The leader’s perspective. Role models are as relevant to young people today as they have ever been. The constant vying of ‘celebrities’ to monopolise young people’s attention makes it difficult to identify a ‘role model’. What now is our definition? Surely society’s paradigm of the ideal… does not comprise merely a presence on Sky Atlantic….
A focus on the Mass More news from our Director of Music, Mr Martin, re musical news this week: ‘The Summer Term has got off to a fine start and congratulations are due to all the girls who took an ABRSM instrumental exam last term. It was an excellent set of results with a 100%…
What does it mean to be British? ‘I do not like tea, it is disgusting!’ So states a member of Lower I in this ground-breaking video on what it means to be British, produced by the pupils and their teacher, Mrs Van Der Merwe. The girls voice their support for the shared values of the…
Visit to Sandringham On Wednesday 20th April Upper I and Lower II left St Augustine’s Priory to go on a residential two day visit to Kingswood in Norfolk where they planned to take part in various adventurous activities. However… on the way they stopped at Sandringham, the Norfolk country estate of The Queen. They…
The next chapter Schools exist for young people. It follows then that the involvement of young people in the leadership of academic institutions is not only sensible, but necessary. By providing girls with greater ownership of their educational experience, we ensure they develop the skills to manage their own direction in life, which in a…
Melodies abound during the Summer Term Mr Martin, Director of Music, looks back on the Spring Concert at the end of the Lent Term and reports on the events we can look forward to this Summer Term. ‘Last term’s stand-out musical event at St Augustine’s Priory was the end-of-term Spring Concert, and what a magnificent…
Lower IV girls run the Junior London Mini Marathon Pupils raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital At 6.30am next Sunday morning, 24th April, Lizzy Higham and Mia Simpson, Lower IV Alpha, have an early start to the day. They will be at Ealing Town Hall ready to be transported to central London to run…
Introducing Erin Costello Amid lessons, exam preparation, coursework submission and revision, the pace with which Summer Term begins leaves little time for merriment. However, an air of excitement has filled the halls this week since the announcement of students newly elected to the Sixth Form Leadership Team. Head Girl Elect, Erin Costello, certainly shares this…
Lent Collection feeds thousands with fish The final newsletter of Lent Term commenced with a message from Mrs Raffray which highlighted the many freedoms we in the UK enjoy and which other people, in other places, are not so fortunate to experience. The backdrop to this reflection was a Monday morning assembly in which the…
History visit Visits to sites of interest broaden the girls’ appreciation and understanding of their curriculum subjects and help to bring alive the topics studied. As an example of this, in the last week of the Lent Term, on Monday 21st March, Upper I visited the British Museum to conduct historical research in the Anglo…
