Impact Report 2022

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TEDDIES IMPACT REPORT 2022

THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY

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In September 2021 the Beyond Teddies team was set up. Our strategy is to engage the diverse people and networks that make up the wider Teddies community and to create a cohesive programme of initiatives and activities which will benefit our Teddies pupils, new and old, and give support to the wider community. Beyond Teddies builds upon the School’s long-established ethos of community engagement, recognising that everyone has something to contribute to society and everyone benefits from what they learn through these endeavours. TEDDIES IMPACT REPORT 2022 THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY

The Beyond Teddies team comprises of three areas: Partnerships , Community and Fundraising . This report focuses on the impact of our Partnership work and explains our evolving Teddies Collaborates programme.

Partnerships

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WELCOME

The ambition of the Beyond Teddies programme has been to develop strong and effective working relationships with partner organisations that mutually benefit all who are involved. The breadth and variety of the activities described in this report are testament to the enthusiastic way different areas of the school community have engaged with this ambition and have contributed so willingly to the success of the programme. Restrictions during the pandemic had made partnership working hard and I am proud that the Governing Body agreed to invest in the Beyond Teddies team to allow these different activities to grow and develop. Genuine partnership working is time consuming. It involves listening to others, sharing ideas, developing and deepening engagement and finding ways to overcome difficulties together. This report highlights how this way of working has been embraced by different partners. The school listened to local primary schools who requested help in deepening their pupils’ understanding of science; Asylum Welcome used feedback from the weekly Ukrainian teenage socials to develop the curriculum they use to support new arrivals to understand cultural differences; students from different schools and backgrounds have honed and developed their artistic and musical skills through collaboration with the North Wall, learning from each other and celebrating success together. All this takes time, energy, commitment and considerable logistical planning. Rachel Moffat, the new Partnerships Manager, has embraced these challenges, working closely with others to overcome difficulties. Students from different backgrounds and cultural heritages have come together, learnt together and had fun together. One IB student, an aspiring medic, described working with children from Northern House as the highlight of her week. It has been a delight to hear how excited the current Lower Sixth pupils are to start their service placements under the Teddies Collaborates programme. There is so much in this Impact Report to celebrate and so much to look forward to over the coming year. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to make this past year such a success. SARAH AINSWORTH, CHAIR OF THE BEYOND TEDDIES GOVERNING BOARD

Community Fundraising

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PARTNERSHIPS

A history Partnerships and service have always been part of St Edward’s School. Staff have given lectures and run workshops for pupils in the local state schools, service has been carried out by pupils doing the IB CAS (International Baccalaureate Creativity, Activity, Service) as part of their IB Diploma and a huge number of charity fundraising activities have been organised. The School now seeks to build on this tradition to make sure that a culture of working with others and philanthropy is deeply embedded into our school life.

The new Beyond Teddies Committee of Governors has invested in this commitment to service by appointing a Partnerships Manager to coordinate the work.

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Review of our first year

Over the past year we have strengthened connections with existing partners and established many new ones. All our partnerships are established on the principle that all parties have much to gain from each other. We have been careful to listen, research and understand what will be most beneficial for other organisations and to recognise that we have as much to gain from these relationships as we have to give. This year our initiatives can be split into three areas: Service, Partnerships and Charitable activities. 1 . Service Opportunities for our pupils to work with external organisations

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Partnerships

Working together with groups in the local community for mutual benefit.

and to grow in their social and cultural understanding by committing to regular hours each week for the same organisation.

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Charitable activities

Continuing the long-established ethos, many of our staff offer their time and expertise to assist local organisations through governorships, as trustees, or by contributing HR, communications, finance or fundraising knowledge.

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THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

OVER500 local primary school children have been involved in large-scale sports partnership events. 60 members of staff have worked directly with Partnerships and Teddies Action 11 education workshops have been delivered to over 520 primary school children 70 pupils in the Lower Sixth have been involved in weekly service placements in the community, providing over 676 hours of support each week and over 21,632 hours of service over the past year

93 Teddies families purchased presents for 253 refugees in our Christmas gift campaign in December 2021

14 local primary schools and four local secondary schools have worked in direct partnership with us.

875 packed lunches have been delivered to the Cutteslowe Summer Holiday Camp PROVIDED

OVER £ 25 , 000 has been raised for charities

OVER 7 , 020 free lunches have been provided to charities and other organisations

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SERVICE This year 70 Lower Sixth pupils worked with us in the Spring and Summer Terms. The majority of these pupils were studying for their IB or Duke of Edinburgh Award. Pupils often had to fit their service work in during lunch or study periods and were accompanied in the main by a member of the teaching staff.

