Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson: Gamechanger. If you are ever wondering if – or even how – one person can make a difference, we would like to draw your attention to Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson. Jacqueline Simpson was born in 1919 and for her schooldays attended St Augustine’s Priory and thereafter studied Modern Languages at King’s College, London. And she…
Pope Francis: Gamechanger. Mrs McDermott set girls a homework asking them to research Pope Francis and write an essay explaining why they thought he should be a role model for young people today. Dilichi Dieobi, Upper IVA, produced the following essay ‘From being voted as Time’s Person of the Year for 2013 to sneaking out…
An Ancient Greek Symposium. Mrs Tomlinson, Form Teacher Lower II Alpha, has been leading Lower II through the delights of Ancient Greece during the first half of the Lent Term. To this end, on Thursday 8th February Lower II held an Ancient Greek Symposium. Mrs Tomlinson continues: ‘We held a Greek Symposium (a traditional dinner…
Raising our voices! Miss Westley, Music Department, reports on the wonderful Junior Music Competition which was held on Wednesday 7th February. This was a golden opportunity for Junior girls to compete in their school Houses and enjoy the sounds they make! ‘This term Junior girls have been participating in a Music Competition, which culminated in…
New publication. Having just celebrated our Book Week with some stupendous activities, Mr Elder, English Department, highlights an issue very much in the spotlight: ‘As a school we have mental health very much in mind – both in regard to students and ourselves. The charity MIND provides support and funding for support services for those…
Chapel Update… You will remember our One Hundred Years of Faith project to produce kneelers for our Chapel, started in 2015; twelve small and one long kneeler. Well, the exciting news is that eleven of the small kneelers have been completed and we are awaiting completion of the twelfth, and then it’s on to the…
A Date for your Diary! The Parents’ Committee is holding another wonderful evening on Friday 16th March. ‘A Quizzical Evening’ will test your ability to mine the darkest recesses of your memories for those items of trivia you have stashed away for that rainy day. What is the capital of Iceland? How many children did…
A Time of Transformation. Lent is a time of transformation, when we strive, with God’s help, to undertake the journey that is Lent with a pure heart and a spirit of compassion. We thought we would share this prayer with you today to take with you on this journey to Easter.
Did you know that “whatevs” has entered the English dictionary? You probably knew that “mankini” is used frequently enough to have become a “real” word but did you know that words, which have evolved from texting, have formally been acknowledged? Do you use “Truthiness (n): the quality of seeming or being felt to be true,…
A School Community. The Lent Half Term began, as always, with our school’s Feast Day on Friday 9th February. Originally held on the Feast Day of Reverend Mother, this is a tradition which reaches back many years into the history of St Augustine’s Priory, when the school was in France. At the beginning of the…
