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Posted on 14 Mar 2024

South Down National Park's Youth Photography winner!

Congratulations to Jessica B in Y8 who won the 11-17 years category of the South Down National Park’s youth photography competition with her image of a cow at Woodingdean, Brighton.  Fitting the brief of “a new perspective” the picture has won Jessica and her family a trip to Marwell Zoo in Hampshire.  Well done Jessica, what a wonderful picture!

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Posted on 12 Mar 2024

Alice - Priory School Production

Tickets for Alice are almost sold out!  This photo was taken at our last Saturday rehearsal where we had a special guest visit from Ember Dimoglou - Ms Dimoglou’s beautiful Labrador who helped collect up the croquet balls in Act Two and was especially excitable when the White Rabbit came running onto the stage. Ember provided brilliant fun for our cast while they were waiting for scenes, playing fetch on the school field, supportive well done cuddles when the students came off the stage and barks of support when the rest of us applauded. She has had a brilliant preview of the show already!  Click here to grab yourself some tickets https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DDCN. 

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Posted on 11 Mar 2024

World Book Day

We celebrated World Book Day in style last week.  The winners for best costumes were: Best Student - Lukas as the Cheshire Cat with 46 votes.  Best Staff member - Miss Noone as the Lorax with 59 votes.  Closely followed by Miss Fraser as Miss Trelawney.  As well as dressing up, we also read a short story across the course of the day The Impossible Planet, by Philip K Dick.  A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to making the day a positive celebration of books and reading.  

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Posted on 11 Mar 2024

UNICEF Children in Gaza crisis appeal - bake sale

Students and staff at Priory are extremely concerned by the continuing violence in Gaza. 3.1 million people are in need nationally with over 1 million children affected by the violent conflict in Gaza following the brutal attacks in Israel on 7 October. Violence is taking a terrible toll on the lives of children and families.  We are raising money for the UNICEF Children in Gaza Crisis Appeal by holding a bake sale at break time in the Main Hall on Tuesday 12th March. Please donate generously - either baked goods to sell or money for students to buy cakes. You can also donate via the link above and there will be a donation point at the bake sale.     

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Posted on 22 Feb 2024

Priory School Production

Tickets for our 2024 school show Alice, a new adaptation of Carroll's classic by Sheffield playwright Laura Wade, are now live and can be purchased following this link: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DDCN  However, this is not Alice in Wonderland as we know it…The play opens with a funeral wake, where a grieving Alice sits unmoving in amongst an array of emotionally distant parents, annoying schoolteachers and concerned relatives all mourning the death of her older brother Joe, who died in a road traffic accident. As the classic phrases of “time’s a healer” float around the room, the depths of Alice’s grief intensify until the White Rabbit appears to set her on a quest into Wonderland: “there’s something you need to go through before you can go back.” The familiar figures of family and friends mysteriously disappear, but not for long as they reappear later through clever double casting... Carroll’s tale has always ventured beyond a fun children’s story, but Wade’s adaptation interprets Alice’s journey through Wonderland as one of deep healing and acceptance of grief and loss. Unfortunately we cannot offer ticket swaps between days, so please make sure you double check which date you are purchasing tickets for before completing check out.  DATES: Wednesday 20 March - Friday 22 March 2024 7-9pm with a 20 minute interval. LOCATION: Priory School Main Hall, Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XN. TICKETS:   £7 for adults and £3 for children.  Unreserved seating, first come, first served.  REFRESHMENTS: Available for purchase from the Friends of Priory in the Canteen. 

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Posted on 25 Jan 2024

Wine Tasting with Symposium

Wave goodbye to Dry January with the next Friends of Priory event – a wine tasting with local vintners Symposium. Limited tickets available, so don't wait too long to buy: https://go.rallyup.com/fopwine £20 per person, including eight wines and snacks, with all profits (plus 10% of wine orders on the night) going to the school.  

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Posted on 22 Jan 2024

Kaleidoscope Drama - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe is coming to Priory School! Kaleidoscope would like to invite you all through the wardrobe this winter into the magical kingdom of Narnia for the most mystical of adventures in a faraway land. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and say hello to a talking Faun, an unforgettable Lion and the coldest, cruellest White Witch. This live theatre production will be performed by students from Priory School: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe  Priory School  Saturday 24th February 3pm & 6pm £12 Adults £6 Children Tickets available in advance only: LWW The show is suitable for the whole family from ages 4+. The running time is just over 1hr. Kaleidoscope are the performing arts partners of Priory School, they offer Drama, Musical Theatre, Film & TV Classes for students on Fridays after school at Priory School, a weekly Youth Theatre (11-18 yrs) on Wednesdays and Lamda Exam tuition in Acting and Musical Theatre.  For further details see www.kaleidoscopedrama.uk or email robyn@kaleidoscopedrama.uk with any enquiries.  

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Posted on 19 Jan 2024

Priory School continues to be a good school.