Projects included:

St Aloysius Primary School Hockey coaching for Years 4 and 5 with staff and sports leaders

New Marston Primary School Summer term cricket coaching for Year 4 with staff and sports leaders

Cutteslowe Primary school Play sessions at lunchtimes and 1:1 classroom help

Litter Picking

Northern House Academy Classroom help in their school and activities at St Edward’s; introducing pupils to different musical instruments

Increasing biodiversity at Teddies Gardening and landscaping work behind the Lemon Tree and in a future project area by the beehives

Wolvercote Primary School Sports sessions with Years 5 and 6 and classroom assistance for Year 6

Ed Club

Wolvercote Young People’s Club Marketing/website and SEO help

Cutteslowe Café and Food larder Serving and assisting people

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STATISTICAL DATA In a pilot study to measure the benefit and strength of a service program we asked pupils from the following placements to complete a questionnaire. The qualitative responses showed the following themes were most important

Cutteslowe Primary School I ENJOYED MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND LEARNING HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS AT THAT EARLY STAGE - LEARNING TO READ, WRITE AND BASIC MATHS. I ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO KNOW THAT I WAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THESE PEOPLE’S LIVES. NINA, AVENUE Northern House I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH NEW PEOPLE, AS WELL AS CHILDREN WITH SEMH. THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF ROOM FOR

to our students: Making a difference, learning about others and building transferable skills.

IMPROVEMENT IN MY SKILLS, BUT I HAVE SEEN A DEFINITE PROGRESS SINCE THE START OF TERM. DANIELA, OAKTHORPE

Cutteslowe Garden Centre

Cutteslowe Food Larder

Wolvercote Primary School Sports help

Cutteslowe Primary School School playground help

Northern House Academy At Northern House, and at St Edward’s

Personal Growth

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TEDDIES COLLABORATES Pupils mostly had positive experiences while carrying out their service roles but have sometimes found it difficult to grasp the scale of the responsibility or opportunity they had been given and not always appreciated the impact they could make. We have therefore restructured the timetable to provide a dedicated and sustainable time allocation each week to enable all 180 Lower Sixth pupils to benefit from the service opportunities and we have compiled a training course to empower them in their new roles. This new programme is called Teddies Collaborates. Teddies Collaborates now follows the IB principles as detailed below.

1. Investigation Our pupils will be given a choice of which organisations they would like to work with. 2. Preparation All pupils will complete a six-week training course before they begin their placement. This training will be delivered by internal and external partners and will include: • What do I expect and what is expected of me? • Social enterprise: How charitable businesses operate and how can my role add value? • Safeguarding and first aid in the workplace. • Narrating your own story and learning coping strategies to enable you to achieve it. • Cultural awareness, mitigation and support. How do I handle difficult or unusual situations? • Risk assessment and personal impact evaluation.

3. Action Pupils will be supported throughout their year-long placement by the Partnerships team, HMs, Tutors and through the new wellbeing curriculum. 4. Reflection ImpactEd is an award-winning social enterprise that supports schools and educational organisations to evaluate their impact, learn from it, and prioritise what is working best to improve outcomes for young people. All our pupils will complete an impact evaluation survey at the beginning and end of their experience and all data will be aligned with national statistics providing valuable intelligence for our pupils about how they have developed during the year. Our partnership with ImpactEd is also extended to five state schools who feel they could benefit from using their technology free of charge. 5. Demonstration Our report next year will contain statistical data from both our pupils and partners to help shape our programme in the future.

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PARTNERSHIPS We are striving to create what we regard as true partnerships within which both parties benefit and achieve a relationship that is strategic and moves forward with thought, authenticity and purpose. There are four Partnerships this year that have been of particular note. 1. Cutteslowe Community Cutteslowe is a suburb of North Oxford and a 20-minute walk north from St Edward’s. It has a Community Centre, Primary School and Community Garden Centre and St Edward’s proudly partners up with these organisations. The Community Centre hosts the Food Larder and Café where our pupils have volunteered on a weekly basis setting up, serving food and helping with stock management. The School’s catering team has supported the 2022 Cutteslowe Summer Fun in the Sun programme at the Community Centre providing packed lunches for 40 children each day over the five weeks. Pupils have volunteered at the Community Garden Centre carrying out gardening jobs in the park and in the Centre, creating bug boxes and learning about the tropical house and the animals that live there. St Edward’s has developed a strong relationship with Cutteslowe Primary School with Teddies pupils giving playtime and classroom help, academic support offered through science and communication workshops and sport enrichment including trips to Wormsley, hockey and cross-country tournaments.

