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Jo Arnell makes the

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most inventive garden features

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This month, we’ve spoken directly to kitchen and

bathroom experts to compile a selection of our

favourite designs to inspire and help you realise

your own projects. Whether you’re looking to modernise

what you already have, or are starting from scratch –

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Source of

Inspiration

Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan explore kitchens

and bathrooms with a contemporary spin on

vintage style in an extract from their book,

Modern Vintage Style Photographs: Debi Treloar

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Blue & White: London based creative

Ann Shore has put together a striking kitchen

with her fresh, arresting palette of white and

blue. She has used small pieces of masking tape

to cover the fridge in a montage of blue and

white images, including old magazine spreads,

postcards and printed photos from around

the world. Carrying on this theme, Ann has

papered her breakfast bar stools – made from tall

cardboard storage boxes – in recommissioned

pages from books and magazines, to create

a patchwork of memory and nostaglia. Her

granite worktop on the cooking island carries

on the theme, juxtaposed with crisp white

cupboards. Wooden bowls and chopping

boards bring in a sense of nature, like pieces of

driftwood on a seashore, and contrast with the

modern, polished-aluminium extractor hood.

The modern vintage cook-eat

space is the beating heart of the

home. It juxtaposes the best of

modernity with chic classics. Unlike the

kitchens of yesteryear, we have many

convenient, time-saving, high-tech

devices, yet it makes sense to bring in

a twist of vintage to inject wit, history

and nostalgia. For every home needs

a sense of humour and a little soul.

The best kitchens incorporate

brilliant details, perfect finishes and

utilitarian functionality. Kitchens are

practical, hardworking spaces which

can be given style and personality

when the correct balance of modern

and vintage is struck. Although the

details are important, start by searching

for materials with clean, sleek lines to

prevent the space from looking overcluttered,

and build up from there.

One of the easiest ways to bring

modern vintage into your kitchen is

with your cabinetry. You can either

source old cabinets from local salvage

or junkyards, or give existing cabinets

a twist by decorating the doors with

pretty, antique tiles, matte-sealed

vintage wallpapers or industrialstyle

surfaces. A quick, low-cost fix

is to simply secure old glass knobs,

colourful china handles or pewter

cabinet pulls to modern cupboards.

Otherwise, remove your cupboard

doors entirely and keep vintage-style

crockery, glassware, tea sets and other

period pieces on display. Glass-fronted

cupboard doors also showcase your

finds. In traditional French country

kitchens, the area below the kitchen

sink was often disguised with a

gathered curtain. For this look, source

vintage fabrics in pretty florals or

checks. Or go completely modern with

bold graphics or giant polka dots.

Worktops are the honed muscle

of the kitchen. Hardworking wood

– seen in old butcher’s blocks –

has been a favourite for centuries,

bringing in warm, honeyed hues to

any kitchen. Stainless steel, however,

has a slick, contemporary utilitarian

feel, perfect for contrasting vintage

details. If you’re replacing your

Smart Spaces: In the Parisian home of artist Cécile Daladier and architect/designer Nicolas Soulier

(above), the kitchen sink is integrated into the dining table, doubling up as a cook’s

work surface when not an eating area. Quirky finds, like a silver Aladdin’s teapot on

top of the cabinets and the handmade bowls, create areas of visual interest. Overall,

they’ve kept the colour scheme white, giving this bijou space a sense of airiness.

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Top Tables: Invest in the right table. Or make

your own. Old wooden beams have been crafted

together to make a rustic-style table in Parisian

restaurant Derrière, accessorised with contrasting

chairs, like these rather elegant, fabric-covered

dining chairs with glamorous brass studs.

worktops, consider laminates. These

surfaces have come such a long way

from their Fifties heyday, coming

now in a huge range of colourways,

and instantly add retro flair.

With so many hours being spent in

the kitchen, floors need to be hardwearing

and easy to clean as well

as attractive. Linoleum has recently

made a comeback as it’s natural,

easy to install and comes in a huge

range of designs. Unused rolls of

vintage linoleum from the Twenties

to the Fifties can often be found at

salvage companies or in specialist

stores, but there are now modern

versions that come in vintage prints.

