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Wellness Week
Time to draw breath. After a busy first half of the Lent Term, the week just before Half Term was a welcome respite to create space for mind, body and soul – the theme for St Augustine’s Priory this year and the theme for our Wellness Week. Fittingly, the week began with a time of…
The Nursery celebrate
St David’s Day and Shrove Tuesday. Mrs Nikolova reports that the Nursery held a magnificent St David’s Day on 1st March. The patron saint of Wales was truly commemorated when the pupils had an R.E. circle time, led by Mrs Aragon, about St David’s Day, Shrove Tuesday and Lent. The children painted daffodils for…
Lower IV journalist
The Flight From Egypt. Giorgia in Lower IV combined a journalistic skill with knowledge of R.E. in a recent assignment. Here she tells us of the Exodus – the flight of the Israelites from Egypt. However, Giorgia gave a twist to the traditional telling by challenging herself to write it from the Egyptian perspective. Mrs…
Seniors and the Inclusion Committee
Faith and Belief Forum. St Augustine’s Priory has been proud to have been a member of the Faith and Belief Forum for many years. It was founded in 1997 as the Three Faiths Forum, changing its name to the Faith and Belief Forum in 2018. They work towards ‘a connected and supportive society where people…
Art and R.E.
Creating Space. Over the last two thousand years there have been a multitude of images of Jesus created in art, and here Freya in Form III examines one such painting in this essay, taking to heart our year’s theme of ‘Creating Space’: ‘One of the reasons I chose this picture is because of the fabulous…
Feast Day 2022
A day to celebrate. Our Feast Day took place just before Half Term on Wednesday 9th February. The school gathered for The Wishing at the beginning of the day when speeches from our Head Girl and the House Captains were well received. During The Wishing, the Catherine Aylward Award winners were announced. This award commemorates…
GCSE artists visit the National Gallery
A day of artistic study. On 26th January, our GCSE artists went on a field visit to the National Gallery. Here, Cici in Upper V, tells us of their day: ‘On 26th January, I went on the art visit to The National Gallery with the other GCSE art students, accompanied by Mrs Mackay and Mrs…
Upper I Fantastic ‘Pantastic’
A wonderfully dramatic production. ‘Utterly fantastic’. This was the verdict on the Upper I production which took place on Thursday 3rd February. ‘Pantastic – the Peter Pan musical’ by Matthew Crossey and Tom Kirkham was the ideal production for our talented and hard-working Upper I pupils. With energy and enthusiasm, they conveyed the classic story…
Senior playwrights conduct research
‘Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of). Ms Brown, Head of Drama, tells how research is fundamental to playwriting: ‘On Wednesday 2nd February, twelve pupils from Upper IV – Upper V went to see the production of ‘Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)’ by Isobel McArthur at the Criterion theatre. This retelling of Jane Austen’s glorious book ‘is…
Looking forward to Book Week
Literary News. With an eye on our soon-to-begin journey into our Book Week next week, and the visits of authors Sylvia Bishop and Sita Brahmachari, we thought you would be interested in reading the following review of Mr Elder’s recent publication. ‘Like This’. Mr Elder, who is Head of our English Department, has published several…