Category: Whole School

Confirmation Mass 2021

27th May 2021

Upper IV and Lower V celebrate. Mass was live streamed to the families of girls in Upper IV and Lower V this week who are celebrating making their Confirmation this year or who had received the sacrament last year.  Other participants in this week’s Mass were the Liturgy Prefects from Form III to Lower V,…

The Unicorn School come to visit

27th May 2021

Enthusiastic visitors to Priory Farm. We were all delighted to welcome the Reception class from the Unicorn School, Kew, on 26th May who came to visit the Priory Farm.  Mr Raffray was on hand to lead the children around the school, starting with our sheep.  The sheep were as enthusiastic as our visitors as they…

Priory 6 finalists

27th May 2021

The ICAEW BASE Challenge. We reported back in March how pupils in Lower VI took part in the BASE challenge organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).  They worked in groups of three to four to solve online problems put together presentations in response to case studies they researched. We…

Upper IV Historians

27th May 2021

Researching the marginalised. Mrs Lunn, History Department, here describes the recent work of Upper IV Aleph: ‘Before embarking on their GCSE courses after half-term, Upper IV Aleph have spent their last History lessons focusing on personal histories of colonial troops who fought for Britain during The First World War. Students were inspired by the Imperial…

An exciting Half Term activity for Preps

27th May 2021

‘Don’t Tell Grandma’ Exciting news from Amy Perry, our Ballet and Musical Theatre teacher, on a Half Term activity that we know everyone will enjoy. Ms Perry is in rehearsals for a show which is on next week at the Chiswick Playhouse and many of her pupils are fans of the theatre and we know…

Form III Mathematicians

21st May 2021

Hyperbolic crochet. Mrs Bennet, Head of Mathematics, has been enthusiastically introducing Form III to hyperbolic crochet, resulting in some very beautiful work.  She explains: ‘What is hyperbolic space? We are used to the idea that two parallel lines will never converge and will always be the same distance apart.  In hyperbolic  geometry, parallel lines converge…

Taking delivery

21st May 2021

Our new residents. This week the Priory Farm took delivery of two new residents:  two beautiful Oxford Sandy and Black piglets.  The Oxford Sandy and Black is a rare, traditional breed of pig and nearly became extinct twenty years ago.  The eight week old piglets became instant favourites with girls and staff and soon settled…

Prep I Ballet Display

21st May 2021

A dancing extravaganza. On Wednesday the Prep I Ballet Display took place.  This was a triumphant production all round with the dancers demonstrating all that they had learnt during this year. Performing to popular music, this production was live streamed to Prep I families so that they could enjoy all the dancing.  Congratulations to everyone…

Upper II couturiers

21st May 2021

Uniforms galore. The Modern Languages Department set a challenge for the girls in Upper II recently.  As Ms Gandi reports, ‘Upper II have been learning about clothes and colours. They then accepted the challenge to create a school uniform and describe it – in French! We had an exhibition of their uniforms in the Marquee…

Walk to School Week

20th May 2021

Wacky Walking Wednesday. Wacky Walking Wednesday is always a great hit, pupils celebrate Walk to School Week with an array of wacky shoes.  Their imagination and skill at transforming ordinary shoes into works of art are always an inspiration.  Here, we show some of the wonderful ideas that have materialised in school this week!  From…

Strengthening Our Community: The Return of Boys to our Preps and Pre-Preps

We are excited to share that, from September 2026, boys will begin moving up from our Nursery into Reception, marking the gradual reintroduction of boys into our Prep and Pre-Prep School.

This step reflects growing interest from families who value our strong holistic ethos and unique grounds and setting and would like their sons and daughters to share their educational journey together.

At St Augustine’s, our strong sense of community, academic excellence, and deep care for each individual child remain at the heart of everything we do. This is a natural evolution of our school rather than a change to who we are, building on our strengths and allowing us to offer the same joyful, inspiring education to even more children.