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2 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
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Tune in for our latest films: Teddies
in Town, Food at Teddies and the
Iceland trip – among others. Films
with the TOC tag are made by our
talented pupil film unit Teddies on
Camera. See pages 11 and 23 to meet
the people behind the lens.
This edition of the Chronicle is all about
the business of what is often described as
‘real’ education – the things we do beyond
the classroom that help develop not only
our pupils’ soft skills, but also – crucially
– their competitive, dynamic and critical
faculties as well.
The central theme of this issue is our
sporting life. The Director and Deputy
Director of Sport give a helpful overview,
but it is through the pupils’ voices – those
of Tilly Catlin, Will Prew, Rosie Hart
(pictured on the front cover) and AJ
Woodland – that we really understand
the role of sport at Teddies. The pupils’
accounts make clear that sport provides
a powerful emotional focus. It is not just
a question of training and playing or
racing. Sport becomes a route to
development, challenge, excitement,
despair – and friendship.
There is, as there should be, an almost
equal focus on the arts in this issue. We
Word from theWarden
review last term’s Ballet Show, and the
energetic and entertaining production of
West Side Story, alongside a fascinating
look at the wider activities of The North
Wall: find out more about the multi-
layered and highly innovative ArtsLab
‘hub’ on page 14.
When Alec Peterson, former
Director of the Department of
Education at Oxford University, was at
the heart of the development of the
International Baccalaureate, he was
asked to give a brief summary of the
educational aims of the programme. It
was intended, he said, ‘to develop to
their fullest potential the powers of each
individual to understand, to modify and
to enjoy his or her environment, both
inner and outer, in its physical, social,
moral, aesthetic and spiritual aspects’.
I suppose this is what I mean above by
‘real’ education and I am delighted that
Peterson’s aims as described are so
successfully realised at Teddies and so
vividly brought to life in this edition.
I particularly enjoyed reading the
account of the Iceland trip and, having
also watched the excellent film of the trip
made by the pupils, the related insights
into the talented young filmmakers behind
Teddies on Camera – watch the Iceland
film on the website.
Of real value are the various
projects undertaken by pupils through
the Extended Essay (IB), the Extended
Project Qualification (A Level) and the
Warden’s Project – and what better place
to start your exploration of our pupils’
impressive exploits than on the page
opposite, where we learn about Anna
Glik’s ambitious and quite remarkable
architectural EPQ?
I hope you enjoy this and all the
contents of our latest issue, and I wish
you a happy and productive 2016.
Stephen Jones