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CONTENTS 

Welcome 

Summer is finally here, and we’re delighted to be unveiling 

our fabulous new look SN magazine! In this sporty issue, 

we’ve scoured the land for our favourite summer family 

must-haves, Tim Henman talks to us about his meteoric 

rise to the top, and the incredible Clare Balding helps inspire 

the next generation. 

We also have expert advice from top interior designer, 

Ursula Wesselingh, on how to create the perfect sport 

themed kid’s bedroom. Clare Hornby, founder of fashion 

label ME+EM, shares her top style tips, and we catch up 

with the unstoppable Jim Sewell, on his mission to raise 

£1 million for the charity Restless Development by 

organizing school triathlons. 

Fundraising is at the very heart of what we are trying to 

achieve at School Notices. We donate 25% of all advertising 

revenue back to our member schools and it’s all thanks 

to you and your continued support that we are able to make 

a difference. 

We hope you and your families have a wonderful and well 

deserved summer break. 

The School Notices Team 

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Q: Why do elephants have trunks? 

A: Because they look silly in bikinis! 

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Summer Sizzlers 

5 Shop our hottest picks 

11 

Summer Reads 

Our holiday recommendations 

Clare Balding 

12 Meet the woman inspiring 

a generation 

Tim Henman 

18 On his rise to the top 

25 ME+EM 

Founder Clare Hornby 

talks fashion 

27 

Girl Power 

Importance of sport at 

senior school 

Time Tokens 

31 Managing children’s digital diet 

Sporty Interiors 

33 Design ideas for teen bedrooms 

Stub Hub 

37 Wallpaper that’s just the ticket 

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Picnic Perfection 

Falafel wraps from ‘Cooking 

them Healthy’ 

Triathlon Man 

One man’s mission to raise 

£1 million 

Pap Your Pet 

Winners announced! 

Our News 

School Notices round-up 

Favourite Facts 

Wow your friends this summer! 

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Head Space 

We catch up with Julian 

Thomas, Wellington College 

Publisher Annabella Ward 

Editor-at-large Susannah Warren 

Artistic Director Ruth Ellis 

Design Reid Creative 

Cover photograph Millie Pilkington 

Printed by London Print 

Co-Founder, Managing Director Clare Reid 

Co-Founder, Managing Director Gordon Dawson 

Head of Advertising Tracy Hoar 

Head of Marketing Katie Wiggin 

Head of Schools Tia May 

For advertising and general enquires, 

please email info@schoolnotices.co.uk 

or call us on 01256 223 060 

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SUMMER 

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Everyone needs a pair of Rose Rankins 

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are a must for all little 

adventurers. Deliciously soft, 

the ponchos also come in a 

navy orca design for boys. 

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Brilliant fun for parties, 

discos and sleepovers, 

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ensure you stand out 

after dark. 

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stylish addition to 

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card games deliver 1,000 years 

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Fun and fruity, if only they 

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The ultimate in underwater cameras. Able to 

shoot raw photos and includes built-in Wi-Fi 

and GPS. The family will be fighting over it! 

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Heading to the beach this summer? You definitely 

need Water Cracket. In a variety of bright colours, this 

fantastic game will keep the whole family entertained. 

£19.95 www.crashbangkids.co.uk

SHOPPING 

 

 

These super comfortable pumps are sure to 

brighten up everyone’s day and come in an 

array of other colours to suit the whole family. 

From £25 www.trotters.co.uk 

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For fabulous, quick-drying trunks in 

fresh prints, look no further than Bunks’ 

South African-inspired collection. 

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Small, lightweight and life-resistant, 

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bluetooth speaker pumps out a 

super loud, super rich sound that’ll 

blow your mind. It even comes with 

a float so you can groove in the 

pool while it bobs beside you. 

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For your littlest shrimps, we adore 

these Dotty Dungarees stripes 

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There are numerous benefits 

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of competition, there is always 

the risk of injury, from bumps 

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to the mouth can often get 

overlooked, however, losing a 

tooth or damaging the gums can 

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Contact sports such as 

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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR 

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It may seem obvious, but many 

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You can purchase the standard 

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Losing a tooth is an expensive 

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SOLO SPORTS 

It is not just contact sports that 

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skiing and skating, so always get 

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“Losing a tooth is 

an expensive ordeal 

costing around 20 

times more than the 

cost of a customfitted 

mouth guard.” 

