On Tuesday 17th October 2017 Anastasia Pollard came to St Augustine’s Priory to give staff and students a live 4-hour portrait painting demonstration. Anastasia studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Florence Academy of Art. Her work has been seen in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and was previously…
A visit to the Amersham Field Centre Learning about Geography and the natural world takes many forms. Whether you are studying a map, learning about the tides and the shoreline, analysing the imports and exports of a given country or examining population distribution, it is important to retain the sense of discovery and excitement that…
Miss Westley tells us about the Prep and Junior School’s visit from musical entertainers Simon Mayor and Hilary James on Thursday 19th October, a great way to end Junior Assessment Week: “On Thursday afternoon the girls enjoyed a lively afternoon of music presented by Hilary James and Simon Mayor. Everybody sang along to lots of…
Congratulations to Miss Naylor Many of you will know Miss Naylor, who works in our Bursary as the Finance and Examinations Assistant. While working at St Augustine’s Priory Miss Naylor has also been studying for her accountancy qualification which she achieved this summer. This has been an incredible journey for Miss Naylor which she writes…
Girls are motivated by 100% scores in Accelerated Reader quizzes Form III girls Naomi Nnatu, Katherine O’Neill and Mattie Green all scored 100% in the Accelerated Reader quizzes they took recently. Funded by our wonderful Parents’ Committee, the Accelerated Reader quizzes not only give pupils immediate online feedback on their reading but build reports that…
Mashan Marri and Isabella Ju of Lower VI write about their recent trip into central London. ‘On Wednesday 4th October the Upper V and Priory 6 Art and Photography students went to visit two galleries: The Photographer’s Gallery and Jerwood Space – we were also lucky enough to spontaneously fit in another gallery visit to…
The Hindu Festival of Lights Prep II Form Teacher, Mrs Costello, tells us about how Prep II and Prep III learnt about the Hindu festival, Diwali, which takes place this week and celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair. ‘This week Preps II and III…
Shakespeare Schools Festival The national Shakespeare Schools Festival provides a valuable opportunity for pupils to work on a production, whether through acting or backstage, bring it to fruition and perform it in front of an audience. This year the St Augustine’s Priory production is Macbeth and will be performed at the Watermans Arts Centre on…
Lower IV Sports Scholars Every week we see our pupils’ enthusiasm for sport take hold as a variety of fixtures are held with schools throughout west and north London, both home and away. This week, in our series of articles on the St Augustine’s Priory Sports Scholars, we focus on the two Sports Scholars in…
New film of St Augustine’s Priory Now available to see on the St Augustine’s Priory website (and also on YouTube) – our new film! Giving a bird’s eye view of the school with its amazing grounds and taking the viewer through the variety of life at St Augustine’s Priory, this new film was premiered at…
