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of money for the Refugee Council’s
Children’s Services. Teddies’ own Neville
Creed was also involved as the chorus
master for the choir at the concert.
2007
Daniela Devenish
(M, 2002-2007)
completed her second degree in June
2017 and graduated from the University of
Southampton with the degree of Bachelor
of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Daniela
started her foundation year one working
for the Isle of Wight NHS Trust at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Newport.
Danielle Green
(D, 2002-2007) wrote to
tell us that in August 2017 she worked on
a Junior Choral Course at Wellington as a
pastoral member of staff. On the course,
Danielle worked alongside Daniel Turner
who was her music teacher when she was
a pupil in Shell and 4th form. Attending
the course itself was Tiggy Jones, the
current Warden’s daughter and they sent
in this photo.
2008
Sam Baker
(B, 2006-2008) is working for
Somerset Opera and also a pop up opera
company called Opera-in-a-box. He is
Music Director for
La Traviata
which was
performed in February and also
La Bohème
(touring dates in the summer). With the
Somerset Opera Group, he has directed
their last three touring operas, with
performances across Somerset. As well as
these part-time music projects, he is also a
founding member of the Stella Maris Trio.
They recently had a four-day concert tour
of Oxford/Buckinghamshire, performing
at Blenheim Palace and his old college in
Oxford (Pembroke), which he says was a
nice trip down memory lane. Aside from
this freelance music activity Sam teaches
full time at Taunton Preparatory School,
with responsibility for music classes, piano
and singing lessons, and choral conducting
across the Prep School. A full and rich
musical life inspired by the buzz and
frenetic musical activity he was exposed to
whilst a music scholar at Teddies!
their TVs and not buy excessive wire. I
have used the skills of welding I learnt in
the DT department to weld the rear axle
of my Hilux and an understanding of basic
biology to cultivate my fields on the farm
I own here. These to name but a few. I
was at Teddies under Warden Christie,
a tough but fair man. My housemaster
was Vaughan Abigail. I was fortunate
enough to visit the school in 2016 with
my wife on a visit to the UK. Later this
month (December) I will be hosting an
event (cavalgada) to inaugurate my livery
business here. The event involves the local
community who have been very accepting
and kind to me. I was far from a model
student but without the teaching and
support staff I would not be here today.
The San and kitchen and grounds staff
played a key role in helping me become
the man I am today. Teddies taught me to
value all elements of the world we live in.”
2006
Pippa Bennett-Warner
(J, 2001-2006)
played DC Heidi Bailey in the most recent
series of
Silent Witness
on BBC One.
Jacob Levene
(E, 2001-2006) has been
in touch with the OSE Office and is
arranging to come back to School to
speak to the Lower 6th via James Vaughn-
Fowler. He remembers various talks
from OSE when he was at School and
feels that his less traditional career path
after leaving school may resonate with
some pupils and offer some ideas for
those that are undecided in what to do
when they leave. Since leaving Jacob has
received a MA (Psychology) and served
in the Royal Marines Commando and
fought in Afghanistan in 2010. He has
been a bodyguard to Donald Trump, Iraqi
influentials and other persons of interest,
attended the Rolls Royce apprenticeship
programme and is currently a medical
technician for London Ambulance Service.
Libby Papakyriacou (née Northcote-
Green)
(K, 2001-2006) wrote to let us
know that having had amazing support
from the Music Department at Teddies,
she went on to study music at university
and is now Marketing Manager at the
London Philharmonic Orchestra. In her
spare time, she put her skills to use by
organising a gala fundraising concert at
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in
January 2018, raising a substantial amount
Danielle Green
, Tiggy Jones and David Turner