THE TEDDIES STUDENTS HAVE BEEN A HUGE BLESSING TO OUR TEAM AND SWIFT TO THROW THEMSELVES INTO THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY LARDER. THEY HAVE BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC, GENEROUS AND KIND. I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY HOW THEY HAVE TAKEN TIME TO GET TO KNOW OUR MEMBERS, LISTENING TO THEIR STORIES AND SHOWING COMPASSION. TOM MURRAY CURATE, LEADER OF CUTTESLOWE CONNECTED CHURCH

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2. The North Wall and the OX2 Collective

The North Wall Arts Centre was established by the School with the express aim of creating a shared space – for the School and the community. Its public programme is highly acclaimed and The North Wall Trust further supports the School’s mission to educate and to inspire by running innovative ArtsLab residencies, making use of our empty boarding accommodation during the holidays. The North Wall Trust was established in 2012 with the School as its principal sponsor. An example of one of our many joint projects is OX2 Collective, a youth theatre comprising of pupils aged 13 to 17 from The Swan School and Cheney School together with home schooled pupils and pupils from St Edward’s, who all worked towards a production of The Ramayana Reset by Ayeesha Menon, which was performed at The North Wall as part of The National Theatre Connections Festival in April 2022.

The project had a positive impact on all the young people involved, from forming friendships with other young people in Oxford and sharing experiences with each other, to developing confidence in leadership roles and skills in performance. Everybody involved benefitted hugely and they continue to be proud of their achievements. THE COMPANY IS MADE UP OF 17 YOUNG PEOPLE OF VARYING AGES AND HAS TWO DIRECTORS. THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT AS THEY ARE A NEW COLLECTIVE. NOT THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT FROM WATCHING THEM AS THEY SEEM VERY IN TUNE WITH EACH OTHER AND WORK BRILLIANTLY AS A TEAM. STEPHANIE KEMPSON NATIONAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS MENTOR DIRECTOR

IT WAS A WONDERFUL SHOW AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ISOBEL TO DEVELOP HER SELF-CONFIDENCE. THANKS SO MUCH TO ABIE AND KAT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN AND THE

ENCOURAGEMENT YOU GAVE TO THE PERFORMERS. PARENT

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4. Asylum Welcome St Edward’s has been working closely with Asylum Welcome for two years and this year the organisation was voted by our pupils, teachers and parents as Charity of the Year. Our relationship with them has gone from strength to strength this year and we have engaged in multiple projects to assist with the complex situations many of their clients face daily. A couple of examples include: Weekly Ukrainian teenage socials with Teddies pupils that were based around core activities, ranging from pizza making to rounders, cultural awareness sessions to t-shirt tie–dyeing! These sessions then grew to include ‘English Lessons for School Subjects’, helping prepare the Ukrainian students for the UK curriculum in Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Geography and English Literature. Teddies have also welcomed six of these pupils to School on a permanent basis or for as long as they should need it. We also welcomed over 300 Afghan refugees in partnership with Oxford City Council and Asylum Welcome for events on the School site, including activities for children, sport and shared meals. The St Edward’s pupils were hosts at these events and were an important part of making the new arrivals feel welcome. Our staff and pupils were able to see first-hand the challenges posed by communication barriers and cultural differences so it was a huge learning experience. We still look forward to the day that our School football team may actually beat their Youth football team (we keep trying!) and everyone loves the fun pizza evenings we enjoy together afterwards.

3. Northern House Academy

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ST EDWARD’S IS INVALUABLE TO OUR STUDENTS, SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY AND WHO DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MIX WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL DUE TO THEIR ADDITIONAL NEEDS. WHAT RACHEL AND ST EDWARD’S HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE HAS WIDENED OUR PUPILS’ VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUND THEM. BEX HOLMES HEAD OF SCHOOL, NORTHERN HOUSE ACADEMY Northern House is a specialist school for children with learning and behaviour challenges. St Edward’s pupils visit Northern House to help in classrooms and with PE and Northern House visit St Edwards’s for games, crafts and activities. Musicians play in a selection of classrooms at Northern House and introduces their pupils to different musical instruments and sounds. As a CAS project, one group of IB students fundraised £300 to purchase musical instruments for Northern House including 10 recorders, 10 mini xylophones and three mini keyboards. They also donated second hand guitars and keyboards.

