Pinocchio: GCSE Review. ‘On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean.’ This description of their production of Pinocchio on the National Theatre website summarises the plot of Pinocchio, the story…
A visit to the École André Malraux Upper I’s, by now, traditional visit to the École André Malraux in Hanwell took place on Tuesday 23rd January and was a triumph! Ms Gandi reports that ‘Before the visit, we filled in an information card about ourselves in French and we received cards which contained our partners’ profiles…
Cyber Careers Show Mr Dellow, Head of e-Learning and ICT reports on the recent visit of Lower V to the Cyber Careers Show: ‘The cyber security industry in the UK estimates that only 9% of its employees are female. The government and other agencies have responded to this and are offering a wide range of pathways for school…
Reading Matters Reading is a joy and our Junior Book Club make sure they keep up to date with all the latest happenings in the literary world. Voting for your favourite books in the Lollies Book Awards is all part of this and when an invitation arrives to an Awards ceremony – well, you just…
Poetry Matters In November we wrote about the by Mr Elder’s, English Department, forthcoming collection of poetry, ‘Being Present’. This is now hot off the press and published by The Black Light Engine Room Press. Comments have included, ‘Funny and true’ from one reader and ‘Brilliant’ from another! We advise you to get a copy,…
Music Matters. Music encourages imagination, creativity, discipline and, as our website states, ‘ Music is a vital part of a complete education, and at St Augustine’s Priory we encourage each girl to develop her musical skills and interests both in the classroom and through partaking in a range of extra-curricular activities’. Dr Higgins, Director of…
Exhibition of A Level Art Work Following the article last week about the Society of Heads Exhibition on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th January 2018 at the Livery Hall, Guildhall (accessed via the Basinghall Street entrance) we thought we would wet your taste buds with a glimpse of some of the exciting artwork we will…
December 2017 Earlier this week Mrs Raffray, Headteacher of St Augustine’s Priory, sent to all parents the Regulatory Compliance Inspection Report, the result of an inspection held by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in December 2017, in which St Augustine’s Priory was found to be fully compliant. It is a brief report, running only to eight…
Pinhole Photography Workshop Ms Porter, Art Department, here reports on the workshops held by photographer, Lotte Hampson, on Friday 12th January. It is of such value for the pupils to meet professional artists and to gain from their experience and knowledge. With our A Level photography course proving popular and now a working darkroom which…
North Korea Mariella King, Upper V Alpha, is the author of the latest Stretch and Challenge presentation for Priory Post, a project on North Korea which she presented to other students and staff in November 2017. Since then has come the welcome news that North Korea is planning to participate in the Winter Olympics to…
