Sports Update: summer 2017 week one
The Summer Term is well underway, and the full sporting schedule is up and running with it. It’s already been a busy but very productive few days, with some dominant displays across Teddies pitches,...
View ArticleTeddies past and present making music together
Could there be a more fitting celebration of the opening of the Ogston Music School than to invite past members of St Edward’s to collaborate with current members and the St Edward’s Singers? On Sunday...
View ArticleCCF Inspection 2017
This year’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Inspection was conducted by Capt James Rowntree, Adjutant, 7 Rifles in the Quad. Captain Rowntree was joined for the Inspection by the Warden, the School’s CCF...
View ArticleMadrigals and Orchestral Concerts: May bank holiday music at Teddies
Another busy weekend at Teddies was filled from top to bottom with music, quite literally in fact. Director of Music, Alex Tester, explains all: The Orchestral Concert It was wonderful to be able to...
View ArticleNew Teddies Equestrian group has early success
During the Easter holiday, the newly formed Teddies Equestrian group achieved some early successes. From the group, a team of five girls – Alex Hearn, Florence von Simson, Victoria Iliffe, Izzy Rees,...
View ArticleSports Update: summer 2017 week two
The tennis club was once again serving up excellent results by the punnet load last week with Thursday’s fixtures against Bloxham seeing the teams chalk up a clean slate of wins. At senior level, the...
View ArticleBees inhabit Snake Island at Teddies
Last week, St Edward’s took delivery of a host of new inhabitants, 40,000 of them to be precise: honey bees have officially arrived at Teddies. Pupils Guy Moss (heading up the project), Afiq Rozhan,...
View ArticleSports Update: summer 2017 week three
The first quarter of the Summer Term has passed by in the blink of an eye and with it find Teddies sports in the best of health having recorded 25 victories from the opening 32 fixtures across all...
View ArticleDrama trip: Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Life of Galileo’
Emily Smart writes about the Lower Sixth trip to watch Brecht’s ‘The Life of Galileo’ at the Young Vic: On 10th May, Lower Sixth Theatre Studies pupils were lucky enough to attend ‘The Life of Galileo’...
View ArticleLow Island return to Teddies
Alex Tester, Director of Music at St Edward’s, writes about the latest Teddies Big Gig with OSE Low Island: What a treat it was to welcome back three OSE pupils of the School to perform at our headline...
View ArticleSports Update: summer 2017 week four
Another week of sport at St Edward’s has brought with it another host of successes to report on. During a particularly busy weekend, the boat club were in action at two different regattas...
View ArticleReflecting on the inaugural Alchymy Festival
Emily Smart assesses the success of the recent Alchymy Arts Festival, held at The North Wall: During the Easter Holidays, The North Wall hosted its first Alchymy Arts Festival, produced by Ellie Keel....
View ArticleSports Science trip to the University of Bath
Following a recent trip to the University of Bath’s Sport, Health and Exercise Science research facilities, within the Department for Health, Ella Royden, Lower Sixth, writes about a highly active and...
View ArticlePupil-built drone takes flight
Alessandro Corrias, a Fourth Form pupil at St Edward’s, took on the challenging task of building a drone from scratch in just a few months. Discussing his remarkable achievement, Alessandro explains...
View ArticleSports Update: summer 2017 week five
The sporting week at St Edward’s was primarily focused on Saturday’s fixture list, with a full card of tennis and cricket, rowing at Shiplake, and athletics at Harrow. On Saturday afternoon as teams...
View ArticleA workshop with author and playwright Barney Norris
Barney Norris, who won the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2014 with his first full-length play, “Visitors”, shared his knowledge and experience with pupils during the recent run...
View Article‘How to’ guides: Lower Sixth Academic Forum in the Summer Term
This term’s Academic Forum took the form of ‘How to’ guides for an interesting range of situations. In May, pupils learned How to negotiate. Disgruntled Lower Sixth pupils, irked at not being chosen...
View ArticleLower Sixth trip to The Design Museum
Ollie Barstow, Head of Design and Technology, describes the Lower Sixth’s trip to Kensington this week to visit the Design Museum: “Consumer choice is a vital part of our society, helping to drive the...
View ArticleIn Review: Gaudy Week 2017
Taking stock after an enormously successful Gaudy Week requires a starting point, but where to begin reviewing a week such an exceptional week? With dramatic works, art and design exhibitions, displays...
View ArticleIB Results 2017
Today’s IB results reveal our hardworking pupils’ success in a wide range of subjects. We are delighted to report that they will now go on to confirm places at prestigious universities in the UK and...
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