SAYING “THANK YOU” FOR YOUR AMAZING EFFORTS IN BRINGING THIS TOGETHER AND FACILITATING THIS EVENT WILL NOT DO YOU ENOUGH JUSTICE. AIHAM AL ASWADI FUNDRAISING ASSISTANT, ASYLUM WELCOME

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CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

St Edward’s has a long-standing ethos of supporting those within our community and opening up our facilities to our charitable friends and neighbours. Here is just a small selection of some of the events and activities that have taken place at School over the past year with thanks to our colleagues.

MUSIC AND THE ARTS COMES ALIVE THROUGH SUCCESSFUL CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS, AND IT’S BEEN WONDERFUL TO MAKE LINKS WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND WITH TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS OXFORDSHIRE - BOTH AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS. CREATING A NETWORK BETWEEN MUSIC SPECIALISTS IN SCHOOLS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT AIM: IT’S A SUBJECT WHERE YOU CAN FEEL ON YOUR OWN, AS YOU LEAD ALL THE CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR MUSIC. BUT LINKING UP FOR PROJECTS LIKE THE BEMUSE PIANO MASTERCLASSES, OR THE CHILCOTT BIRDLAND PROJECT SHOWS WHAT AN EFFECT YOU CAN GET, WORKING AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. ALEX TESTER DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AND ARTS, ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL

Music Department

We lead St Edward’s Singers as a community chorus for staff, parents, and neighbours with a concert in Gaudy Week at the start of July. We hosted sessions from Turtle Opera in London, in a collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music and with undergraduates of Oxford University music faculty. The project enables 16 young musicians with autism to devise, rehearse and perform a new piece of opera writing, with an ensemble of professional musicians and music students behind them.

A collaboration with The North Wall to bring two major concert pianists to give a recital and masterclass within our Music School where students from Burford School, the Cherwell School, the Dragon School, Gosford Hill and Teddies all joined together to watch. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra performed in the Olivier Hall and tickets were given to local state secondary and primary schools and to local neighbours.

In May we hosted the Music Teachers’ Association Conference welcoming 250 national and international delegates. We also facilitated a primary school singing project to sing extracts of Birdland, a new work by well-known composer Bob Chilcott. The five movements were taught by schools using material given to them. We then offered each school one visit from our staff to embed the music, and one session with Bob Chilcott visiting. Schools involved were Burford School , The Cherwell School , Gosford Hill , and St Barnabas Primary School Jericho.

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Academic Workshops and Lectures We were asked by several primary schools to support them in the delivery of Science as they felt they lacked the funds, teacher expertise and resources to bring the subject to life as well as they would wish. As part of British Science Week, we visited Cutteslowe Primary School and delivered science workshops to over 270 pupils from Years 1 to 6. At St Aloysius we led a workshop on ‘Growth in Science’ for Year 5. At Pegasus and Orchard Meadow Primary Schools in Blackbird Leys the children enjoyed workshops on Healthy Living and at New Marston Primary School there was a workshop on First Aid. During Gaudy week Years 5 and 6 from Cutteslowe Primary School visited us for workshops on Literature and Communication. Our Fourth Form pupils were paired up with pupils from Cutteslowe for interactive games and activities which included a session with children’s author Jo Cotterill. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE. OUR YEAR 5 AND 6 CHILDREN HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME, THEY WERE MADE TO FEEL WELCOME AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO WRITE UP SOME OF THE STORIES THEY CREATED WITH THE AUTHOR SO THANK YOU. LOUISE GREENWAY

