The Chronicle, Autumn 2018

33 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Lucy Baddeley What do you at Teddies and how long have you been at the School? I teach Biology to all but the Shells as I now teach a class for the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) as well as A Level and IB Biology. I started teaching at Teddies 26 years ago and took an extended maternity leave for my two younger daughters. I have Woodstock, the Cherwell School and St Edmund Campion, all state schools in Oxfordshire. I definitely learnt my craft teaching large classes. Who or what inspired you into teaching? My father, Brian Lloyd, was a lecturer at the University here in Oxford and then ran the Oxford Polytechnic as its first Director. I grew up in an academic environment and always wanted to be a teacher. He set very high standards for all his seven children. Name some highlights from your Teddies career so far. Teaching six Lower School sets and writing over 130 reports. Being in charge of the costumes for Footloose under the Director’s eagle eye. Controlling the canal bridge and delaying a certain irate Housemaster during the school Steeplechase. Coaching the girls’ 3rd XI. What do you do at Teddies beyond your teaching role? I run the Drama Wardrobe and provide costume support for the School’s dramatic productions. I enjoy sewing, and mend and alter costumes to fit. Each week we tidy and sort the costumes with a team of Sixth Formers. Do you experience equal levels of interest in science from girls and boys at Teddies? On the whole, yes. We do get a good mixture of girls and boys taking Biology in the Sixth Form. It’s harder to tell in the Lower School as Biology is a core subject, but my gut feeling is yes. Best thing about working at a school in Oxford? For Biology the University Museum is on our doorstep. We take all our Sixth Form there during Gaudy Week to study Evolution. There are also plenty of cultural activities available for me in my free time. What was the naughtiest thing you did at school? Too many to mention, I was rather naughty. I did enjoy school immensely. Which book would you take to a desert island? The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott. I love visiting India and support a charity school ‘Future Hope’ in Kolkata. Best advice you’ve ever been given? To consider the whole child not just their science work. Favourite menu from the Teddies Kitchen? The honey glazed ginger salmon. Wednesday’s roast lamb is good too. worked under three Wardens. Where were you before? I have previously taught at the Marlborough School,