Category: Senior
Priory Pyrotechnics
Firework Fun. The Half Term break began with a bang at our annual Priory Pyrotechnics on Friday 18th October. An evening of fireworks, refreshments and entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed by our pupils and their families on a clear evening which was wonderfully organised by our St Augustine’s Priory Parents’ Committee. A dazzling display…
Open Day
A day to remember. Saturday 12th October saw our Michaelmas Term Open Day. St Augustine’s Priory opened its doors to over 150 families, and we all had an amazing time showing St Augustine’s Priory to our very welcome guests. After a presentation from Mrs Raffray and our Head Girl in the Hall, the visiting…
Lower IV impressions
French Hub enthusiasts. This term, four new pupils from Lower IV joined the French Hub, our advanced French language programme, which has now been in action for four years. This invitation-only programme is held once a week for KS3 and KS4 pupils and encourages the development of language skills and the exploration and enjoyment of…
Girls Go Gold Conference
Sports Captains’ Leadership Development On Friday 13th September ‘Girls Go Gold’, a Sports Captains Leadership Development Conference, took place in Sheffield and girls from Upper V – Upper VI took part. Here, Isabel Bathula and Joanna Doran (Upper V) report on their experience. ‘On the second Friday of term the PE department organized a trip…
Catch My Drift!
Upper V research Geography Mr Chappory, Head of Geography, reports on the most recent field visit for the GCSE Geographers: ‘On Friday 11th October, the Geography Department took the 35 Upper V GCSE Geographers to Seaford in East Sussex, in order to study the way that longshore drift and erosion on that coastline is managed….
Form III insight
‘My First Half Term in the Seniors’. Anaya Garr, Augustinian of several years standing, this year joined the Seniors and is in her first term in Form III. She is one of our Form III academic scholars and has written the following article which gives an insight into joining the Seniors from a student’s perspective….
Lower V and ‘Spirited Poetry’
‘Questions, Questions’. Mrs McDermott, Head of R.E. reports on some Lower V poetry competition winners. ‘NATRE (National Association of Teachers of RE) holds an annual poetry competition called ‘Spirited Poetry’. At the end of the Summer Term Mrs McDermott set her Lower V class the task of writing poems for the competition. The categories for…
Until lions have their historians…
Senior Assembly for Black History Month. Mr Chappory, Head of Geography, led an inspirational Senior Assembly on Monday 7th October to mark October’s Black History Month. This began with the heart-rending African proverb: ‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’. There then followed a presentation on Black History…
Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman
‘From shadows and images into truth’. Rome will see thousands of visitors on Sunday 13th October as this is the day that Blessed John Henry Newman will be canonised. Along with Miss Johnson, our SENCO, Cardinal Vincent Nichols will lead a delegation of seventeen English and Welsh Bishops and the Prince of Wales will also…
Lower IV Poets
Chiswick Young People’s Poetry Competition. We value poetry at St Augustine’s Priory and our record of prize-winners in competition is outstanding. This year Lower IV showed the way and Hannah, Lower IV Alpha, here writes of her experience of the award ceremony at the 2019 Chiswick Young People’s Poetry Competition. ‘On 13th September Hala, Alexandra…