THE DO’S AND DON’TS 

of chipping or losing a tooth 

A tooth that has been knocked out of its 

socket can be successfully replanted and 

last for years. Knowing what to do and 

taking quick action as a parent will increase 

the likelihood of saving the tooth. 

DO pick up the tooth by the crown (the 

chewing surface) not the root. The tooth 

should be handled carefully and if dirty 

gently rinsed with water. 

DO reposition the tooth in the socket 

immediately. The sooner the tooth is 

replaced, the greater the likelihood that 

it will survive. Carefully push the tooth in 

the socket with your fingers and gently bite 

down on it. 

DO keep the tooth moist at all times. 

The tooth must not be left outside the 

mouth to dry. 

DO place the tooth (or chipped piece) 

in milk or in the mouth next to the cheek. 

Metamorphosis is offering SN Members 

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on full upper and lower fixed 

comprehensive Damon braces 

with the UK’s leading expert, Dr 

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To claim your 10% discount, please call 0200 3331782. 

Terms & Conditions apply, please visit the website 

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DO go and see your dentist immediately 

(or emergency dentist if out of hours). 

Professional advice and treatment as soon 

as possible after trauma will increase the 

chance of the tooth’s long term survival. 

DON’T use soap or chemicals to wash 

the tooth. 

DON’T wrap the tooth in tissue. 

DON’T ignore a small chip. Always seek 

professional advice. Some teeth can lose 

their blood and nerve supply and turn grey 

and may require root canal treatment. 


BOOKS 

SUMMER 

READS 

Everyone needs a good book to get stuck into 

on holiday, so here are some of our favourites! 

Young adult fiction 

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by Jennifer E. Smith 

Alice doesn’t believe in luck (at least not the good kind), Alice believes in love. 

Mostly that she’s been in love with her best friend, Teddy, for the last three years. 

When she buys him a lottery ticket for his birthday and he wins 32 million dollars, 

they are thrown together with the world at their feet. Teddy decides that he will 

spend his money committing random acts of kindness, and who better to go on 

that adventure with him than Alice? In the process they get to know themselves 

and each other better than they ever have before, but money can’t buy you love… 

£5.99 Faber 

Middle grade 

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by Greg James and Chris Smith 

Kid Normal tells the story of Murph 

Cooper. When he starts his new school 

he can't help but feel a bit out of 

his depth. And it's not because he's 

worried about where to sit, making 

friends, fitting in, or not knowing 

where the loos are. It's because his 

mum has enrolled him at a school 

for superheroes by mistake. But just 

because you don't have superpowers, 

it doesn't mean you can't save 

the day. 

£6.99 Paperback and EBook 

Bloomsbury Publishing 

Early readers 

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by Isla Fisher 

The second fun family 

story in the MARGE series 

by actor & comedian Isla 

Fisher, illustrated with wit 

and warmth by Eglantine 

Ceulemans. Marge is 

back and exploring the 

neighbourhood with the 

kids! With some help from 

Jemima and Jake, can she 

stay in charge and keep 

‘pirate’ baby Zara under 

control? And can the 

children make sure Marge 

behaves at Uncle Desmond 

and Annie’s wedding? 

£5.99 Paperback 

Piccadilly Press 


I don’t 

know 

how she 

does it! 

A woman of many talents, 

Clare Balding tells Susannah 

Warren about her crazy 

broadcasting schedule, her 

new novel for children and 

why she is passionate about 

promoting women’s sport

INTERVIEW 

Clare Balding is just as you 

would expect her to be: 

warm, articulate, intelligent, 

inspiring. Most reassuring, 

though, is how down to 

earth the broadcaster and 

best-selling author remains 

despite the accolades that 

have been heaped upon her: OBE, BAFTA Special 

Award, Royal Television Society’s Presenter of 

the Year Award, Racing 

Journalist of the Year, to 

name but a few. “I don’t need 

freshly born kittens and lilies. 

