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Priory Post 87 – Your Life You Choose
Your Life You Choose Citizenship Day at St Augustine’s Priory On Tuesday 3rd February St Augustine’s Priory’s Form III welcomed Year 7 of Clifton Lodge and Durston House to ‘Your Life, You Choose’ a citizenship day about young people and their choices. We have hosted Your Life You Choose at St Augustine’s Priory for several…
Priory Post 88 – Welcome Yusra Al-Jumaily!
Welcome Yusra Al-Jumaily! Past pupil returns for teaching module This term we welcome back Yusra Al-Jumaily who is now in her final year at Queen Mary University, London, where she is studying Hispanic Studies with Business Management. Yusra, who left after taking her A Levels in July 2011, is now on a teaching placement module,…
Priory Post 90 – Bear Hunt!
Bear Hunt! Nursery and Prep I gather round the camp fire Last week, on Thursday 12th February, Nursery and Prep I took full advantage of our Forest School and went on a bear hunt. This involved wrapping up warmly, trekking to the Prep Meadow, setting up camp, building a camp fire (actually Mr Smith and…
Priory Post 91 – Feast Day 2015
Feast Day 2015 Celebrating One Hundred Years of Faith Friday 13th February saw our annual celebration of Feast Day. During the years the religious community resided here it was a celebration of Reverend Mother’s Feast Day, and is now celebrated as the School’s Feast Day. Founded in 1634 in France and arriving in England in…
Priory Post 92 – Coffee and Cakes
Coffee and Cakes World Cancer Day 2015 On Wednesday 4th February we invited parents to join us for Coffee and Cakes in the Pupils’ Refectory to mark World Cancer Day 2015. This event was organised by one of our parents to raise awareness of, and support for, World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day’s website states…
Priory Post 93 – Careers Day
Careers Day Upper IV prepare for GCSEs and beyond On Tuesday 27th January, Upper IV took part in Careers Day which is designed to help the girls prepare for life following school and university. Here, Amanpreet Bains, Upper IVA, gives an account of the day. ‘Careers Day gave us an insight into the preparation needed…
Priory Post 94 – Peter Pan
Peter Pan Preps II and III visit Neverland on 28th January It must be admitted that Preps II and III didn’t travel quite as far as Neverland on Wednesday 28th January, but only as far as Wimbledon where they enjoyed a production of J M Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’ at the Polka Theatre. Opened in 1979,…
Priory Post 95 – Marvellous Maths!
Marvellous Maths! Success in 2015 Intermediate Maths Challenge Our pupils have achieved superb results in this year’s Intermediate Maths Challenge. Mrs Bennet fills us in on the details: ‘The Intermediate Challenge is an annual event, organised by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT), aimed at pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11 (Upper IV, Lower V,…
Priory Post 96 – The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors The Excitement Mounts! It’s nearly time for our Senior School production of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ which will be performed in the main playhouse of The Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing W5, on three nights: Thursday 26th, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th February at 7.30 pm. Under the leadership…
Priory Post 97 – Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight 23rd February – 8th March For the next two weeks try and swap your normal bananas for life changing Fairtrade bananas. OK, they may not change your life but they can change the life of the workers who grow and pick them. 70% of the world’s food is produced by 500 million smallholder…