She writes, ‘Next week is Dyslexia Awareness Week and we have arranged some thought-provoking in-class activities for our pupils around the theme of ‘Dyslexia Creates’ and have extended this to include Neurodiversity….
Lower V poetry
National Poetry Day and Black History Month. Two pupils from Lower V have written some highly relevant and beautiful poems to mark National Poetry Day and the beginning of Black History Month. These are two talented poets and we are delighted to share their voices with you. The first is from Kyra. Entitled, ‘One Month…
Lower IV: In a time and place
Interpreting religious art. Lower IV have been completing a unit entitled, ‘In a time and place’, looking at the historical, cultural, political and religious background of Jesus using resources supplied by RE today. Here we have produced the analysis of the three paintings by three of the Lower IV pupils. Ms Corkery tells us, ‘As…
City Kids Autumn 2020
New issue available now. The Autumn 2020 edition of City Kids, the magazine for London families, is now available. To read your copy please click on the following link: Read Autumn 2020 issue where you will find a host of information, including a calendar of events on in London and issues arising from lockdown and…
Upper IV and ‘The Way’
The importance of pilgrimage. Mrs McDermott reports that, as part of their unit on Pilgrimage, Upper IV have watched the film, ‘The Way’, made in 2010, about a man’s journey along The Camino de Santiago, the Way of St James, the network of pilgrimage routes that ends at the tomb of St James in the…
Prep II and Prep III Mass
The Good Shepherd. Prep II and Prep III produced a wonderful display of sheep in the Chapter Room this week! This was in preparation for their Celebratory Mass on 23rd September to begin the school year. This was on the theme of ‘The Good Shepherd’, and Miss Keane, Deputy Head Juniors (Academic), had this to…
News from Zambia
Lubasi Home developments. We have received some news from Mrs Sarah Bramble (expedition coordinator), who is our link with Lubasi Home in Zambia, for which we raised the wonderful sum of £1,400 earlier in the year. This is what she has to tell us: ‘It was a very exciting meeting of St Augustine students, their…
Prep I study owls
Combining Literature and Art. Mrs van der Merwe, Prep I Form Teacher, describes an exciting Prep I cross-curricular activity. Prep I have been exploring the excellent world of literature with ‘Owl Babies’ and expanding that into some great art work using natural materials from our grounds. Mrs van der Merwe explains, ‘Over the past two…
Priory 6 Careers Talks
A Blended Learning Opportunity. We have an exciting line-up of speakers ready to go in this term’s programme of Careers Talks for Priory 6, organised by Mr Ferguson. The only difference this term is that they will be taking part remotely. All part of our blended learning programme! The programme begins on Friday 2nd October…
Real change, enduring change
One step at a time. ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time’. So said Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who died on 18th September 2020. The poem below, ‘In the steps of RBG’ by American poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer speaks about the change that…