History Department trip to China
History teacher, Peter Rudge, gives his account of the Fourth Form History Department trip to China. There are several things I won’t miss about the History Department’s trip to China: Air China’s...
View ArticleCCF Inspection 2018
We were delighted to invite Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper KBE to inspect the Guard of Honour at this year’s Biennial CCF Inspection. Their rifle drills were as impressive as ever as they paraded...
View ArticleSir Antony Beevor set to give lecture at St Edward’s
One of the country’s most eminent and celebrated military historians, Sir Antony Beevor will be giving a lecture at St Edward’s on his recently released book, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944...
View ArticleEnvironmentalist Jonathan Porritt – Inspiring People series
Ilana Cope and Reha Soni consider the experience of listening to well-known environmentalist Jonathon Porritt. On 9th May we were lucky enough to hear Jonathon Porritt (an environmentalist, writer and...
View ArticleCicero and his Enemies, a talk by Dr Kathryn Tempest
Matthew Hartley, Lower Sixth, reflects on a lecture given by the highly regarded Dr Kathryn Tempest. As a pupil studying Classical Civilisation A Level at Teddies, I have just used Dr Tempest’s book...
View ArticleA talk by renowned filmmaker, Reza Pakravan
An account of the talk given by renowned documentary maker and traveler Reza Pakravan, written by Anton Frieser, Lower Sixth I recently attended a talk given by world record holder, filmmaker, and...
View ArticleThe Dambusters and Beyond: Celebrating the RAF
With OSE to the fore, St Edward’s is pleased to announce an important exhibition, The Dambusters and Beyond: Celebrating the RAF, at the School’s North Wall Arts Centre. The public show marks the...
View ArticleResults from the National Schools Regatta
The Boat Club entered the 2018 National Schools Regatta with thirteen crews ranging from the J14 B Octo up to the 1st boys VIII and 1st girls double. All got through the time trials to reach a final,...
View ArticleBBH Visit by Lower Sixth athletes
Livi Tomacelli, Lower Sixth, on the Sixth Form trip to BBH, a leading global creative agency. A group of sportsmen and women from Teddies went on a trip to London to visit a leading marketing agency...
View ArticleNessun Dorma: Governing the Biosphere
Maria Gorovater in the Lower Sixth discusses the talk by Angus Forbes and what she discovered. This talk was initially meant to be for our Shells and Fourth Form, but attending as a Sixth Former, I...
View ArticleCricket update
The Cricket Club are enjoying another successful season, with sides across all age groups finding form. Particular congratulations are due this week to the 1st XI who have recovered the John Harvey Cup...
View ArticleGaudy Week – the story so far
The formal activities of Gaudy Week 2018 got off to a scintillating start with the LAMDA Presentations on Saturday; a collection of monologues, duologues and musical performances. An eclectic and...
View ArticleIB Results 2018
Pupils and staff are today celebrating 10 years of the International Baccalaureate Diploma at St Edward’s with a strong set of results from the School’s biggest ever cohort: 78 pupils representing 50%...
View ArticleGuy Gibson OSE at 100
This year, the RAF has been celebrating its centenary. It is also a year which marks the centenary of one of their best known servicemen. Today would have also marked the 100th birthday of ‘Dambusters’...
View ArticleA Level Results 2018
Today’s A Level results conclude a strong exam season for Teddies Sixth Formers with half of all grades awarded at A*A or Levels 6/7 and over 80% A*-B or Levels 5-7. The vast majority of our pupils...
View ArticleYoulbury 2018
On Sunday, the new Shells took to the high ropes, traversed the tree line and scaled new heights on their annual start of year trip to Youlbury Activity Centre at Boars Hill, just outside Oxford. The...
View ArticleReview of Gecko Theatre Company’s Missing
Caris Baker, Lower Sixth, reviews Missing, a play by Amit Lahav and the Gecko Theatre Company. Thursday 13th September 2018: three years and six months to the day since flames engulfed the Grand Hall...
View ArticleThe Steeplechase
As the School prepared to depart for the Leave Weekend, a final event lay before them: The Steeplechase. Invariably a lively affair, with House spirit and good-natured rivalry on display in abundance,...
View ArticleHaydn’s Creation with the St Edward’s Singers
The School’s Chapel Choirs and the St Edward’s Singers will be in concert next weekend, playing with Oxford’s world-class period instrument ensemble, The Instruments of Time and Truth. Taking place at...
View ArticleCounty Hockey Successes
The Hockey Club are enjoying a good season across all age groups this term, with notable performances in the block fixtures against Stowe and Pangbourne especially. Trumping this, however, have been...
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