Category: Sixth Form
Power for Good
One kind word can change someone’s entire day For Anti-Bullying week this year, held last week, Senior Form Teacher Miss O’Brien organised an activity to help highlight the ways in which we can prevent and respond to bullying. The week, annually held in November, is a great way to take a stand against bullying, promote positive messages about…
Refugees and Red Wednesday
Priory 6 and freedom of faith Aid to the Church in Need’s ‘Red Wednesday’ was on 23rd November, a campaign for those who have suffered because of their religion. At St Augustine’s Priory many Senior students and staff supported this by wearing red throughout the day. This was an amazing way to raise awareness of…
Music@1: a Musical Staff
Music Department news Dr Higgins, Director of Music, writes about the Music@1 concert which took place last Friday, 18th November, bringing to light the musical talents of two of our members of staff: ‘Friday 18th November saw our third Music@1 concert take place in the Chapel. This time our performers were Mrs Cotton and Mrs…
Young Enterprise 2016
Lower VI and ‘Dexterity’ Equipping girls for life is part of our mission at St Augustine’s Priory and the Priory 6 participation in Young Enterprise certainly does that. The website for the charity states, ‘Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading charity that empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills. We make the…
Priory 6 Careers Talk – Barbara Marino
Engineering, Construction, and Health and Safety When Barbara Marino visited Priory 6 last Thursday 17th November, she told the girls that she has two jobs; one as a St Augustine’s mother, and the other as a civil engineer. Dr Marino started by reminding the girls to take care and to always be observant of signs…
Meeting Members of Staff…
Lisa McMullin, LAMDA Teacher Ms Lisa McMullin is joining our team of LAMDA teachers and here introduces herself: ‘I’m delighted to be joining St Augustine’s Priory as a LAMDA teacher. The staff and students seem absolutely delightful! I’ve been teaching drama in schools in the UK for over a decade and am currently also joint…
Priory Purpose does ‘Fright Night’
An evening of scariness for charity Friday 18th November saw Priory Purpose hold ‘Fright Night’, an evening of eeriness at St Augustine’s Priory. Through this event Priory Purpose, our Sixth Form’s initiative to fundraise for charity, raised over £300 for Renewable World, a charity dedicated to providing renewable and affordable energy services in developing countries….
Seniors Spiralling for Haiti
Money raised for Oxfam appeal In early October Hurricane Matthew swept through Haiti causing devastation and death; the exact number killed is not known, but is thought to be near 1,000. Several members of our Sixth Form decided to respond to this natural disaster by raising money in the Senior School for the Oxfam Haiti…
What’s On for Priory 6
The Week of Monday 21st November Here are some fascinating extra-curricular events for those in Priory 6 (and their parents!) for the week commencing Monday 21st November, with links attached. Prepared by Mr Salmon, they cover topics as diverse as allergies, ivory poaching and synthetic biology. Monday 21st November Haldon Range Dam earthquake damage, New…
“The secret to beauty is simple – be who you are”, Bobbi Brown
We recently had the pleasure of hosting two makeup artists, trained at the world-famous Delamar Academy in Ealing Film Studios, to help out for the duration of a photography shoot for our next school prospectus. Tarah and Vicky arrived at 7 30 am each morning, smiling and animated, to ensure that Mrs Raffray and anybody…