April blossoms. ‘The flowers appear on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree is forming its first figs And the blossoming vines give out their fragrance.’ (The Song of Songs, Chapter 2, v 12 – 13a) As our Summer Term…
Faith Life at St Augustine’s Priory. Our Holy Week at St Augustine’s Priory started with a joyous Palm Sunday procession on Tuesday with children from the Nursery to Preps waving their handmade Palm Leaves and greeting Jesus as he made his way into Jerusalem on a donkey. Starting with a prayer service the children processed…
A Level Government and Politics. Thursday 21st March saw the Sixth Form Politics students venture into London to explore the courts. Mr Murphy, Director of Sixth Form, UCAS, takes up the story: ‘On 21st March, the Sixth Form Politics students spent a day immersed in the British legal system. In the morning, we visited the Supreme…
A Level History lectures. Hearing expert speakers and the latest ideas relating to their studies is all part and parcel of life at St Augustine’s Priory and this was in evidence last Wednesday, 21st March, when our A Level Historians attended lectures in Central London given by historian Dominic Sandbrook and Dr Robert Saunders, Queen…
Mrs A Ross. We welcome Mrs Ross, who has recently joined St Augustine’s Priory as a member of our administrative team. “I came from a legal background; I studied at Bournemouth University and practiced Family Law in the city. I moved to work with a company that is the largest private provider of schools in…
Veterinary Science explored. Dr Joanna Jerjis was our speaker at the latest Priory 6 Careers’ talk. A variety of speakers visit throughout the year to enable enable our Priory 6 students to gain an insight into various career options. Katya Beniatian, Lower VI, here reports: ‘For our Careers talk on 8th March, we were visited…
Supporting the Down’s Syndrome Association. They came in all designs and colours, some patterned, some plain, but crazy and odd socks hit St Augustine’s Priory with a vengeance today, 21st March, to celebrate World Down’s Syndrome Day. In an initiative by pupils in Lower IV and Upper I the crazy socks craze hit everyone from…
A weekly privilege. We are fortunate to be able to hold our weekly Mass in our Chapel every week. Each Form takes it in turns to organise the Mass by choosing the hymns, reading, serving at the altar, playing Music, taking up the Offertory gifts and, of course, composing and reading their own Prayers of…
Student’s work displayed in exhibition. We are delighted to announce that the work of Daniela Cebotari, Priory 6 Photography student, will be featured in an exhibition this week of at the Espacio Gallery (159 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 7DG). Daniela entered ‘The Bigger Picture’ photography competition and her entry was commended by the judges,…
An invitation to support education. In a recent Priory Post article we spoke of how Ms de Lahitte, teacher of Spanish, runs an initiative to support Fundación Anpuy, an organisation which provides educational and social opportunities for children, adolescents and young people from deprived backgrounds. On Thursday 22nd March at 4.00pm the Modern Languages…