Sports We have hosted several large sports tournaments for primary schools over the past year, including two hockey tournaments in partnership with Oxford Hawks and a cross country event. Our Sports Leaders have delivered both hockey and cricket sessions to local primary schools. In June Teddies hosted an event set up with Youth Challenge Oxfordshire (YoCo), which involved teenagers from Oxford being introduced to rowing as a sport, supported by our Head of Rowing and coaching staff. The afternoon was finished off with pizza and cookies in the gardens at the Boat House. IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY WHERE I WAS INSPIRED TO TAKE UP HOCKEY AS A SPORT. I LIKED SOCIALISING WITH KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. ELLA BROADWAY YEAR 5, ST ALOYSIUS SCHOOL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GIVING UP YOUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO YOCO. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE BLACKBIRD LEYS GROUP ENJOYED THEMSELVES. WHETHER YOU’VE GAINED ANY LONG-TERM CONVERTS I’M NOT SURE AS THE MAIN COMMENT I GOT WAS ‘IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!’ AND THE MAIN RELIEF FROM THE TWO WANTAGE LADS I TOOK HOME WAS THAT THEY’D BEATEN THE GIRLS IN THE RACE. LOT OF PRIDE AT STAKE THERE! JANE CRANSTON DL CHAIR, YOUTH CHALLENGE OXFORDSHIRE (YOCO)

INTERIM ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER, CUTTESLOWE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Access to School Facilities

DURING THE WINTER THE OXFORDSHIRE BULLS UNDER 11 AND UNDER 12 AGE GROUPS ACCESSED COACHING SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO THEIR PATHWAY PROGRAMME IN THE DOUGLAS BADER SPORTS HALL AT ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL, OXFORD. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL AND RACHEL FOR BEING SO GENEROUS AND FOR BEGINNING TO FORMULATE THIS REFRESHED LINK BETWEEN THE BULLS AND ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL, WHICH WE HOPE WILL CONTINUE IN THE YEARS TO COME. SAM ARTHURS FOUNDATION PATHWAY MANAGER, OXFORDSHIRE CRICKET We have continued to open up our facilities for external organisations to use on a non-commercial basis. Examples of this include regular use of our facilities for primary school sports and sports days, musical events and sports events. We have built up a working relationship over the years with Oxfordshire Cricket. The Oxfordshire Bulls use the Sports Hall for cricket nets and training and the U18 teams and Southern Vipers Academy have used our pitches and nets. Chance to Shine is a national charity that aims to give all children the opportunity to play, learn and develop through cricket and it funded Oxfordshire Cricket to deliver a cricket workshop to the primary school pupils whom we invited to Teddies T20 at Wormsley Estate. The Year 5 Dynamos Cricket School Finals day was held at St Edward’s and over 80 Year 5 pupils attended from 10 schools.

Organisational wide support The HR, Facilities and Estates departments at St

THAT WAS A LOVELY OCCASION TODAY! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE COOKS FOR OUR WONDERFULLY TASTY VEGETARIAN FEAST THAT WE HAD FOR OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS DINNER. MEMORABLE. PLEASE CONVEY OUR THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CHRISTMAS DINNERS, OUR CHILDREN LOVED THEM – FIVE CLEAN PLATES! Edward’s have worked with various organisations such as Wolvercote Young People’s Club (WYCP) and Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA). Over the year we have supported a variety of projects and events by loaning out equipment such as gazebos, drama stages and IT equipment and we have also provided administrative support for recruitment and surveying as well as offering health and safety advice. The kitchens continue to provide weekly meals free of charge to several organisations and charities such as Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA) and the Limes Club which supports people living with dementia. They have also made packed lunches for the Cutteslowe summer holiday camp and provided the Cutteslowe Community Christmas Lunch.

COULD WE PASS ON OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN COOKING THAT WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS DINNER. FROM RECIPIENTS OF THE CHRISTMAS LUNCH IN CUTTESLOWE COMMUNITY CENTRE

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A REFLECTION St Edward’s seeks to benefit the public by

promoting and providing for the advancement of the education of children in a liberal and open community”. That is the formal statement of our purpose, which we are seeking to achieve by

promoting scholarship, by delivering excellence, and by inspiring and celebrating commitment to service, within and outside the school community. That last element finds its fullest and most eloquent expression in Beyond Teddies. This report shows the impact of our work this year in pictures and in numbers, in print and in colour, and I hope that you have enjoyed reading it. At the same time, no publication can capture the fun of all these programmes and activities, or the effect that they have on the children and staff involved. Conversations with pupils about their work beyond Teddies, meetings with the children and adults with whom they are working in partnership, and visits to see these many activities have been among the highlights of my first year as Warden. The greatest public benefit of a school like Teddies is not in charitable giving or in the sharing of facilities. That work is important, but it is in the sharing of experience and the building of relationships that children and young people are shaped into adults who want to play the fullest possible part in society, who want to serve their communities, and who live out our values of integrity, courage and kindness, within and beyond Teddies. ALASTAIR CHIRNSIDE WARDEN

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