The Super Curriculum at Teddies - Summer 2025

HIGHLIGHTS OF

THE SUPER CURRICULUM

AT TEDDIES SUMMER TERM 2025

OXFORD DAYS MAY Classics Trip Lower Sixth pupils Monday 5th May | 11.00am – 2.30pm The Ashmolean Museum Ancient World Trip Fourth Form pupils Friday 16th May | 1.45 – 4.15pm The Ashmolean Museum History of Art Trip Lower Sixth pupils Tuesday 20th May | 8.30am – 2.00pm Historic sites of Oxford SCHOOL EVENTS APRIL Kenneth Grahame Society Essay Presentations Tuesday 29th April | 7.30 – 9.00pm Warden’s Rooms MAY The Biology Challenge Shell and Fourth Form pupils Thursday 1st May | 6.00 – 7.00pm Attenborough Tending Theatre Trip Lower Sixth pupils Thursday 1st May | 8.00 – 9.00pm The North Wall

Philosophy Society Lecture: Sebastian Herdt of the University of Oxford Thursday 8th May | 8.00 – 9.00pm Olivier Hall Geography Association Lecture: Environment, Energy and Sustainability with Dr Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Tuesday 13th May | 6.00 – 7.00pm Olivier Hall Economics Society Lecture: Dr Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute Tuesday 20th May | 5.30 – 6.30pm Recital Room JUNE Intermediate Biology Olympiad Shell and Fourth Form pupils Thursday 5th June | 6.00 – 7.00pm Attenborough Philosophy Society Lecture Thursday 12th June | 8.00 – 9.00pm E1 / E2 Modern Foreign Languages Gaudy Competition Friday 20th June | 6.00 – 7.00pm Recital Room

The Phoenix Society Lecture: Sam Leith, Literary Editor of The Spectator Shell pupils Tuesday 6th May | 10.10 – 10.55am Olivier Hall Travel Tales from South America: Suzanne Arbuthnot Tuesday 6th May | 6.00 – 7.00pm Olivier Hall

LECTURES IN CLASSICS Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens of the University of Kent will be in residence at Teddies from the 7th – 8th May. He will deliver a Keynote Lecture and an accompanying series of smaller sessions over two days. Intro to Tacitean Style in The Annals XII (The Fall

Oratory Then and Now Shell pupils Thursday 8th May | 8.30 – 9.15am Olivier Hall Homer to Virgil: Greek to Roman Epic Lower Sixth pupils Thursday 8th May | 11.30am – 12.15pm Work Block

of Messalina) Fourth Form pupils Wednesday 7th May | 11.30am – 12.15pm Olivier Hall Homer to Virgil: Greek to Roman Epic Lower Sixth pupils Wednesday 7th May | 2.10 – 2.55pm Work Block Keynote Lecture: 'Culture Wars, Then and Now: Immigration and Xenophobia in Julius Caesar's Rome' with Dr Christopher Burden Strevens of the University of Kent Open to the Teddies community and external guests Wednesday 7th May | 6.00 – 7.00pm Olivier Hall

SCHOLARS Throughout the term, Academic Award Holders will have the opportunity to participate in mentoring sessions in their given subjects. The focus of these sessions will vary week-to-week, but they will take place on Mondays between 11.00am and 11.30am.

OTHER TRIPS APRIL Design Trip to Silverstone Fourth Form pupils Tuesday 29th April | 8.30am – 4.15pm Silverstone Circuit and Museum MAY SUPA Conservation Talk Fourth Form and Lower Sixth pupils Wednesday 13th May | 9.20am – 4.30pm Cotswold Wildlife Park Piaf French Theatre Trip Lower Sixth pupils Thursday 15th May | 1.05 – 6.00pm The Watermill Theatre JUNE Trip to the New Art Centre Lower Sixth pupils Wednesday 4th June | 9.00am – 4.30pm Roche Court Sculpture Park

Translation Bee: South Regional Final Monday 9th June | All day University of Bath London Road Theatre Trip Fifth Form and Lower Sixth pupils Monday 9th June | 4.30 – 11.30pm The Royal National Theatre

Geography Trip to Birmingham Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth Lower Sixth pupils Wednesday 18th June | 8.00am – 4.30pm Birmingham Blenheim Society Trip: Chalke Valley History Festival Tuesday 24th June | 7.15am – 6.15pm Broad Chalke

ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

For more information, contact the Head of the relevant department.

