On Tuesday 17th October 2017 Anastasia Pollard came to St Augustine’s Priory to give staff and students a live 4-hour portrait painting demonstration. Anastasia studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Florence Academy of Art. Her work has been seen in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and was previously…
Mashan Marri and Isabella Ju of Lower VI write about their recent trip into central London. ‘On Wednesday 4th October the Upper V and Priory 6 Art and Photography students went to visit two galleries: The Photographer’s Gallery and Jerwood Space – we were also lucky enough to spontaneously fit in another gallery visit to…
Shakespeare Schools Festival The national Shakespeare Schools Festival provides a valuable opportunity for pupils to work on a production, whether through acting or backstage, bring it to fruition and perform it in front of an audience. This year the St Augustine’s Priory production is Macbeth and will be performed at the Watermans Arts Centre on…
New film of St Augustine’s Priory Now available to see on the St Augustine’s Priory website (and also on YouTube) – our new film! Giving a bird’s eye view of the school with its amazing grounds and taking the viewer through the variety of life at St Augustine’s Priory, this new film was premiered at…
World Mental Health Day 2017 “Tomorrow is World Mental Health day and one way to promote positive mental health is through being kind to others!” Miss Kumarasinghe told us on Monday. Our Head of Senior PSHEE, Miss Kumarasinghe, led a whole school initiative on Tuesday 10th October to get everyone involved in and aware of…
Our third Careers Speaker of the term, Managing Director of Sizebreed Group, Darren Size, brought with him two female colleagues to help him to encourage our young women to consider the construction industry for a career. Mr Size explained that he wanted to come and talk to St Augustine’s Priory girls because he is proud…
Government and Politics comes alive London is a wonderful city in which to study Government and Politics for A Level. The opportunities for field visits are boundless and here Portia Laryea-Adu, Lower VI, describes her recent visit to the House of Commons: ‘On 10th October, the Priory 6 Government and Politics A Level students travelled…
St Augustine’s Priory – the best Catholic education for girls in London. ‘Our school is founded on St Augustine’s premise that when we are happy we learn well. I am glad to say that Educational Psychologists have caught up with St Augustine. Our great joy is the girls with whom we work. I hope you…
Artists raise funds for Centrepoint One of the highlights of the Summer Term at St Augustine’s Priory is the Arts Evening which showcases our pupils’ work in art, drama, poetry and music. The work of our GCSE and A Level artists is exhibited and souvenir postcards of the work are produced and sold on the…
Portia Laryea-Adu of Lower VI writes about last week’s visit from Dr Jacqui Ince. “On Thursday 28th September, Upper V and Priory 6 had the honour of meeting Jacqui Ince, a consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Medicine and Educator at the Royal College of Physicians. Dr Ince informed us through her wonderful presentation about her…
