Category: Whole School
Prep III travels to the past
Learning about Florence Nightingale. Prep III historians had a field day on Wednesday 16th March when they visited Gunnersbury Park Museum to meet Florence Nightingale. Miss Algar, Prep III Form Teacher, reports that, ‘We all became part of Florence Nightingale’s story. Some of us became nurses, others, her mother and father and her sister, Parthenope. …
School Officials 2022 – 2023
Leadership Hustings. Upper II to Upper VI and staff gathered in the Badano Hall on Tuesday 15th March for the annual excitement of the leadership hustings. Every year candidates for next year’s school officials set forth their manifestos. Our great current school officials were present to hear what their prospective successors had to say; pupils…
Priory Sixth training
Preparing for lambing. The Priory Farm is a wonderful part of life at St Augustine’s Priory, providing learning opportunities for all ages and we often host other schools who visit and enjoy meeting our animals. A core of farm life is the training of the Priory Farm Managers where pupils from Form III upwards undertake…
Upper II Liturgy Monitors
The Year of St Joseph. Today, Friday 18th March, Miss Keane and our Upper II Liturgy Monitors took part in a special event. Miss Keane reports: ‘Our Upper II Liturgy Monitors, Sophia, Angela, Maia and Bernadette attended a special Mass at Our Lady of St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hanwell today to celebrate the end…
Upper I delves into the past
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings come to St Augustine’s Priory. From the fifth century these islands of Britain played host to the Saxon warriors followed by the Jute and Angle settlers. All three groups settled and fought over the next hundred years or so and then in the eighth century new visitors arrived – the Northmen,…
Baroque Group
A performance for the Society of Heads. We were delighted that our Baroque Group were invited to play at the Society of Heads Conference last week in Cheshire. Mrs Raffray is the Chair of The Society of Heads this year, which is an organisation representing independent schools in the UK and overseas. The three musicians,…
Spring in the grounds
Daffodils and ducks. It is a sure sign that Spring is taking root when the daffodils arrive at St Augustine’s Priory to trumpet Spring’s arrival. The grounds are ablaze with daffodils as they adorn the farm, the Prep Meadow and the Prayer Garden. The ducks are always keen to explore and enjoy the warmer weather…
The Badano Hall
The naming of our temporary Hall. Our new temporary Hall now has a name. Building work is soon to commence at St Augustine’s Priory, adding new spaces to educate and enthuse all who are here. Therefore, we have taken possession of a temporary Hall, which has been put up on the grounds to house clubs,…
Lower II History expedition
Visit to Hampton Court Palace. Lower II historians recently visited one of the UK’s most magnificent historic buildings, Hampton Court Palace. Originally owned by Cardinal Wolsey, chief minister to Henry VIII, it passed to the king when Cardinal Wolsey fell from favour. In the seventeenth century, King William III undertook to rebuild and extend the…
Book Week
Stop Everything – Read. Last week we celebrated Book Week with a feast of literary lusciousness. We welcomed authors Sylvia Bishop and Sita Brahmachari who ran workshops for our very receptive students and Book Character Day was a triumph of staff and pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters. From the works of Beatrix…