Shell Guide to the Curriculum 2023

Welcome to Teddies!

For the last sixth months, the teachers here at Teddies have been anticipating your arrival – we’ve thought really carefully about what you will be taught, about the devices you’ll use in lessons and in prep and, most importantly, what we want you to be able to do by the end of your first year here. Following the success of an innovation brought in last year, we are continuing to provide an element of optionality to the Shell curriculum. Rather than short amounts of time doing lots of subjects, we have slightly reduced the number you can pick but ensured that you get quality time in every subject.

Our School is one that celebrates success in all of its various forms. Academically, we are not just interested in those to whom top grades come easily; rather, we demand that everyone does their best and so, if you do your best, you’ll find that the whole community is right behind you. In the end, success is almost always preceded by effort and the most rewarding celebrations are those in which your hard graft has paid off. Of course, there are times when all of us find academic work difficult or when we find it tough to give enough time to our studies. When those times arrive, put your hand up, speak to your Tutor, your teachers or your HM, or have a quiet word with a pupil peer listener in your House. You will never face a problem that we haven’t navigated before.

The next five years will be a real adventure and I can’t wait to see how you all get on.

Good luck!

David Flower Sub-Warden Academic

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