I don’t even need a dressing 

room. I go and change in the 

loo if needs be.” 

It is this lack of 

entitlement, along with her 

unerring professionalism, 

that has won over the hearts 

of pretty much the entire 

nation and made her the go-to presenter for so many 

of the sporting calendar’s biggest events. 

When we meet she has just finished fronting 

Crufts, is in the middle of filming a Channel 4 

documentary, When Football Banned Women, which 

tells the story of the globally feted Dick Kerr ladies 

and explains how the 50-year ban (1921-1971) came 

about. Then she’s onto the Boat Race, the America’s 

Cup (“something totally new for me to learn”), 

Wimbledon, swiftly followed by the European 

Women’s Football Championships in Holland, 

which she is also presenting for the first time. In 

amongst all this, she has her ongoing Radio 4 series, 

Ramblings, and is also in the throes of writing her 

second novel for children, a sequel to her hugely 

popular witty debut, The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t 

Gallop. Due out in October, it has, she tips us off, a 

“certain Shergar theme to it”. 

“THINK LESS 

ABOUT WHAT 

OTHER PEOPLE 

THINK AND MORE 

ABOUT WHO YOU 

WANT TO BE” 

It’s exhausting just thinking about her schedule. 

And that’s not all of her commitments by any means, 

so just imagine when it’s an Olympic year. How on 

earth does she do it? 

“There’s a lot of other stuff that I don’t do. My 

sister-in-law will rustle up dinner for 20 people 

without blinking – that would give me a heart attack. 

I don’t have kids. Alice [Arnold, her wife] plans our 

holidays. I’m pretty focused on what I do.” Focused, 

or a workaholic, perhaps? “Yes, it is a danger, ” she 

admits. “But I recognise it and pull back from it.” 

The buzz of live coverage is hard to pass up, she 

admits: “I do love the energy and performance of 

live TV and radio, bringing a sporting event to life… 

trying to make people care about a race they’ve never 

watched before and they don’t know who half the 

swimmers, cyclists or whoever are.” 

As the daughter of former 

racehorse trainer Ian Balding, 

sport was in her blood. “The 

whole family was into it and it 

was on TV all the time.” She 

did endless competitive riding 

in the holidays and played a lot 

of lacrosse at Downe House, 

where she was head girl. Sport 

is, she insists, hugely important 

to schoolchildren’s confidence. 

“When you’re really 

struggling and feeling that you’re failing at 

something, it’s really good for showing you how to 

pick yourself up – not just how to succeed, but how 

to work in a team, how to react when someone else 

wins, how to get fit, to recover.” 

It is also, she says, a valuable reminder that life’s 

“not all about being size zero and stick thin”. It’s a 

theme she deals with in The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t 

Gallop, which tells the heartwarming story of a 

horse-mad 10-year-old girl, Charlie Bass, who has 

big thighs and even bigger dreams. 


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INTERVIEW 

Although her school days are long behind 

her, Clare still remembers “the terror of changing 

into mufti at weekends”, and has some very sound 

advice for her younger self that schoolgirls would 

do well to heed: “Think less about what other 

people think and more about who you want to be. 

If you were going to describe yourself in 

adjectives, what would you want to be described 

as? Do you want to be kind? Do you want to be 

thoughtful? Energetic? Generous, ambitious, 

competitive? Don’t think: ‘I want to have long 

straight hair and all the latest clothes.’ That is 

not who you are and that is not how you will 

be remembered.” 

It is comments such as these that explain why 

Clare has become one of today’s most influential 

female role models. She is constantly flying the 

flag for women in sport and beyond, and has big 

aspirations. “In 10 years’ time I would like to open 

the sports pages of any newspaper and for it to be 

genuinely balanced.” 

She believes women’s football holds the key and 

is hugely excited to start covering it. “Football is 

the biggie because so many people do it. It is going 

to reach a tipping point very soon where interest 

multiplies exponentially.” She is hopeful that it 

could go on the kind of journey that the Paralympics 

went on under her watch. “The more people that 

know about it, the more stories we can tell, the more 

familiar we can get people with the players, the more 

people will enjoy it and be interested.” And who 

better than Clare Balding to make that a reality? 

