The Chronicle, Autumn 2018

20 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Real Life In part two of our celebration of 20 years of full co-education at St Edward’s following our Girls talk feature last year, we ask boys and staff to tell us what they value about being part of a co-ed community.

Celia Hodgson OSE

Life is co-ed!  As John Dewey said: “education is not preparation for life; education is life itself”. For Teddies pupils, life involves benefitting from collaborating in co-ed classrooms and gaining confidence in expressing their views in the presence of members of the opposite sex (or the “neighbouring sex” as Daphne Hampson, Professor Emerita of the University of St Andrews, suggested during a recent Sixth Form lecture). Rachel Bellamy, Assistant Head Pastoral

Orlando Mann, Luca Howard and Uliana Bogdasarova at a Corfe/Kendall pizza, ping-pong and table football night.

Society’s expectations are fast changing; co-education means our children mature in an environment where they are used to working collaboratively and to listening to and valuing each other’s perspectives. Reflective co- education prepares our pupils well for the wider world. Fiona Wickens, Head of Sixth Form