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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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Renamed · 03/07/2025 20:13

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 19:59

My Teddy loves Shakesbear. His favourite play is King Bear

Mine had a starring part in A Winter’s Tale

VehicleTracker77 · 03/07/2025 20:12

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MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:10

The last school Sports Day to accompany my post above.

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Sunshineismyfavourite · 03/07/2025 20:10

Oh this thread has made my day! Best laugh I've had in weeks.
I shall return to it when I'm having a bad day to cheer me up.

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:08

They definitely give their all on Sports Day

BeamMeUpCountMeIn · 03/07/2025 20:07

I notice that they tend to focus on the bear necessities and don't stretch themselves.

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 20:06

The school Christmas concerts are always a great success

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EmoIsntDead · 03/07/2025 20:06

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:18

Good evening. I am starting a campaign "Free Pink Pauline" . She has been locked in a cupboard since 1968, which is surely a cruel and unusual punishment.
Who will support this cause?

JUSTICE FOR PINK PAULINE

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 20:06

TheHillsIsLonely · 03/07/2025 20:04

The OP hasn't returned. I hope she hasn't had the stuffing knocked out of her by the response to her thread. Bear

I hope she hasn’t gone down to the woods today.

TheHillsIsLonely · 03/07/2025 20:04

The OP hasn't returned. I hope she hasn't had the stuffing knocked out of her by the response to her thread. Bear

Doggymummar · 03/07/2025 20:04

My teddies don't have genitals, I just checked

Thmssngvwlsrnd · 03/07/2025 20:02

I can't decide if this thread is unbearable or a teducation.

user1476613140 · 03/07/2025 20:01

They love picnics.

miniaturepixieonacid · 03/07/2025 20:00

Teddies is great for all rounders. Excellent Drama and Dance, strong Sport and Music, slightly academically selective but not hugely so.

None of the children who have gone there from the prep where I teach struggle academically. But they're not all academic high flyers either. Solid, hardworking, relatively clever kids with a talent for Sport and/or the Arts mainly.

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 19:59

My Teddy loves Shakesbear. His favourite play is King Bear

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 19:58

Amazing ratio of teachers to pupils! Just two in the class.

Not much technology available at the school though.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 03/07/2025 19:57

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 19:40

I thought this thread was serious ?

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It does not appear to be so.

QuaintPanda · 03/07/2025 19:56

Our cuddly toys are mostly hedgehogs and go to night school. One retired before he was school age as he’d been loved to bits. Another, a bully, was enrolled at Smeltings. He had had to leave the night school for setting fire to a bad report and burning the building down.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 03/07/2025 19:55

IWFH · 03/07/2025 18:38

Years ago it had the reputation of being for rich kids who weren't academic enough to get into MCS.
I'd bear that in mind.

Most rich kids, then.

RichardOsmanTheSecond · 03/07/2025 19:53

Would the teddy bear like to join in with this song?

It actually took over a year to identify where it was coming from because it was sporadic and most residents would only catch bits if the wind was right. I cant find it but there is a video of someone in their home with it and it is very, very unsettling.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-45496670

(BBC link and the BBC video is a spider).

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 19:53

edwinbear · 03/07/2025 19:46

I had to pull my teddies out of private school given the VAT on school fees. I can’t bear the thought of sending them to the local comp with all the road bears, but no choice unfortunately.

😂

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 19:53

edwinbear · 03/07/2025 19:46

I had to pull my teddies out of private school given the VAT on school fees. I can’t bear the thought of sending them to the local comp with all the road bears, but no choice unfortunately.

Oh no — that’s un-bear-able news! I’m sure your little cubs will grin and bear it, but I totally get the panda-monium this must be causing at home. Still, I’m sure they’ll hibernate into the new place just fine — and who knows, they might even find a few koala-ty friends among the road bears. Stay pawsitive! 🐾

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 19:52

I don't know about academic ability, but they seem well behaved in school assembly.

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EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:52

BunnyRuddington · 03/07/2025 19:44

Wasn’t that Yogi Bear?

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Smarter than the average bear. I wonder if he went to private school?

MrsKypp · 03/07/2025 19:52

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 18:18

My teddies thrived at uni

😂

I love some of the replies in this thread 😂