Cork was extremely popular in the

Twenties and gives a wonderful

warmth underfoot. Of course

wooden flooring, in any condition,

is a firm favourite, straddling both

vintage and modern styles.

Tiles are great for adding a little

twist of modern or vintage to walls.

Zing up a plain wall with a pocket

of busily patterned tiles or create

a solid colour block of tiles in a

retro colour, such as apple green or

mustard. Glazed tiles reflect light,

adding vivacity to your kitchen. Use

them in unexpected places, such as

on cupboard doors and worktops.

Bring in colour by displaying

vintage cookware, serve ware and

Country Kitchen: In the home of artist Claire Basler, flowers are in abundance. Above

the old vintage butler’s sink, blooms line up in re-employed grocery bottles. In brown

enamel containers, she’s stacked her vintage silverware, found at market places, while a

lemon yellow teapot resides on the hob. Claire shows off twists of must-have modernity,

like the coffee machine and an industrial-style light to assist with food preparation.

tools (think coffee grinders, retro

blenders, old flour sifters, etc.) in your

favourite period colours. Like the

Sixties? Then go graphic black and

white with your tiles and accessorise

with harvest gold, burnt orange and

olive green vases and teapots. If you

prefer a Fifties look, think pastels: soft

pink Smeg fridge, candy green tile

splashbacks and baby blue crockery.

Keep your eye out too for vintage

cookware, like large enamel teapots,

big copper pans and those details,

like old nutcrackers, French herb

cutters and marble chopping boards.

Serve your food modern vintage

style with antique silver cutlery, old

photographic placemats, reclaimed

linen napkins and vintage tumblers.

Put your water in old milk bottles

or ceramic milk jugs and eat, drink

and be very, very merry!

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Old World Comforts: In Claire Basler’s

bathroom, she has a generously sized vintage

claw foot bathtub. Her trademark giant floral

paintings, in this case irises on a silver canvas,

provide a beautiful backdrop to bathe by. Linen

towels hang from an old towel rail, heated by a

shapely antique radiator.

Reincarnate Key Pieces: An elegant,

modern, square-legged side table becomes a

practical bathing aid in Tim Rundle’s bathroom. On

top, a vintage silver jug and soap dish reside, adding

glinting, pretty accessories. Here, tiles play with

proportion: large square floor tiles juxtapose with

the tiny taupe and white mosaic tiles on the walls.

The bath, painted in taupe, continues the natural,

neutral feel. The large floor-to-ceiling window

brings in the natural world, making this the perfect

urban space in which to relax and reflect.

There’s nothing quite like slipping into the warm, scented water of

your own private oasis. Statistics show we spend three years of our life

bathing, so investing some thought in the bathroom is well worth it.

Bathrooms are our own private spaces, where we relax, wash and

get ready to face the world or bid the day goodnight. Modern vintage

bathrooms blend the best of contemporary conveniences with the

beautiful classics the past has given us. The result is very, very relaxing.

Modern life has given us the mod-cons that make a bathroom comfortable,

yet it’s the old things, like the feel of a big brass tap/faucet, a sofa-sized

bathtub, or the deluge of water that rains on you from a large Victorian rose

head, which can make them truly luxurious. When it comes to designing

your modern vintage bathroom, again it’s about contrast. Choose vintage

or reproduction centrepieces (bathtub, lavatory, basin) to suit a fresh

modern setting, or make your centrepieces chic and sleek, accessorising

with traditional wall and floor finishes, or vintage textile accessories.

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Elegant Luxe: Kitchens

We speak to three kitchen companies about luxury projects they’ve undertaken and the design briefs behind them

Charlie Kingham

Estimated

price:

£29,000

“Maintaining the highest quality without compromise,

we create the finest furniture for our traditional

kitchens. The unique design and exclusive detailing

we have so painstakingly researched and refined, sets

our period kitchens aside and hallmarks the delicate

refinement that carries its own glorious attraction.

