Insight into Industry Day. Here a member of Lower V has written about her form’s experience on Tuesday 9th March in their Insight into Industry Day. ‘I am a Lower V student and on Tuesday we took part in an industry workshop run by Ms Hales, our Head of Year. It was a fun and…
Return on International Women’s Day. Milly in Upper VI reflects on the return of girls to St Augustine’s Priory on Monday 8th March! ‘How appropriate that on International Women’s Day, our school finally reopened its gates to the whole school after the latest COVID lockdown. After weeks of being forbidden from socialising outside of the…
Seniors triumph. Last week we heard the wonderful news of the results of the UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge. Girls at St Augustine’s Priory have received some spectacular results. Five gold awards have gone to Chloe, Simran, Lily and Yuuri in Upper V and Mana in Upper IV with these Upper V girls qualifying…
An afternoon of netball. Lower V pupil, Naomi, reports on some St David’s Day intense netball activity via Zoom! ‘On Monday 1st March Juniors and Seniors alike retrieved their trainers from the back of their wardrobes together with their netballs to join Jamaican International and London Pulse Player, Adean Thomas, for an interactive zoom session….
A pupil’s guide. We are all looking forward to welcoming pupils back to school on Monday 8th March. The school has been much too empty these past few weeks and we are all now gearing up for some wonderful weeks leading up to Easter. In preparation for the return to school we have organised the…
A challenge from Missio. Mrs McDermott, Head of R.E., has been challenging Form III to a Lent Quest this term. As part of their RE unit on Lent, Form III were set Missio’s Lent Quest as on off-screen lesson. There were 10 tasks to complete and once done they took a picture to create a…
Something to look forward to! We have been firmly grounded over the past year, but hopefully we will again be able to look forward to expanding our horizons from later this year! (Always subject to COVID 19 and government guidelines). Here is our planned overseas and residential visit timetable for 2021-2023 for the Seniors. From…
Tribute. Many of you will remember past pupil and former Augustinian parent, Sharon Charlesworth. Mrs Charlesworth sadly passed away on Sunday 14th February after a long illness. Her courage and shining, joyful character was an example of a life well lived. Her funeral is on Monday 8th March and, rather fittingly, her funeral procession will…
Exciting news! Spring is on the way and to go with the (hopefully) warmer weather we are delighted to let you know that from Sunday 14th March 2021 St Augustine’s Priory will be the location for the Trash and Treasure Farmers’ Market on Sundays from 10.00am – 2.00pm. The idea behind the Trash and Treasure market…
How lockdown affects the amount of electricity used! Tara and Stella, from the St Augustine’s Priory Junior Eco Committee, have prepared the latest edition of the Echo, the newsletter of the Junior and Senior Eco Committees. This edition discusses the extraordinary impact on the environment of our use of electricity during lockdown. ‘During lockdown, people…