Category: Senior
Resting in balance
‘For Equilibrium’. We would like to share with you the following words, an oasis of grace in these turbulent days. It is from John O’Donohue’s inspirational book, ‘Benedictus, A Book of Blessings’ and is entitled ‘For Equilibrium’. Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your…
Triumphant poetry winners!
Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition. Congratulations to Tisha Maroo, Ivy Lo and Caitlin Gallagher Rattan, all in Lower IV, who are all award winners in this year’s Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition! St Augustine’s Priory has a long history of prizewinning poets at this festival and this year has proved to…
Theme for the year
‘RADIO’. During their time at St Augustine’s Priory, pupils are allocated into the four school Houses: St Gabriel, St Michael, St Raphael and St George which compete throughout the school year, for example in sports or during Charities Week. The first three House patrons are the Archangels and, during the Michaelmas Term, on 29th September,…
Progression 2020
‘Gustonbury’. Progression at St Augustine’s Priory marks the departure of our summer 2020 Upper VI leavers and their progression to university and life beyond school. It takes the form of a formal dinner and is a wonderful occasion. This year, of necessity, we were unable to hold a formal meal and so took everything outside. …
Meeting Members of Staff…
Miss M Corsini. We are delighted to welcome Miss M Corsini to St Augustine’s Priory at the start of this academic year. Former pupil, Ms Corsini writes, ‘Hello all! My name is Miss Corsini and I will be one of Lower IV’s Form Tutors as well as joining the Mathematics Department. I am so excited…
Welcome Back!
Beginning a new year. Thursday 3rd September saw pupils return to St Augustine’s Priory for the start of the Michaelmas Term 2020. A time of renewing friendships, welcoming new friends to St Augustine’s Priory and enjoying the excitement of moving up into new classes. We started off the year by celebrating two Masses, with Fr…
A Level and GCSE results
Congratulations! Many congratulations to our wonderful A Level and GCSE pupils in this extraordinary year of 2020. They have achieved excellent results! Last week, on Thursday 13th August, we learnt that our girls had achieved 72% A* to A grades at A Level. As in past years they are going on to world-class universities, including…
Blended learning
Visionary education. St Augustine’s Priory has embraced blended learning with a creative drive during these ‘new normal’ times. Since the beginning of lockdown, classes have continued in all subjects even though pupils and teachers have been absent from school and, now that some classes have returned to school, blended learning continues. Learning has not stopped,…
Seniors and Mathematics
Blended learning. Mrs Macallister recently reported, ‘I have been to some brilliant Maths lessons! Different teachers are using different applications to teach Maths, and are definitely engaging the students’. For example, Mr Harnett, Mathematics Department, has been using blended learning to guide Lower IV and Upper IV through the world of formulae and shapes….
A prevalence of poetry
Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition 2020. Mr Elder, English Department, enters students’ work each year for the Chiswick Book Festival Young People’s Poetry Competition, and our track record in this competition is excellent! Mr Elder writes, ‘One of my first lessons with Form III Aleph in lockdown was on Wordsworth’s ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’….