Cooper Lodge House Handbook

WELCOME / THE HOUSE TEAM / HOUSE VALUES / STAYING IN TOUCH / THINGS TO BRING DAILY ROUTINES / HOUSE LIVING / SUPPORT FOR PUPILS AND PARENTS / A TO Z

COOPER LODGE HOUSE HANDBOOK

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WELCOME

Welcome to Cooper Lodge House We are all looking forward to your child starting at Teddies and getting to know them and you. Very soon after your child starts, they will know all about how life at Teddies works. In the meantime, this booklet aims to cover some basics to help with the start of term and to give you some important contact details. There is also an A–Z at the end which hopefully will answer specific points, for anything else please ask! In my role as HM, I have overall responsibility for your child’s wellbeing at school. This includes their emotional and social wellbeing as well as their academic progress and involvement in the co-curricular life of the school. I am supported in this role by a fantastic team – Paolo Torri and Andy Halliwell, the two Assistant HMs, Linda Churcher, the House Matron, and the entire House team of Tutors and the House Nurse. If you have any concerns about your child, please do get in touch with me or one of the team (see the contact details below) by email, text, or phone. We all aim to reply to emails within 24 hours but for anything more urgent please phone me on my mobile or the House phone. In an emergency, you can also contact the Sub-Warden. It is important that we can contact you or a guardian, so please ensure you let me know as soon as possible if your contact details change.

Fred Gowen Cooper Lodge Housemistress (HM)

I joined Teddies in January 2013 to teach Chemistry and open Jubilee and have been HM in Cooper Lodge since September 2024. I coach hockey and netball over the first two terms and support the cricket teams in the Summer Term. I’m always here to help and to support you as parents. I’ll probably be the first port of call when you have questions or concerns. I am committed to making Cooper Lodge a home away from home, full of laughter, kindness and, of course, hard work! Email gowenp@stedwardsoxford.org House phone +44 (0) 1865 319 442 Mobile +44 (0) 7921 816 716 Instagram @teddies_cooperlodge

ST EDWARD’S, OXFORD

JUNE 2025