Winter Edition 2015
School Notices termly magaine - winter 2015
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EDUCATION<br />
Boarding and Day School for girls 11 to 18<br />
STRONGER TOGETHER<br />
EDUCATION<br />
DISPATCHES FROM THE<br />
SCHOOL TOUCHLINE<br />
by Rebecca Chatterton<br />
Our strong pastoral system fosters positive relationships and promotes an ethos that<br />
values our girls as individuals while nurturing a deep sense of community.<br />
www.sherborne.com<br />
Teddies: working<br />
in partnership with<br />
our prep schools<br />
The school touchline is a sociable place<br />
where parents huddle together making<br />
introductions and putting names to faces.<br />
No child’s superb try or glorious catch is<br />
left unnoticed – a hasty briefing by fellow<br />
spectators guarantees that<br />
even the parent looking<br />
in the wrong way is able<br />
to offer enthusiastic<br />
congratulations to their<br />
offspring later.<br />
As three mothers with<br />
nine sports-mad boys<br />
between us, we can’t<br />
count the hours spent<br />
supporting our offspring.<br />
During the cricket season<br />
a few years ago, we discussed the fact that<br />
our children’s obsession with their sports<br />
didn’t end with the day’s play. If we wanted<br />
to be part of the banter we realised we should<br />
learn more about the sports that they loved.<br />
It also dawned on us that watching games<br />
would be much more enjoyable if we actually<br />
understood them!<br />
The idea for our ‘Mothers’ Translations’<br />
started to take shape. It was summer so we<br />
immersed ourselves in the peculiarities of<br />
cricket. As we swallowed<br />
the ‘Laws’ we decided<br />
we didn’t want to be<br />
the only ones with post<br />
game opinions round the<br />
tea urn so we produced<br />
“Stumped by Cricket”<br />
our first book. Filled<br />
with easily understood<br />
explanations and lots of<br />
pretty illustrations, it is<br />
now nearly 2 years old.<br />
The excitement of the Rugby World Cup is<br />
still palpable in our families, so we’ve turned<br />
our attentions to rugby. Since researching<br />
‘Rugby Tackled’ we’re holding our own on the<br />
touchline this season. Perhaps with our book<br />
to hand, you could too.<br />
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Watch Teddies TV on the website<br />
www.stedwardsoxford.org | @TeddiesOxford<br />
www.schoolnotices.co.uk<br />
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and free postage on Rugby Tackled<br />
go to www.schoolnotices.co.uk/offers for the promotion code<br />
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