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AdvertorialAdvertorialBerkhamsted School - Support for working parentsWe all live increasingly busy andcomplex lives. Working patterns arechanging and do not always make it easyfor parents to be able to do the school run ata set time; and career and financial pressuresmean that fewer parents are willing or ableto remain at home to look after children.The Berkhamsted Schools Group iscommitted to supporting working parentswho are juggling busy schedules. The recentacquisition of Haresfoot in June 2012 nowmeans that Berkhamsted School can supportworking parents of children from five monthsto 18 years with wrap-around care both during term and in the holidays.In September 2012, Berkhamsted Day Nursery, located in a countryhouse on Haresfoot’s delightful eight acre woodland site, opens its doors.The refurbished Day Nursery, which is now under new management,will offer quality care for children aged five months to ‘rising four’, from7.30am to 6.30pm, 50 weeks per year.Berkhamsted Schools Group Principal, Mark Steed, explained, “Oneof the reasons we purchased Haresfoot is that we wanted to extend therange of provision of the School by running a Day Nursery. Furthermore,from September 2013, we will be able to support busy parents by offeringwider access to ‘extended day’ care for Early Years and Key Stage Onepupils and wrap-around care 50 weeks of the year.”These facilities supplement Berkhamsted School’s existing provision:• after school clubs and ‘day boarding’ until 6.00pm for Key Stage Twopupils;• ‘extended day’ support (supervised prep and a meal with collectionfrom the boarding houses up until 8.00pm); and• flexible boarding options for senior school pupils, which includeoccasional, weekly or full boarding in high quality accommodation.Mr Steed points out that children attending Berkhamsted DayNursery will benefit from the excellent facilities and close linkswith Berkhamsted Pre-Prep. “For those children who move upat 3+ to our Stepping Stones year at Berkhamsted Pre-Prep, thesurroundings and staff will be familiar, making the transition ahappy and relaxed experience.”The Haresfoot site will also evolve to become the home of BerkhamstedPre-Prep, for pupils aged three to seven, over the coming years. Theexisting Berkhamsted Prep School, located in Kings Road, will focus onKey Stage Two, catering for children from age seven to 11.Mr Steed believes the restructure of the prep school will meansignificantly better educational experiences and facilities for the pupils.“With its safe, rural environment, the Haresfoot site is ideally suited toEarly Years and Key Stage One education. The Berkhamsted Prep site,on the other hand, with its specialist teaching facilities and close links tothe Senior School, is well suited to Key Stage Two education.”Open Days in early October 2012 will give parents the opportunityto learn more about the excellent academic standards, pastoral care andbroad educational experience offered to children and young people atBerkhamsted. Visit www.berkhamstedschool.org for more details.Andy Flower says yes to Factor 50Andy Flower OBE hasconfirmed that he willcontinue to support skin cancerpatient group Factor 50 for afurther year.Flower, who underwentsurgery in 2010 to remove amelanoma from underneathhis right eye became anAmbassador to the supportgroup in the summer of 2011and in April 2012 took partin the London Marathon,sharing part of the funds thathe raised with Factor 50.In the last year, NICE (TheNational Institute for Health andClinical Excellence) have rejectedtwo groundbreaking drugsand therefore the campaign forskin cancer awareness is nowparamount in trying to control the increase.Andy Flower and Gill NuttallSpeaking recently, Flower said, “It wasn’t a harddecision for me to continue in my role as Ambassadorto Factor 50. They do an excellent job in patientsupport, fund raising and raising awareness of thedangers of the sun. I wish them continued success inthe coming year and who knows, another marathonmight be on the cards!”Gillian Nuttall, Founder of Factor 50 is delightedthat Andy has agreed to support Factor 50 for a furtherperiod. Commenting on this, Gillian says, “Factor 50has made some great progress in the last year and a lotof support has been from the cricket community – thisis largely due to having a legend like Andy Flower asour Ambassador and I am absolutely thrilled that hehas agreed to support us for another year.”Factor 50 will be conducting an online poll ofconsumers over the next 6 months in an attemptto gain a clearer understanding of the attitude ofconsumers towards the dangers of the sun and skincancer. With the increase in skin cancer in youngpeople set to increase over the next few years thissurvey will form the backbone for an educational andawareness campaign.For further information or comment, contact GillianNuttall, Marketing Manager for Ralli on 07930 375360 – 0161 615 0730www.factor50.org.uk▲ 20Hertfordshire Law Society Gazettehttp://www.hertslawsoc.org.uk/21 ▲