Healthy Eating at St Augustine’s Priory The humble apple has for thousands of years wormed its way into our hearts and our stomachs. And this week has seen Holroyd Howe, our school caterers, seek to enlighten us on all things apple. With a display in the cloisters of a variety of apple varieties and a…
To challenge and inspire is part of the remit for our speaker programme for Priory 6 and this certainly was the case with a recent visitor to St Augustine’s Priory. Mrs Cotton, Deputy Head, Seniors comments on this speaker: “We were fortunate on 18th October to have Professor Gerry Thomas of Imperial College London come to speak to…
The Soton Cypher Challenge Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, announces some exciting news from the Cipher Club: ‘Cybersecurity is often in the news. This week, the government announced a free training course in London for people looking for a career change to become codebreakers as part of its £1.9 billion National Cybersecurity Programme. In a…
Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home Our celebrations of the one year anniversary marking the publication of the papal encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home’, has resulted in a wonderful and surprise response from the Vatican. In the Summer Term we held a ‘Laudato Si’ week, celebrating Pope Francis’ call…
A Stitch in Time We were delighted when the Summer edition of The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) magazine featured our ‘A Stitch in Time’ project, the project for the upholstering of our Chapel kneelers which our Head of Art, Miss Eng, has led and organised from its inception. Pupils take part in the embroidering of…
Mathematics Masterclasses Mrs Bennet, Head of Mathematics, writes about one of the opportunities available for the young mathematicians in Upper IV. ‘Each year, we are lucky enough to be invited by the Royal Institution to nominate pupils in Upper IV to participate in a series of Saturday morning masterclasses in Mathematics. This year we have…
The Week of Monday 7th November Mr Salmon, Science Department, has prepared another programme of extension opportunities for our Sixth Form (and their parents!)for the week commencing Monday 7th November, with links attached. From Science, to Hebrew inscriptions to the natural world these talks provide exciting opportunities to discover subjects you may not normally think…
“I’ll grow it back anyway!” These unassuming words of Aneae Rodriguez, Upper VI, represent so effortlessly the outlook that girls at St Augustine’s Priory develop as they grow; selfless, down to earth girls with their feet so firmly on the ground when it comes to considering others. “My motivation to cut my hair was somewhat…
The Fire of Faith The privilege of being able to celebrate Mass in the Chapel at St Augustine’s Priory is never taken for granted. We are fortunate to be able to have a school Mass every week on the premises and are very grateful to the priests who say Mass for us. Fr Thomas is…
Mrs K Bhatti, School Librarian We welcome this term our new School Librarian, Miss Bhatti, who here introduces herself: ‘Dear Staff, Parents and Students, I am Karen Bhatti, your new School Librarian. I have worked within an educational organisation as a School Librarian for 16 years. I enjoy working with children and young adults and…
