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www.stedwardsoxford.orgCover picture: the front cover of this special
music edition features Sixth Former Ella
Davis whose profile appears on page 16.
coming months. At the top of that list is a
review of the tutoring system. It was clear
from the research that whilst tutoring itself
is highly regarded, tutors’ communication
with parents has not been up to the mark.
We’ve already done quite a bit of work on
this internally and parents should begin to
feel the difference this term.
Weekends
Elsewhere in the research, weekends were
under the spotlight. Some parents wanted
more events on Saturdays and Sundays
(whilst others wanted their children to
have a rest from the breakneck pace of
timetabled activities), and a number of
parents expressed a wish for greater
flexibility on Saturday nights. We will be
looking at both these issues in further
detail this year.
New day arrangements
The new day arrangements came into force
at the start of term, and it is interesting
that most of our day pupils are choosing to
stay until 9.00pm. We are pleased to offer
flexibility to parents – particularly those
who live some way from St Edward’s – but
we are equally delighted that the strong
bonds between day and boarding pupils –
a hallmark of Teddies – mean that their
habit of spending evenings together is
proving a hard one to break.
Sport
Sport will continue to be a big part of
school life. All pupils regularly participate in
a wide range of sports as part of the weekly
routine. In particular, this year, we aim to
maintain our current reputation as one of
the top cricketing schools in the country,
and to build our substantial record in both
boys’ and girls’ rowing.
Music
The official opening of the Music School
in March will be very special. Brass, Close
Harmony, Chamber and Modern Jazz groups
will perform in the new Recital Room, and
Upper Sixth soloists will sing a Bach cantata
with the Chamber Orchestra. Both Chapel
Choirs will sing the Pizzetti Requiem Mass
for Remembrance in November which will
be wonderfully atmospheric. OSE have
a chance to come back to Teddies for a
Choral Weekend in April – they’ll be singing
Tallis’s 40-part Motet,
Spem in Alium
, which
will be dazzling. Plus we have termly rock
soc gigs and a really exciting Close Harmony
weekend activity for pupils involving well-
known groups from Oxford University.
Finally
Amidst all these developments, one thing
hasn’t changed – and on this matter I am
absolutely firm: our belief in St Edward’s
as a broad entry school with a diverse
community. During the recent research,
parents and pupils told us that the size of
the School, its atmosphere, the excellent
relationships between pupils and staff – and
between pupils across year groups – are
what make Teddies special. ‘We look after
each other’, is how one Sixth Former put
it; we value this above all else.
Carlo Graeser (
Kloskr Schaeftlarn Gymnasium
),
Caris Baker (
Dragon
), Billy Sallitt (
Horris Hill
) and
Alanna McCrum (
Jumeirah College
)