Summer Edition 2016

2016 

Exploring the 

teenage years 

Top Tips for 

Festival goers 

Must-have life 

skills for kids 

Liz Earle 

Picnic Recipe 

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CONTENTS 

Education 

Fashion 

Food & Drink 

Gifts 

Health & Beauty 

Holidays & Rental 

Interiors 

Photography 

Property 

Services 

FEATURES 

D of E celebrates 

60 years 

P7 

Work Experience 

P9 

Must have 

life skills for kids 

P11 

Recipe from 

Liz Earle 

P13 

Cooking with Kids 

P15 

Understanding Acne 

P17 

Teenagers! 

P19 

Top Tips for 

festival goers 

P21 

Gap year travel 

P23 

How to design a 

teenagers’ bedroom 

P25 

Let’s help others 

P29 

welcome 

Dear Parents 

Welcome to our Summer 2016 edition. With holidays upon us 

and exams done and dusted, it’s time to grab your sunglasses and 

head outside with a glass of Rosé! (Special wine offer page 14) 

In this edition we celebrate the teenage years. We have expert 

advice from Janey Downshire, the guru on teenage issues. We 

look at ways of tackling changing skin and ideas to transform 

your kid’s bedroom from ‘sweet’ to suitably ‘hip’. We also offer 

tips on cooking with kids and how to make the most of the 

summer festivals with teenagers in tow. 

We also follow up on our charitable initiatives, including 

Operation Oscar, Walk With Me and our exciting charity 

cricket campaign. (page 29) 

In addition to this, there is a comprehensive directory of useful 

businesses and services, all of whom have helped raise funds 

directly for our member schools. Once again we’d like to take 

this opportunity to thank all our advertisers, schools and parents 

for their continued support. 

As always it has been an incredibly busy term for everyone. 

We now have 50 member schools and over 32,000 regular parent 

visitors from over 265 different schools, which means your free 

parent notices are being seen by an ever-increasing audience. 

If you would like to join us, please visit www.schoolnotices.co.uk 

to benefit from our exclusive member offers and to gain access to 

our fantastic Summer Activities List. There is something there 

for everyone. 

Finally, have a wonderful, happy summer and let’s hope the sun 

shines! 

With best wishes 

The School Notices Team 

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This year, the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) 

Award, the world’s leading youth achievement 

award, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. 

The award aims to help students gain new 

skills and explore new territories, and it is 

well-known for the challenging and rewarding 

expeditions required of the participants at 

every level (Bronze, Silver and Gold). 

Girls at Cheltenham Ladies’ College have 

recently been on expeditions across the UK, 

as well as in the French Alps and Madagascar. 

Alex McHattie, a CLC student who 

completed her Gold expedition last summer, 

recalled: 

“As I left for Madagascar I had no idea 

what to expect. I was embarking on the 

adventure of a lifetime. I saw views like no 

other, met people who are beyond admirable 

and I learnt so much about myself. DofE 

showed me just how far I could push myself 

and what I was capable of doing.” 

Along with the expeditions, the awards 

also require participants to learn a new 

skill, undertake a physical activity and take 

part in volunteering. Many schools provide 

opportunities to help participants with these 

activities. 

At Cheltenham Ladies’ College, the girls are 

supported through the school’s Community 

Links volunteering programme and undertake 

a range of activities, from teaching languages 

and reading at local primary schools to 

helping at local animal shelters. CLC 

girls alone undertake over 3,200 hours of 

volunteering each year. If schools across the 

country dedicate time and resources to these 

outstanding awards, then we can look forward 

to another 60 years of a thriving DofE scheme 

that supports the next generation of leaders to 

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WORK EXPERIENCE - MAKING IT WORK 

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available. At graduate level, internships have 

become the new interview, allowing employers 

to establish a “good fit” before offering a job. 

Two weeks beforehand: Ask yourself and 

them “How can I best prepare?” to show 

proactivity and professionalism. 

When you get there: Get involved, be curious 

and speak to everyone. Work out how the 

different parts of the business work together. 

Think about which functions your skills and 

personality suit best. 

Make it a commercial experience. What 

products/services do they sell? Who are their 

clients and competitors and what is their 

business strategy and what margins do they 

operate on? 

Record everything. Write notes on 

everything so that you can refer to them later. 

What did you learn? Record skills learnt, 

gaps identified, experiences enjoyed and how 

it met your expectations. 

What did you contribute? Was there a valueexchange 

for the opportunity offered to you? 

This helps prepare future CV’s, personal 

statements, application forms and to answer 

interview questions. 

Immediately afterwards: Follow up with a 

thank you and request a reference. Say you 

would like to be considered in the future. Start 

a professional network. Create a LinkedIn 

profile. 

Good alternatives to work experience: 

Voluntary work and Saturday jobs are highly 

regarded by admission tutors and graduate 

recruiters. Or organize informational 

interviews with your contacts that are useful 

to develop your experience and network. 

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resulting in deficiency of vital nutrients such as 

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and apply a mask weekly at home. Products 

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BY HUGH PHILLIMORE 

CREATOR OF THE CORNBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Everyone goes to festivals these days – 

they seem to have become very much 

part of the summer season! I have 

great memories of my early festival 

experiences – The Police & Thin Lizzy 

at Reading sometime around 1978 and 

The Rolling Stones at Knebworth a bit earlier. 