The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t 

Gallop is out now in paperback, 

(£6.99 Puffin Books) available in 

stores or online. 

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Getting children to go for a walk can be like 

pulling teeth. Luckily, with 17 years’ worth of 

Ramblings around the countryside under her belt 

for her Radio 4 series, Clare has some great tips to 

keep everyone moving in the right direction: 

★ Do things in chunks, like the Cotswold Way or 

the Thames Path: “It might be five miles the first 

time, then next weekend you do the next five. 

They love being able to say, ‘We’ve done all that.’” 

★ Do a well-known walk and research landmarks 

beforehand: “For example, you’ve got all those 

castles on the North East Coastal path. Get them 

to find out five facts about each. That’s really fun.” 

★ Focus on bird and tree identification: “Children 

love trees. I do a bit of help with the Woodland 

Trust and getting kids feeling responsible for 

trees, recognising different types, knowing what’s 

evergreen, what’s not, what comes out early, what 

doesn’t, is great.” 

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If live broadcasting is on your 

child’s career radar, then there’s no 

time like the present, according to 

Clare. “These days, there’s so much you can do to 

make yourself a really good broadcaster before 

you even get to secondary school. 

Clare’s Homework: Write up a school event as a 

250-word report, then write it up as a 500-word 

report, then try and do a 40-second voice piece. 

Work out how many words you need (usually 

three words per second), and deliver it. You can 

film on an iPhone, then edit on a laptop or iPad. 


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“ I dreamed of going to Africa and when 

I finally got there the reality was more 

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In the Kalahari Desert, breathing in the 

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way while the teenagers caused all sorts of 

mayhem chasing porcupine, warthog and 

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I was actually glad not to see a kill. I have 

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brave animals that fought them off. 

We tracked lions and made plaster casts of 

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my hair stood on end, my spine tingled and 

my tummy rolled. It got louder and louder 

before the two males roared so loud that 

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While watching a meerkat colony, our tracker 

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I will never forget my first sunset over the 

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In the Kruger we tracked rhino and saw a 

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INTERVIEW 

Tennis legend 

Tim Henman talks 

to School Notices 

about his early years 

on the circuit, how 

he left school at 16 

to pursue his dream 

and his inspiring 

journey to the top 

How did you get into tennis? 

My mum and dad played as well 

as my two older brothers, so I 

started playing with my family. 

When did you know you wanted 

a professional career in tennis? 

My mum took me to 

Wimbledon for the first time 

when I was six and I saw Bjorn 

Borg play. That was when I made 

my one and only career decision. 

Who inspired you? 

Firstly, my dad. He played a 

lot of different sports to a good 

standard and is still the most 

competitive man I know. Borg 

and Stefan Edberg were my 

tennis heroes. 

When did you realise you had 

serious talent? 

I won my first tournament when 

I was eight, which was a county 

event. Then I won my regional 

final but lost in the national final. 

What was it like being a junior 

on the circuit? 

I really enjoyed playing junior 

tournaments and had lots of 

friends on the circuit. 

As a junior, how did you 

mentally prepare for matches? 

I tried to think about my game 

plan and the way I wanted to 

play. It’s important to focus on 

the process not the outcome. 

How many hours of training did 

you practise a day? 

From the age of 11, I played 

two hours of tennis and did 30 

minutes of fitness training every 

day, six days a week during term 

time. In the school holidays, I 

played even more. I left school at 

16 to play full time tennis. 

Did you have any superstitions 

or follow any rituals before 

getting on to the court? 

For my first few years playing 

at Wimbledon I always showered 

in the same shower, but then they 

redeveloped the changing rooms. 

Can you share some strategies 

for coping with the pressure 

on court? 

Pressure is all self-inflicted, so 

remember to play one point at a 

time and focus on the process. 

How did you keep your cool 

when umpire decisions didn’t 

go your way? 

I knew that getting frustrated 

would not help my performance. 

What advice do you have for 

young players when it comes to 

dealing with defeat? 

You learn more from your 

losses than your wins. Use it as 

motivation to get better. 

…and victory? 

