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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?

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oioos7 · 03/07/2025 17:57

Hello All,

Just seeing if any current parents can tell me if the vast majority of kids at Teddies thrive academically. I have heard this from current parents and students.

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MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 21:04

Shetlands · 03/07/2025 20:40

Calm down with your #FreePinkPauline protests! She's as common as muck and likes being in the cupboard with half a regiment of old soldiers. If we let her out she'll be straight on the Gin, singing Eskimo Nell and end up knickerless behind the drinks cabinet with Noddy and Big Ears. I am NOT going through all that again!

She's just misunderstood. She fully understands that she's been found in compromising positions (among others), but she's changed now. She's ready for freedom and all that brings.

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 21:02

@MrsKypp I hear you! That VAT charge is just outrageous, isn't it? Imagine imposing a tax on the wealthy. Just because you have a lot of teddies. Is like being in the Soviet Union.

boujeewooje · 03/07/2025 21:01

SquishedMallow · 03/07/2025 20:24

Surely the OP is doing a pretentious name drop here ? I'd never even heard of this simply spiffing college/school or whatever it is, let alone the abbreviated 'in the know 😉' nickname ....

I expect op also says "gap yaaaaar"

🤣

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:53

I was going to send all our teddies to Teddies for £12,725 a term each as day pupils. Between my children there are probably around 15 soft toys, and it would be unacceptable to discriminate and only send teddies private and not the rabbit, leopard et al, so £190,875 a term, £572,625 a year. Very reasonable.

However, with the VAT it's just too expensive. We will be forced to look elsewhere now.

Shetlands · 03/07/2025 20:40

Calm down with your #FreePinkPauline protests! She's as common as muck and likes being in the cupboard with half a regiment of old soldiers. If we let her out she'll be straight on the Gin, singing Eskimo Nell and end up knickerless behind the drinks cabinet with Noddy and Big Ears. I am NOT going through all that again!

julietteoubliette · 03/07/2025 20:35

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 18:07

I do think that is an incredibly sinister song, though.

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The ice cream van that comes around our estate plays it and it terrifies me! Such a creepy tune

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 03/07/2025 20:31

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 03/07/2025 20:26

Network = better jobs / more money.

Even for Teddies..

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My teddy has never had a job.

He just sits about.

With his friend.

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TheHillsIsLonely · 03/07/2025 20:30

Sunshineandoranges · 03/07/2025 20:19

Ah but that wouldn’t count as koala’s aren’t teddies

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Somebody sounds like a tired little teddy bear. Time you went home to bed.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 03/07/2025 20:26

soupyspoon · 03/07/2025 18:20

Yep and then still working at the same job which is nothing to do with their degree.

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Network = better jobs / more money.

Even for Teddies..

Galatine · 03/07/2025 20:26

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:20

Wait. Is Today the Day?

The teddy bears have their picnic! Yes!

SquishedMallow · 03/07/2025 20:24

Surely the OP is doing a pretentious name drop here ? I'd never even heard of this simply spiffing college/school or whatever it is, let alone the abbreviated 'in the know 😉' nickname ....

I expect op also says "gap yaaaaar"

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:22

Foreign language provision is outstanding and even includes Japanese.

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
3luckystars · 03/07/2025 20:22

Sunshineandoranges · 03/07/2025 20:19

Ah but that wouldn’t count as koala’s aren’t teddies

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How dare you. Reported.

I can’t bear that kind of grizzly attitude.

Renamed · 03/07/2025 20:22

Renamed · 03/07/2025 20:13

Mine had a starring part in A Winter’s Tale

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Grrr. Arrgh.

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TheHillsIsLonely · 03/07/2025 20:22

Have you read the Ofsted report?

Goldilocksdidarunner · 03/07/2025 20:21

They must do, otherwise why would they leave their house unlocked when going for a walk. They do make a good porridge though... shame about the chair I broke.

ElaineBurdock · 03/07/2025 20:19

My grandson's Teddy is named Treacle. So far it appears as if Treacle is smarter than my grandson. Treacle sits politely in his seat during speech therapy, whereas my grandson runs off to pillage the toy box.

Sunshineandoranges · 03/07/2025 20:19

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 18:04

All my teddies are really smart and one of them (the koala) even wrote a song.

Ah but that wouldn’t count as koala’s aren’t teddies

SquishedMallow · 03/07/2025 20:18

I love 🧸 🧸 🧸 🧸 so does my daughter. She'll be thrilled you believe they're really real like she does ❤️

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 20:17

They might not get violin lessons from Yogi Bear-ma anymore, but at least my little teddies are still getting a solid state education:

Subjects include:

  • Food Tech – specialising in marmalade sandwiches and bear claws (both pastry and practical).
  • Clawculus – with extra scratch paper, naturally.
  • Paw-litical Studies – covering left wing, right wing, and the constitutional right to bear arms.
  • Fur-eign Languages – “Bonjour, je suis un ours.”
  • Bear-dramatics – featuring the greats: MacBear, Much Ado About Growling, and the masterpawce… The Bear-y Wives of Windsor.
  • Bear-itish Literature – from Paddington’s Diaries to Of Bears and Men, with in-depth study of Roald Pawl and Winnie the Pooh-stmodernism.
  • Growl-ography – tracking salmon streams and picnic sites using only instinct and paw-prints.
  • Paw-sical Education – dodgeball, tree climbing, and competitive honey-pot wrestling (helmets optional).
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MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:16

EleanorReally · 03/07/2025 20:13

Bear does no one care where the op is? @oioos7

Not really 😂

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:15

Some of the staff do tend to be a little arrogant at times though.

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FuzzyPuffling · 03/07/2025 20:15

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 19:59

My Teddy loves Shakesbear. His favourite play is King Bear

Mine like "Love's Labears Lost"

EleanorReally · 03/07/2025 20:13
Bear does no one care where the op is? @oioos7