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Open hearts. Brave spirits. Visionary people.
In an age where we are taught to distrust strangers, where schools regularly receive nasty alerts of real life dangers to children, it is important to remember that there is also a place for pushing at open doors and knocking on closed ones. All too often schools tell parents “your child just needs some confidence”…
A Watching Brief
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the Alzheimer’s Society, all prompted by a 1979 radio broadcast by Professor Davison on his research into Alzheimer’s disease. A former carer, Cora Phillips, contacted him to set up a charity and Professor Davison put Cora in touch with Professor Gordon Wilcock who had contacted him about the…
The UKI Chess Championships 2019
Show off your chess skills at the UKI Girls and Boys Chess Championships! The UKI Girls and Boys Chess Championships will be held on Sunday 9th June at Sandown Racecourse, Portsmouth Rd, Esher KT10 9AJ. This will be an individual competition as well as a school team competition; the competition is open to all children…
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals Book Awards
Last week Miss Bhatti, our School Librarian visited Prep I, II and III and explained the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book Awards to the three classes. She brought a class set of the five shortlisted books and read one of the books to the girls. Prep III listened to the story of The Wolf, The Duck…
Prep I Ballet Display
On Wednesday 15th May, Prep I treated Miss Keane, Miss Corr, Miss Beaman and their parents to a wonderful display of ballet, showing us what they had learnt in their weekly ballet lessons this year with specialist teacher Ms Perry. All the girls were dressed in their pink tutus and ballet shoes as they showed us…
Lambs in the City
This is a shaggy dog story. It is Easter, which is possibly one of the loveliest times of the year. The days are lengthening, Spring flowers surprise you, birds sing again, wild garlic proliferates and every year I plan to use those delicious leaves for some kind of foraging recipe. Easter is also when I…
Prep I benefits from outstanding teaching
Nursery and Prep I enjoy the Forest School. Prep I at St Augustine’s Priory is an excellent place for any girl to begin her academic career. It benefits from outstanding teaching, weekly outdoor lessons in our extensive grounds and a rich and stimulating curriculum. The pupils in Prep I are currently making exceptional progress in Literacy….
The Seniors visit France
A wonderful exchange programme. Lower IV pupils Elodie King, Freya Ellis and Ionela Diaconu here share with us their experiences during their recent visit to Paris as part of our exchange programme with our sister school, Ste Marie de Neuilly. ‘From 30th January to 2nd February, we took part in the French exchange visit to…
E-Safety: Being aware
Our digital environment. On the evening of Wednesday 13th February evening we welcomed e-Safe speaker Alison Strange to St Augustine’s Priory. Alison gave an informative talk to parents on e-safety. She raised awareness of some of the risks of the digital environment that children face today and offered practical advice and strategies for minimising these…
Competition: Win a free place at Perform Drama School
Perform are running a competition to win 2 FREE PLACES for their EALING classes at St Barnabas Hall, Pitshanger Lane. The classes are every Tuesday at 4pm. Perform is a different type of drama school and uses unique mix of drama, dance and singing to bring out every child’s true potential. With a unique curriculum…