Enjoy the moment, but 

“WHEN I WAS SIX AND I SAW 

BJORN BORG PLAY. THAT WAS 

WHEN I MADE MY ONE AND 

ONLY CAREER DECISION” 


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INTERVIEW 

t 

champ! 

Naturally talented, 

Henman won his 

first tournament 

aged eight and 

never looked back 

“YOU LEARN MORE FROM YOUR 

LOSSES THAN YOUR WINS. USE IT 

AS MOTIVATION TO GET BETTER” 

remember to analyse the things 

you could have done better. 

Psychological warfare is rife in 

tennis. What’s the best way to 

handle gamesmanship? 

In an individual sport it’s 

important to control things you 

can control, i.e. your preparation 

and performance. You can’t 

control what your opponent is 

doing so don’t be distracted by it. 

How involved do you get in 

your own children’s tennis? 

Not a huge amount. They all play 

at school and enjoy the game but 

none of them have aspirations to 

play the game professionally. 

What are your top tips for 

tennis parents? 

Be supportive but don’t go over 

the top. 

Is it quality or quantity when it 

comes to children’s practice? 

Quality, definitely. 

Does a child have to have 

natural talent to succeed? 

I think natural talent helps but 

dedication and application are 

very important as well. 

If you’re not lucky enough to 

have a tennis court, what’s the 

best way to develop a child’s 

game at home? 

A great way to practise is against 

a wall, it never misses! 

What’s the best route into the 

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Enjoying sport is crucial to a happy and successful school life, 

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Through sport, girls learn 

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own sake. Whether in PE lessons, 

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The benefits of a positive 

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away from the classroom. Girls 

need to be healthy to achieve in all 

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a very useful motivator, knowing 

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In recent years, the number of 

girls playing sports purely for 

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competitively. Niche sports such 

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With screen time becoming a daily 

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A few strategically placed items 

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GROUPING ITEMS ON 

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CREATE A CLEARLY OUTLINED 

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display for trinkets. 

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Use a colour palette that hints 

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Cushions, prints and other display accessories 

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INTERIORS 

Stub hub 

Looking to update your teen’s bedroom? 

Sporting Wallpaper has just the ticket for 

your avid England Rugby fan 

While last term’s rugby balls 

may have been bunged back in 

the locker room, replaced with 

cricket bats and tennis rackets 

for the summer season at school, 

the winter sport won’t be far from 

young fans’ minds as the British and Irish Lions Tour 

in New Zealand gets into full swing this month. 

A treat that comes round just once every four 

years, the tour has one of the strongest English 

contingents chosen for many years, thanks to a 

record-equalling 18-match winning streak from the 

home team. In short, there’s rarely been a better 

time to be an England Rugby fan. 

One mum who has cleverly tapped into this 

market is Frances Titmus Mather, who came up with 

the idea for a striking rugby-inspired wallpaper that 

young fans are sure to hanker after. 

“Whilst I was doing residential interiors, I 

noticed a lack of wallpaper for older children,” she 

explains. “So I approached the RFU with a design 

concept and sample, and they liked the idea.” 

Designed from heritage Twickenham 

programmes and match tickets garnered from 

the World Rugby Museum collection, the 

wallpaper includes rare examples from 

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It is now a fully licensed England Rugby 

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“It makes a real impact wherever it is 

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The Cooking 

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girls, Georgie Soskin and 

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These baked falafel provide the perfect 

picnic fare and everyone can have fun 

helping themselves, creating their favourite 

flavour combinations. They also work 

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as a speedy lunch option. Falafel are packed 

with protein, fibre and calcium from 

the chickpeas, as well as immune- and 

digestion-supporting herbs and spices such 

as turmeric, cumin, garlic and coriander. 

We have paired them with two delicious 

dressings: sweet tahini and fragrant 

harissa. We love to wrap them on a bed 

of pickled beetroot and top them with 

fresh coriander, sliced avocado and ribbons 

of carrot and cucumber. Then just drizzle 

and enjoy! 

