The Catholic Children’s Society. At Senior Assembly on Monday this week we were visited by Ms K Waring from the Catholic Children’s Society, the organisation we will be supporting throughout Lent via the collection boxes which have been distributed one to each class. The CCS supports disadvantaged children and families across London, Hertfordshire and the…
A useful guide. Ms Burrell and Mrs Pugh, Science Department, have provided a handy guide to a very current issue, the coronavirus, aka COVID-19. As they say, ‘we have produced this so that girls are able to interpret the headlines on the virus correctly and properly look after themselves’. We hope that you find it…
The Wonder of Words. St Augustine’s Priory has a long link with authors starting with George Sand (real name Aurore Dupin), the nineteenth century French novelist who attended the school when it was in Paris. Fast forward to the twenty-first century and award-winning poet Mona Arshi is an Augustinian parent and award-winning poet Neil Elder…
Whole School Involvement From the Nursery right through to Upper VI, all at St Augustine’s Priory were involved in Wellness Week 2020. A host of activities took place, starting on Monday 10th February when Priory 6 students visited the Nursery to talk about how to look after ourselves and each other. Ms Hagerty led a…
TES Independent School Awards 2020 We were delighted when, last Friday, 7th February, St Augustine’s Priory won the TES Student Initiative of the Year at the TES Independent School Awards 2020. A Priory 6 student initiative to tackle period poverty captured the judges’ attention. Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual…
‘Mary Poppins’ Theatre visits offer an inspirational way to bring drama lessons to life, to explore the world of theatre which comes alive when plays are performed in front of an audience. Emily Delargy, the St Augustine’s Priory 16+ Drama Scholar, reports on the recent theatre visit of Senior pupils to see ‘Mary Poppins’: ‘On…
A celebration of life. Next week sees the St Augustine’s Priory Wellness Week which this year has as its theme Women’s Rights: Taking Action, focussing on the wholeness of the human being. Many events are planned. Among them there will be a session on ‘Women and the Word’ for Priory 6 which will take as…
Learning about Life. Mr Ferguson, History teacher and PSHEE Co-ordinator, has once again organised a term of excellent careers speakers. Beginning on 30th January with Ms Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO British Business Investments, CEO British Patient Capital, Ms Lewis La Torre took us through her career in finance after graduating with a degree in…
Swimming for Success. Mr Harnett is known as a significant member of the Mathematics Department, but less well known is his involvement with the swimming team. A national swimmer in his teens, specialising in the Butterfly Stroke, Mr Harnett qualified as a coach when he was sixteen and coached from then and all through his…
Ms N Chandler. This term we have been delighted to welcome Ms N Chandler, who joined us as PA to the Bursar plus having responsibility for HR compliance. Ms Chandler is a past pupil of St Augustine’s Priory and has fond memories of her time here. After working in retail for eleven years and several…
