Poetry to the fore. Monday 22nd June 2020 sees National Windrush Day, a day to honour the British Caribbean community and celebrate the arrival of the passenger liner, the Empire Windrush, which, in 1948, arrived in London with Caribbean migrants who had come to help rebuild the UK after World War II. On a beautiful…
Being peaceful in times of uncertainty. Here we have another contribution from Lower VI, which has been produced through remote learning. Emily Delargy, Lower VI, here speaks about Pax Christi – her final paragraph resonates sharply with the times we live in and the contribution we can all make. ‘Pax Christi International is an international…
Ten Ten Resources. Ten Ten Theatre Company, a professional Catholic theatre company which has often visited St Augustine’s Priory, has prepared resources for us all to use at this time. We are attaching the following prayers and are grateful to Ten Ten for them. We do hope you find them of use. …
The grounds wake from winter. The grounds at St Augustine’s Priory are beautifully coming into their own with Spring definitely in the air. Daffodils, the heralds of Spring, are trumpeting the new season and blossoms and buds are running riot. It seems strange to see the grounds and animals at St Augustine’s Priory without…
Pax Christi. Lower VI has not let the grass grow under their feet. In today’s remote learning lesson (24th March), Mrs McDermott, Head of R.E., gave them a mission to research and write about Pax Christi, the international organisation which works for peace based on the gospel. Over the last half term Priory 6 has…
Priory 6 and Trusted Friends. Ljilja Vincic is one of three Priory pupils participating in the Ethical Leadership programme. They are involved in designing projects which will recognise and develop their leadership qualities and skills for life. The Ethical Leadership Programme is a student-focused qualification designed to recognise character skills and leadership qualities, while enabling…
UK Space Design Competition 2020 finals. Marie Corsini, past pupil, engineer, and an enormous guide and mentor to our Priory 6 scientists, reports on the UK Space Design Competition finals, held at Imperial College London on the weekend of 14th and 15th March 2020, which came at the end of our own STEAM week. ‘On…
An afternoon of French culture! Monday 9th March saw Upper I visit the André Malraux School for an afternoon of French culture. Ms Gandi, Teacher of French and Spanish reports on their visit: ‘On Monday afternoon we went to the French Primary school André Malraux in Hanwell. Upper I had previously exchanged some information about themselves…
Visit of Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The visit of author Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Friday 13th March was an amazing finale to the previous week’s celebrations of Book Week and World Book Day. Mr Cottrell-Boyce has written sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, won the 2004 Carnegie Medal for ‘Millions’ and the 2012 Guardian Prize for ‘The Unforgotten…
The Final. Tuesday 10th March saw the Final of the 2020 Ealing Teen Read at Dormers Wells School which was attended by many of our Ealing Teen Readers, Mrs Bhatti, Mr Elder, Mrs King and Mrs George. As Mrs Bhatti, School Librarian, commented, ‘The Ealing Teen Read 2020 has been an amazing journey through the…
