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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
The new Weekends Brochure has prompted
considerable interest in weekend activities so
we asked Sixth Former and aspiring journalist,
Emily Potter, to delve deep into the weekend
vibe around School.
After a long, strenuous and full-on week
at Teddies, consisting of lessons, sport and
countless extra-curricular activities, a pair of
grey circles begins to appear under pupils’
eyes and everyone is just itching for the
weekend to arrive so they can rest, relax
and refuel. The Teddies mantra is ‘keep
busy and engage’ but the weekends are
there to unwind. The calls of Costa Coffee
‘cappos’ with triple choc muffins draw us into
Summertown, the home of the ‘laptop-latte’
culture. Posses of Shells hang out on street
corners stocking up on tuck and pot noodles.
On Saturdays, most people, if they
participate in team sports, have fixtures,
either at home or away. For those who
don’t, their afternoon still consists of plenty
of physical activity. No idle moments here.
Later in the evenings, Teddies makes a
conscious effort to ensure our Saturday
night festivities are social, fun and amusing.
They give pupils an opportunity to enjoy
each other’s company, and interact and mix
with their entire year group, rather than just
those in their House or academic classes.
The Saturday night activities differ every
week for the Lower School (Shells, Fourth
and Fifth Forms) from trampolining and
ice-skating to the cinema and Rocksoc.
These evenings encourage the lower years
to interact with each other, break the
awkwardness of strangers and try new
things. They are extremely effective as
they require pupils to mingle and chat with
people of different age groups, which is
lovely as they learn from them and begin
to feel more confident in themselves and
around School. As a result, the feeling
of any school ‘hierarchy’ at Teddies is
diluted and there is a very amicable sense
Weekends atTeddies
By Emily Potter
Emily Potter