Cheerleading achievements. St Augustine’s Priory’s cheerleading team, ‘Dynamite’, is having a very successful season. Combining acrobatics and dance and involving energy, enthusiasm and very hard work, our team is going from strength to strength. Our Director of Sport, Mrs Gosling, reports on their achievements, ‘At the end of April, Dynamite came second out of seven…
Nile Lodge Playgroup visits St Augustine’s Priory. There was great excitement on the morning of Wednesday 11th May, as the Nursery pupils from Nile Lodge Playgroup came to visit the Priory Farm! The Sisters, parents and children all came and met the chickens, ducks and, of course, our new lambs. Our Farm Managers were on…
Du gâteau, des gâteaux! Form IIIA, Form III Alpha and Form III Aleph have all been involved recently in a cooking project that not only served to improve and expand their French vocabulary and encouraged new IT skills, but also resulted in some delicious cakes! Ms Assémat here reports on the project: ‘Du gâteau, des…
To Whom It May Concern. In this Easter season, Mrs McDermott posed the following question to Form III in their Religious Education lessons: ‘Write an explanation of your views and conclusions about Jesus’ missing body’. This was to take the form of an official report and Aneet decided to write a police report, outlining her…
Journeying and Thanksgiving. The Upper V Thanksgiving Liturgy took place today, Friday 6th May, an event which saw Upper V pupils bid farewell for the summer as they embark on their study leave prior to their GCSEs before embarking on their A Levels in September. This is the first year group for two years, owing…
Education, Spirituality, Church and the Feminine. On Thursday 28th April Mrs Raffray was guest speaker at the National Board of Catholic Women (NBCW). This was a wonderful opportunity and Mrs Raffray seized it with both hands, speaking on ‘Education, Spirituality, Church and the Feminine’, an extraordinarily inspirational talk. The NBCW says, ‘As a body with…
A new team takes position. The new Priory Sixth leadership team for 2022-2023 has been announced and the Priory Sixth pupils who have been appointed are eager to begin their work. The Priory Sixth team they are taking over from has done remarkable work over the past year and we look forward to working with…
Four causes to support. Our annual Charities Week, held at the end of the last half term raised a wonderful £4,267.10 for the four House charities. This is a wonderful amount which will be divided amongst MIND, the mental health charity; the Down’s Syndrome Association; SightSavers, the international charity which works to eliminate avoidable blindness…
St Oscar Romero and Abraham. Ms Corkery, Head of Religious Studies, tells us of the researches Lower IV have been undertaking in R.E.: “Lower IV have been busy studying the topic of conscience and St Oscar Romero recently. They have also been designing their own El Salvadorian crosses, inspired by their own communities, background, culture,…
The Priory Farm produces. ‘Six lambs in six days!’ was Farm Manager’s Freya’s comment on the recent hive of activity in the Priory Farm. Spring has definitely arrived at St Augustine’s Priory as Priory Sixthformer Freya’s pictures show. Visitors are plentiful to see the newborns, who are very quickly finding their feet and enjoying life….
