The Benedictine monks of Ampleforth Abbey founded St. Austin's Catholic School in 1838.

We are a large urban primary school, serving the Parishes of St. Austin and St. Bernadette. We are very popular with parents and admit the equivalent of two and a half forms each year.

Our Mission Statement underpins everything we do in our school, and drives all aspects of school life. 

Our school has been acknowledged with a number of externally verified awards, and we enjoy excellent support and co-operation from all of our Clergy, Governors staff and parents.

We have strong links with the community, and our links with Hope University, John Moores University, Liverpool Community College and St. Benedict’s College ensure that our work with student teachers and work experience students continues to thrive.

St. Austin’s is part of the Liverpool City Council’s Centre of Excellence project for primary modern languages. We began teaching Spanish to all pupils in the school in September 2003.

The classroom teachers remain in the classroom during Spanish lessons and take an active part in the lessons.

All our 500 pupils learn Spanish and there is a great enthusiasm and dedication to the subject from all of the staff and pupils at the school where Spanish permeates the everyday fabric of our school life.

 En nuestro colegio todos somos especiales. Amaremos y serviremos como Jesús nos enseñó.

You all know this person. She teaches Spanish at our school. Here she tells us a bit about herself.

 ¡Hola!

 Me llamo Esperanza pero me llaman Pachy. No soy de Inglaterra, soy de Colombia en Sur América. En mi familia hay 4 personas; mi madre, mi padre, mi hermana y yo. Mi madre se llama Deyanira, mi padre se llama Augusto y mi hermana se llama Janet.

Mi casa en Colombia es bastante grande. Hay 5 habitaciones, una cocina mediana, un salón y un comedor. Tengo 2 jardines; uno delante y otro detrás de la casa. Hay un garaje bastante grande para dos coches.

 Mi bebida favorita es zumo de piña y mango. Me gusta mucho la fruta pero no me gusta la coliflor. Mis deportes favoritos son el voleibol y la natación pero no me gusta el baloncesto porque es aburrido. Fútbol me gusta también y mi equipo favorito es Manchester United. Me gusta ver la tele y mi programa favorito es Foyle’s War, es muy interesante. Amarillo y verde son mis colores favoritos. No tengo mascotas pero me encantan todos los animales.

 Vivo en Crosby cerca de Liverpool. Tengo dos hijos se llaman Ricardo y Felipe. Ricardo tiene catorce años, es muy guapo, alto y tiene los ojos marrónes. Felipe tiene once años, le gusta el fútbol pero no le gusta cantar. Mi marido se llama Howard y tiene una nariz muy grande y roja.

 ¡Me encanta enseñar en St. Austin’s!

Project history

This website was started in January 2008. It aims to provide a place where pupils of St. Austin's can revise the Spanish they have learnt in the classroom. On this website there will be more opportunities to practice the skills of reading and writing in Spanish.

Community

This website is especially for Year 6 pupils, but it can also be used by pupils from other year groups. Soon we hope to start up websites aimed at Years 3, 4 and 5.