We are now able to share with you the final version of our Ofsted inspection report, which can be read here. We are happy to be able to confirm to you the outcome that ‘Priory School continues to be a good school.’ We were largely satisfied with the inspection process and, overall, we think the report provides a fair and accurate summary of the school's current strengths and areas for further improvement. Mr Curtis-Brignell would like to thank parents again for their support. "I look forward to continuing to lead Priory towards being the leading inclusive and creative state secondary school in the region, a school in which all students acquire powerful knowledge, feel a strong sense of social connection and belonging, and become ethically-aware citizens who are ready to confidently take their place in the world."        

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Posted on 16 Jan 2024

Priory Sensory Room Fundraiser

There is a very special evening approaching as we are fortunate to have Fyfe Dangerfield from the band The Guillemots and Mark Morriss from the band The Bluetones, offering their musical talents for our cause!  This special evening will be held on Friday 2nd February 2024 at Trinity St Johns in Lewes. Please come along to our one-off concert!  Proceeds are going directly to Priory School to raise funds for a sensory room for the main site.

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Posted on 16 Jan 2024

Parent Forum - Ofsted

All parents and carers are warmly invited to our next Parent Forum, which will explore the inspection process, the inspection report, the school's strengths and where development is needed.  

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Posted on 9 Jan 2024

Parent Pay - paying for food in school

  Further to previous communications, please note that the cash loading machines are no longer available in school.  Payment for meals is via ParentPay only.  It is therefore vital for all parents and carers to ensure you are able to top up students’ accounts via ParentPay.  Please email info@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk if you are having any problems accessing your ParentPay account.  Thank you. 

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Posted on 12 Dec 2023

Christmas Jumper day

On Friday, the last day of term, we will be marking the occasion by encouraging students to wear a Christmas or festive jumper on top of their usual school uniform for the day—bright, sparkly and / or fun is the order!  Normally we do this to raise money for charity, but this year we are asking for each student to bring a tin or non-perishable item for one of our three Lewes Foodbanks . Suggested donations are: tinned meat and fish, tinned fruit and vegetables, tins of baked beans and spaghetti, pasta sauces, hot drinks (tea/coffee/hot choc), crisps/snacks/nuts/crackers for cheese, tinned sweets or biscuits or any other Christmas treats.  

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Posted on 5 Dec 2023

Priory Christmas Concert

Get into the holiday spirit by joining us in the Memorial Chapel. To book tickets for the concert please click on this link. We look forward to welcoming you.

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Posted on 4 Dec 2023

Dr Bike - Friday, 8th December

Mike Bray, who recently helped train 60 students in Bikeability Level 3 is coming to Priory school on Friday, December 8th for a pop up Dr Bike event.  This is generously funded by Green United as part of their initiative to get more students cycling. Mike will be with us all day but can only fix a certain number of bikes so slots must be booked via emailing ejh@priory.e-sussex.sch.uk where places will be allocated on a first come first served basis for your child. All bikes will be checked for safety, lubricated, adjusted and spare parts fitted if necessary and available. All bikes will left in a better state than they arrived in but it may not be possible to sort out every problem on every bike in the time available. If your child could benefit from any of the checks listed then please do book them in.  You will receive confirmation that they have a slot and further information will be sent regarding how to safely get the bike to Mike! This is a wonderful opportunity and free so you will need to be quick off the mark to book your child’s bike in.  

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Posted on 17 Nov 2023

Parent Forum - Safeguarding

All Parents and Carers are warmly invited to our next Parent Forum where our Safeguarding team will give you an outline of the safeguarding structure at Priory along with information about what we do to ensure that children are safe, feel safe and are helped to learn to be safe.   Mr Curtis-Brignell and other members of the Senior Leadership Team will be available to deal with any general enquiries parents and carers may have.   We look forward to seeing you there.  

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Posted on 9 Nov 2023

Priory Christmas Card Design Competition

We are looking forward to seeing student Christmas Card designs ready for our Priory Christmas Card this year.  Designs should be drawn on A4 white paper and dropped off at Reception.    Closing date: Thursday, 16th November. 

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Posted on 9 Nov 2023

Parent Governor Ballot - Results

Dear Parents/Carers Result of Election of one Parent Governor – November 2023 The Governors would like to thank parents for voting in our recent parent governor election and to thank everyone who put their name forward. I am pleased to inform you that the results of this parent governor election: Laura Rowe. Yours sincerely Peter Colebourn Chair of Governors of Priory School (on behalf of the Governors)

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Posted on 8 Nov 2023

Ex-Year 11 Certificate evening

The Ex-Year 11 Certificate Evening Wednesday, 29th November 6-8.30pm at The Corn Exchange, Lewes Town Hall   A chance for our Year 11 leavers to meet your Tutors and socialise with your peers.  With awards, certificates, guest speaker and music. There will also be a cash bar provided by Friends of Priory  

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