Art (Fourth Form Club) Art (Sixth Form Drop–in)

Weekly

Monday

5.00–6.00pm Art Dept

Daily

Every day

9.00am–7.00pm Sixth Form Art Studio

Biology Society

Fortnightly

Thursdays of Week A 6.00–7.00pm Dawkins, Life Sciences

Biology: Goodall Club Biology: Dissection Club Ceramics Society Chemistry Society Classics (Lower Lyne) Classics (Lyne Society)

Weekly

Friday

4.30–6.30pm Attenborough, Life Sciences

Fortnightly

Thursdays of Week B 6.00–7.00pm Attenborough, Life Sciences

Weekly

Monday

4.30–6.00pm Ceramics Studio

Fortnightly Fortnightly

Tuesdays of Week B 8.00–9.00pm C2

Wednesday

4.30–6.00pm Room 12 8.00–9.00pm Old Library

Twice Termly

Tuesday

Computer Science Society Weekly

Friday

4.30–5.30pm Humanities Room C

Creative Writing Society

Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly

Tuesday

5.00–6.00pm Library

Debating Society Design Club (Shells) Design Engineering

Friday

4.45–5.45pm

Tuesday Thursday Monday

4.00–5.00pm Design Dept 4.30–5.30pm Design Dept 4.30–6.00pm Drama Studio

Drama: OX2

Drama Studio

Drama: Theatre Society

Wednesday/Thursday 4.00–5.00pm, 6.00–7.00pm, 8.00–9.00pm

Economics Eco Society

Fortnightly

Thursdays of Week B 6.00–7.00pm E11

As Advertised As Advertised

Feminism Society

Film and Photography Financial Markets Society

Weekly Weekly

Tuesday Tuesday

5.15–5.45pm MFL Room 3

6.00–6.50pm E9

Foreign Language Film Forum Twice Termly

8.00–9.00pm MFL Dept

Geography Society

Ad Hoc

Wednesday

German Club

Fortnightly

Thursday

4.15–5.00pm MFL3

History: Blenheim Society Jewellery and Craft Club

Weekly Weekly

Wednesday

3.35–4.20pm Workblock Room 8

Monday

4.30–5.30pm Jewellery

Kenneth Grahame Society As Advertised Monday

8.00–9.30pm Warden’s Rooms 8.30–9.30pm English Dept

Livingstone Society (Literature Club) Maths Society (Junior) Maths Society (Senior)

Weekly

Wednesday

As Advertised Monday

8.00–9.00pm Big School 4.45–5.30pm Newton

Weekly

Monday

Medicine Society

Fortnightly

Tuesdays of Week A 8.00–9.00pm C2

MFL Society Model UN

Weekly Weekly

Friday

2.00–2.40pm MFL Dept 8.00–9.00pm Humanities E 2.00–2.30pm Modern Languages

M/T

Modern Languages Society Weekly

Friday

Philosophy Society

Half–Termly As Advertised

Old Library / Recital Room

Phoenix Society (English)

Physics Society Politics Society

Weekly

Tuesday

4.30–6.00pm P3

Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly

Thursdays of Week A 6.00–6.45pm Room 8 Workblock Tuesdays of Week A 1.30–2.15pm Room E Humanities

Psychology Society

Psychology/Social Science Reading Group

Wednesday

8.00–9.00pm Humanity Room E

Science Society

Weekly Weekly

Tuesday Thursday

4.30–5.30pm P2

Screenwriting Workshop

8.00–9.00pm Library

Sports Science

As Advertised

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