I started Cornbury in 2004 to create a gentle 

little festival for those that love music and 

I’m proud of what we’ve achieved over the 

last twelve years. A range of artists from 

Joe Cocker to Amy Winehouse, Keane to 

Humphrey Lyttelton have featured at 

Cornbury and we’ve developed a reputation 

as a well-run and safe family event – a village 

fete with a rock ‘n’ roll twist sums it up pretty 

well. It’s a great starter festival for adults and 

kids alike. My daughter Rose has come since 

she was a month old and now calls it Daddy’s 

Big Party! 

8TH, 9TH, 10TH JULY 2016 

As a guru on festivals I’ve come up 

with my own list of top tips! 

1) Get your tickets early and really 

explore where you want to be and what 

options the various packages include. 

2) Pack carefully – you should always have the 

following festival essentials: water bottle, wet 

wipes, lip balm/moisturiser, strepsils/throat 

lozenges, breath freshner, baby powder, ear 

plugs, nurofen, hair gel, sun cream, hat, loose 

fitting clothes, sun glasses and floaty light 

scarf (you can always find a use for it). 

3) Have an easy meeting place for your kids 

and if they have phones make sure they have 

useful apps to find you and their friends. 

4) Finally download the festival apps – they 

are brilliant and keep you in the loop! 

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The days of packing your child off on a gap 

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Modern technology means parents can 

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and what they are up to at any given time. 

With this comes the inevitable temptation 

to meet up in exotic locations and share in 

the experience. We are seeing an increasing 

trend in family holidays arranged to coincide 

with the itinerary of travelling offspring. 

‘I was having the most fantastic time backpacking 

through South East Asia with my friends when 

mum and dad said they were coming out to 

meet me in Thailand. 

The thought of them reliving their apparently ‘wild 

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the spa for a good scrub before sending them 

on their way happy in the knowledge that 

they are having the time of their lives. 

youth’ and visions of them crashing the Full Moon 

Party filled me with horror. I had not realised how 

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finally having some privacy, a comfortable bed and 

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Moving from crib to first-bed to bunks to a 

full-sized bed, childrens’ bedrooms change 

a lot as they grow up. This becomes more 

challenging once they move into their teenage 

years and their room becomes their universe. 

GET CREATIVE 

As your teenager starts developing their own 

sense of style, encourage them to get creative 

and have their say by thinking about what 

hobbies and colours they’d like to incorporate. 

MIX PATTERNS AND TEXTURES 

Think large, bold, colourful and graphic. 

Mixing colours, patterns and textures as well 

as layering and combining shapes will ensure 

a less grown-up or formal approach. 

MAKE IT COLOURFUL 

Follow the 123 Formula - 1. Choose one wall 

colour from the light palette 2. Chose two 

colours from the bright or bold palette 3. Use 

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Buy quality, adult sized, classic furniture and 

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long term. Use on-trend items to accessorize 

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STEP UP THE STORAGE 

Neat and tidy is not likely to be on the tip of 

your teenager’s tongue, but you can help with 

this on-going battle by providing storage 

units, cupboards, drawers, hanging rails, 

hooks, boxes and baskets. 

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Display things with pride which are personal 

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The new tribes moving to a village near you 

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locations – and uncovers some new and interesting housing personas that are 

growing in the UK and moving to a village near you: 

The Downtons are an influential family with substantial income living in the grandest village 

house. While the most prestigious house in the village would once have been owned by the 

local squire, many of these properties have now been acquired by buyers using property 

equity to purchase a rural idyll. 

PROPERTY 

Peter Wright offers a tailored 

property search service, with 

experienced and comprehensive 

advice on all aspects of finding 

Elderflowers are healthy and active retirees who have assets, including their own home 

and pension income. Elderflowers have either lived in the village all their lives or are empty 

nesters looking to move into a village house that suits their changing needs. 

and purchasing residential and 

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development property. 

Peter was an estate agent for 32 

years selling prestigious properties in 

London and the South East. He now 

uses his knowledge and experience 

to find properties often not on the 

market, and to facilitate a smooth 

and successful transaction, saving 

you time and money. 

Peter is the father of two 

Old Eastbournians and one pupil 

currently at Eastbourne College. 

Rusticarians are entrepreneurs and creatives who can bring dynamism to the village 

economy. These diverse countryside dwellers embrace new approaches to work and 

lifestyle. For example, rural areas have the highest rate of homeworkers – 33% compared 

to 12% in urban areas. 

Rubies – or Rural Newbies – are families who are keen to move to a village location to 

raise their children. This group of predominantly younger families supports the local school, 

uses community facilities for classes and leisure facilities, and sustains local shops. 

The Onesies are single-person households which are growing across all age groups in the 

UK at a rate ten times faster than the general population. About 3.8 million older people 

are sole occupiers and 70% of these are women. 

email: 

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Stephanie McMahon, Head of Research at Strutt & Parker, said: 

“The face of the modern village is changing as new 

demographic groups play key roles in shaping the future 

of rural life.” 

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