New publication. Having just celebrated our Book Week with some stupendous activities, Mr Elder, English Department, highlights an issue very much in the spotlight: ‘As a school we have mental health very much in mind – both in regard to students and ourselves. The charity MIND provides support and funding for support services for those…
Chapel Update… You will remember our One Hundred Years of Faith project to produce kneelers for our Chapel, started in 2015; twelve small and one long kneeler. Well, the exciting news is that eleven of the small kneelers have been completed and we are awaiting completion of the twelfth, and then it’s on to the…
A Date for your Diary! The Parents’ Committee is holding another wonderful evening on Friday 16th March. ‘A Quizzical Evening’ will test your ability to mine the darkest recesses of your memories for those items of trivia you have stashed away for that rainy day. What is the capital of Iceland? How many children did…
A School Community. The Lent Half Term began, as always, with our school’s Feast Day on Friday 9th February. Originally held on the Feast Day of Reverend Mother, this is a tradition which reaches back many years into the history of St Augustine’s Priory, when the school was in France. At the beginning of the…
Tea Time for T-Pex If you would like a career in veterinary science, or yearn to be a zookeeper or a biologist, here at St Augustine’s Priory we can certainly assist with your career choices by enabling you to have hands-on experience with some of our own livestock. We now have a thriving farm with…
Ignatian Spirituality This year Ash Wednesday falls during our Half Term. Mrs McDermott, Head of Religious Studies, draws our attention to a website which invites us to reflect on each day of Lent as we go through the Lenten journey. This is a way of praying the Examen throughout Lent with materials provided by Fr…
Splendid Productions Antigone Workshop. Drama is a wonderfully creative subject and allows pupils the opportunity to take part in some exciting workshops. Here, Ms Brown, Head of Drama, talks about the Splendid Productions workshop on Antigone, one of the texts studied. ‘On Saturday 27th January, Splendid Productions theatre company director, Kerry Frampton, delivered a workshop on Jean Anouilh’s Antigone to…
English Literature to the fore. English Literature is full of glorious gems – from Shakespeare to Austen, from Chaucer to Hilary Mantel, books enrich all our lives. But this term, Form III have explored even deeper. Form III have been studying what is possibly the oldest surviving long poem in Old English: Beowulf. Its date…
Presentations on a variety of topics. Serena Gray, Upper VI, is one of many of our Priory 6 who have decided to take an EPQ. An Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a qualification which students can choose to take and is the equivalent to half an A Level. This is a long-standing programme at St Augustine’s Priory…
Mother Mary Francis. Marking the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act granting some women the right to vote in 1918 brought back memories of our own suffragette at St Augustine’s Priory. Mother Mary Francis, a strong, hyper-intelligent woman, was a member of the community of Augustinian Canonesses of the Lateran…