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FALAFEL WRAPS 

Makes: 15 falafels 

Ingredients 

• 225g drained tinned chickpeas 

• 1 clove garlic 

• ½ a red onion (we use red as they are sweeter) 

• 1 tsp cumin 

• 1 tsp coriander 

• ¼-½ tsp chilli powder or cayenne pepper 

(depending how much heat your family likes) 

• ¼ tsp turmeric 

• 2 tbsp spelt flour (or gluten-free flour as required) 

• a large handful of mixed fresh parsley and coriander 

• salt and pepper to season 

• approx 20g sesame seeds 

Instructions 

1. Preheat the oven to 190C. 

2. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and blitz them in 

a blender to a paste. Add the spices, onion, garlic, 

flour, seasoning and pulse to combine. Don’t blitz for 

too long as you want to retain some texture. Stir in 

the fresh herbs. 

3. Next, roll the herby chickpea mixture into balls 

and coat them in sesame seeds 

4. Place the falafel balls on a lined baking sheet and 

into the oven for 5-6 minutes. Turn and cook for 

another 5-6 minutes until they have taken on a little 

bit of colour. 

5. Serve with a wrap or pitta pocket, sliced vegetables 

of your choice and our delicious dressings. 


RECIPES 

Baked falafel wraps with 

tahini and harissa dressing 

TAHINI DIP 

Ingredients 

• ½ red pepper (pre-roasted 

chargrilled in a jar work well, too) 

• 80g peppadew peppers 

available in most supermarkets 

• 1 chilli - check the heat on the 

tip of your tongue. (If this is for 

young children I would advise 

using half) 

• 1 clove garlic 

• 1 tsp caraway seeds 

• 2 tsp cumin 

• 2 tsp tomato puree 

• 4 tbsp olive oil 

• 1 tsp smoked paprika 

Instructions 

1. Place all the ingredients except 

the olive oil into a small blender, 

or use a stick blender to blitz all 

until pureed. 

2. Add the olive oil to help 

thicken and emulsify the 

dressing. This dip keeps 

brilliantly in the fridge. 

HARISSA DRESSING 

Ingredients 

• 2 cloves garlic, grated or pasted 

• 2 tbsp tahini paste 

• 1 tbsp lemon juice 

• 2 tbsp olive oil 

• ½ tbsp water 

• a drizzle of honey to sweeten, to taste 

Instructions 

Combine all the ingredients and add the water 

to loosen (the colour will lighten considerably 

on adding the water). 


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INSPIRE 

“I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL 

FOR THIS EVENT – I WANT THIS TO 

BECOME THE SCHOOLS’ EQUIVALENT 

OF THE LONDON MARATHON” 

after his school had played host: “What a fantastic 

event! I stood anonymously marshalling children 

at the bicycle handover. I lost count of the times I 

heard the words, ‘That was so much fun!’ or, ‘That 

was brilliant!’. They won’t forget the day, which 

means they are more likely to remember the cause.” 

Sewell agreed: “The children have really 

understood that they can make a difference, and 

the combination of sport and charity in a children’s 

event has been incredibly powerful. Their efforts will 

help thousands of children in developing countries 

access health education and life skills, which will 

transform their lives.” 

An internationally respected development charity 

that funds nearly £20m of projects a year around 

the world, Restless Development’s work is delivered 

by young people, for young people, giving them the 

skills and resources to lead change. The triathlons 

also raised funds for the chosen charities of the host 

and participating schools. 

The events were a hit with parents, too. One 

commented, “What a wonderful event you managed 

to put together for the children yesterday! The 

atmosphere was delightful, with lots of support 

from parents and fellow competitors, all of which 

combined to make it feel like a real festival of sport.” 

The series, also sponsored by Knight Frank, Frog 

Bikes and Warminghams, would not have been 

possible without the generosity of the four host 

schools, which donated use of their facilities. 

The schools needed an on-site swimming pool, 

extensive grounds and playing fields for transitions 

zones and running and cycling routes, as well as 

ample car parking and viewing space for more than 

1,000 spectators. 

With safety paramount, Restless Development 

partnered with mass event organiser Human Race to 

ensure the triathlons were organised professionally. 

The series still relies heavily on volunteers to help 

run the events, however, so an extra pair of hands is 

always welcome for future events. 

