The grounds wake from winter. The grounds at St Augustine’s Priory are beautifully coming into their own with Spring definitely in the air. Daffodils, the heralds of Spring, are trumpeting the new season and blossoms and buds are running riot. It seems strange to see the grounds and animals at St Augustine’s Priory without…
Priory 6 and Trusted Friends. Ljilja Vincic is one of three Priory pupils participating in the Ethical Leadership programme. They are involved in designing projects which will recognise and develop their leadership qualities and skills for life. The Ethical Leadership Programme is a student-focused qualification designed to recognise character skills and leadership qualities, while enabling…
Visit of Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The visit of author Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Friday 13th March was an amazing finale to the previous week’s celebrations of Book Week and World Book Day. Mr Cottrell-Boyce has written sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, won the 2004 Carnegie Medal for ‘Millions’ and the 2012 Guardian Prize for ‘The Unforgotten…
The Final. Tuesday 10th March saw the Final of the 2020 Ealing Teen Read at Dormers Wells School which was attended by many of our Ealing Teen Readers, Mrs Bhatti, Mr Elder, Mrs King and Mrs George. As Mrs Bhatti, School Librarian, commented, ‘The Ealing Teen Read 2020 has been an amazing journey through the…
Lower V and Lower II learn together. As a wonderful prelude to STEAM week this week Lower II recently benefited from Lower V’s experience and knowledge. Lower II enjoyed a wonderful lesson when they shared their ideas for their Science projects with Lower V Science pupils. Mr Matheson’s students supported the younger girls…
Learning On Screen Awards. With the amazing news that the film directed by Priory 6 pupil, Taline Manuelian, for Fright Night 2019 has been shortlisted for the Learning On Screen Awards 2020 in the Promotional Film Award category, we thought that you would like to see the shortlisted film! The results will be announced at…
Creative Writing Workshop. One of the most inspiring events during Book Week was the creative writing workshop for Form III which was run by two writers from Upper IV, Ariana and Isabelle. Here they talk about the experience: Ariana Buckland commented: ‘On Wednesday 4th March during lunchtime, we held a workshop aimed towards Form III….
The Year of the Word. From a rock that David threw at Goliath to Queen Esther to an entire Nativity scene the pupils and staff at St Augustine’s Priory threw themselves into World Book Day on Thursday and its theme of characters from the Bible. Pupils dressed as characters from the Old and New Testaments…
Poetry and Prose at St Augustine’s Priory. Book Week is an excellent time to launch our latest publication, SCRIBE. SCRIBE is a selection of poetry and prose produced by girls from Upper II to Upper VI and written during the Summer and Michaelmas Terms 2019. Arising out of the Creative Writing Club and English curriculum…
Ms Mona Arshi at Pitshanger Bookshop. Wednesday 29th April sees award-winning poet Mona Arshi present an evening of poetry reading and discussion at the Pitshanger Bookshop in support of the Lubasi Children’s Home, Livingstone, Zambia. Ms Arshi worked as a human rights lawyer at Liberty before she started writing. Her debut collection ‘Small Hands’ won…