Sewell says: “If anyone is interested in getting 

involved either as a project manager or to volunteer 

on the day, we would love to hear from them.” 

Volunteers or schools interested in taking part in or hosting a 2018 Restless Triathlon to help raise £1 million 

for charity can contact Jim Sewell at jim@restlessdevelopment.org 


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COMPETITION 

PAP YOUR PET 

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We are delighted to announce the 

winners of the School Notices 

Pap Your Pet competition 2017, 

as judged by Millie Pilkington 

Senior runner-up 

OLIVIA GREEN, 

12 

Westbourne 

House School 

“I love the humour in 

this well-thought-out 

composition.” 

Senior 

WINNER 

GEORGIA TAYLOR, 11 

Chandlings School 

“This is a fantastic action shot and the timing is perfect. 

The dog is looking to the camera, his ears are flapping and 

I love that his paws are together. A very deserved winner.” 

Junior 

WINNER 

SAMUEL HURST, 5 

The Pilgrims’ School 

“Well done, this is a beautifully shot and well-lit wildlife 

photograph. The asymmetrical placing of the heron is 

fantastic and the way the bird is looking into the centre 

is great. The simple background is also good.” 

Junior runner-up 

OLIVIA 

CAROLINA 

BRITTON, 5 

Finton House 

School 

“You’ve done well 

to capture a real 

moment.” 

Thank you to everyone who got papping and for all the fantastic 

entries. Congratulations to the winners who will each receive £100 for 

their school’s charity, while runners-up will receive £50 for their school’s 

charity. All four winners will also win a stunning photography book. 


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INTERVIEW 

What or who inspired 

you to teach? 

Throughout my life I 

have always got a buzz 

from helping, supporting 

and teaching others. It is 

so rewarding. 

What was your favourite 

subject at school? 

I was best at maths (and 

became a maths teacher) 

but my favourite was 

always history and still is. 

All-time favourite book? 

Birdsong, 

whose author, 

Sebastian Faulks, 

is coincidentally 

an Old 

Wellingtonian. 

What is your 

best-loved piece 

of music? 

Jean Sibelius’s 

Finlandia or There She 

Goes by The La’s. 

Favourite Shakespeare 

play and why? 

I am always inspired by the 

monologues in Henry V but I 

also find Much Ado About 

Nothing highly amusing. 

What is your personal 

motto for life? 

Anything is possible. 

Are you more of a hunter or a 

gatherer? 

Hunter, definitely! 

If you could only bring 

three things with you 

to a desert island, what 

would they be? 

If not my children, then 

a signalling mirror, a foil 

HEAD space 

We chat to Wellington College’s 

Julian Thomas about what both 

motivates and inspires him at 

school and beyond 

blanket and a water purifier. 

What’s the hardest thing you’ve 

ever done? 

Physically, it has to be running 

the Marathon des Sables. 

Who would you most like to be 

for the day? 

Whoever is currently at Camp 4 

on the South Col of Everest, just 

one day’s climb from the peak. 

What would your 

last meal be? 

Fish and chips 

with all the 

trimmings from 

the Wellington 

College canteen. 

What would be your act 

on Britain’s Got Talent? 

I was once challenged 

by some prep school 

children to learn to hula 

hoop and juggle when 

I told them anything is 

possible. I spent a few 

weeks practising and 

returned to show them. 

What is your biggest 

achievement? 

Professionally, running 

the world’s finest school; 

personally, trekking to the 

South Pole. 

Why, in your opinion, is 

your school the best? 

It is, quite simply, the 

most dynamic and 

exciting educational 

environment I have ever 

encountered. 

Who is your most 

infamous alumni? 

Christopher Lee’s 

Dracula scared me as 

a child just as his Saruman 

scares current generations, but 

James Hunt has the strongest 

reputation as an enfant terrible. 

But a terrific Wellingtonian by 

all accounts. 

What three things do you need 

to be a successful headmaster? 

Only two things: passion and 

compassion. 

What advice do you have for 

school leavers? 

Whatever you do, you’ll be doing 

it for most of your life, so make 

sure it is a passion and then you 

will never feel that you have to 

‘work’ a day in your life. 


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