This bright and bold kitchen was designed to fulfil the

needs of a very busy household. With integrated wine

storage above the cabinets and a separate drinks cabinet,

we incorporated a vast amount of storage space. This

included handy tray and chopping board pull outs. The

glass on the cabinets allows lighting through to showcase

the contents. The colour contrast on the island makes a

sweeping statement and includes the convenient prep sink.”

Marylebone, London / Guildford

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Approx

price:

£70,000

Rencraft

“This handmade bespoke

luxury kitchen from

Rencraft provides an elegant

and sophisticated space

for cooking, dining and

entertaining. Every last detail

has been carefully considered;

from the bevelled panelling

on the hand-painted chimney

breast right down to the

chamfer detail carved on

to the corner posts. The

interiors are made of walnut.

The bespoke bar handles

have been custom made to

order and the splashback

is antique bronze mirror.

Storage solutions include

large double door larders,

butler cupboards and solid

wood cutlery inserts. Sub-

Zero & Wolf appliances

seek to further enhance the

sense of luxury.”

Sevenoaks 01732 762682

/ Tunbridge Wells 01892

520730 rencraft.co.uk

Collins Bespoke

“A hand-made, painted, bespoke kitchen is a luxury. A

hugely practical and useful luxury. Custom-designed,

crafted by skilled cabinet-makers and finished by hand,

Collins Bespoke’s kitchens are made just for their

clients: imagine waking up each morning to such a

unique and personal space. This is a wonderful luxury

and one which can be applied to all our kitchens.

One of our favourite kitchens of 2017 must

be this one. It epitomises luxuriousness. The

cabinetry is an example of beautifully crafted

Beaded Shaker-style, finished in Farrow & Ball’s

Plummett and Pavilion Gray. The mixture of greys

with complementing silvery décor – stunning

shimmery wall-paper and animal-print bar stools

– and contrasting whites, give it a platinum showy

effect. The space, with its high ceilings, enhances

the island’s stage-like presence too, which has a

luxurious feature of Dekton Aura worktops.

Central to the cabinetry is an integrated appliance

quartet of Miele ovens and warming drawers.

Adjacent to this is a run of cabinetry-framed fullheight

Miele wine coolers. This kitchen has been

designed to be shown and is one in which entertaining

must happen. It is wonderful.” Collins Bespoke,

Bethersden 01233 822595 collinsbespoke.com

Approx

price:

£38,000

(ex. appliances)

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Ferm Living Wire Wall

Display Rack, £89

The Modern Nursery

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Small Reclaimed Teak

Wine Rack, £125

PUJI

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Nesta Table/Hanging Planter

with Ceramic Pot, £45

Black By Design

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Mitred Hem Linen

Napkin in Charcoal, £12

The Linen Works

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Industrial

Components

Stelton Flow 1L Carafe,

£39.95

Black by Design

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Rebecca Cuffe’s metallic kitchen picks

Brunï Espresso Cup,

£20 Set of Three

PIB

pib-home.co.uk

Matt Black Chasseur Cast Iron

Round Casserole, from £70

Amaroni Home

amaroni.com

Bloomingville

Standalone Copper

Pepper Mill, £29

Cult Furniture

cultfurniture.com

Ruffoni Cremeria

Fondue Set, £400

Amara

amara.com

Large Metal Wall

Clock, £79, PUJI

puji.com

Tractor Stool, £300

Smithers of Stamford

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SH’s Lucy picked up some

excellent plant tips from Sarah

at a recent Simply Garden talk

at The Printworks, Hastings,

where she found out about

IKEA’s great new range of

plant pots and cultivation

units. Here are three of our

favourites for kitchens...

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cultivation unit, £19

A herb planter at Simply Garden

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plant holder with LED

cultivation bulb, £35

Sarah Wilson from Simply Garden gives her suggestions

for plants that thrive in a kitchen environment

Herbs are an obvious choice for the kitchen, especially if you can find a

warm and sunny spot for them. If you struggle to keep supermarket

herbs alive, try growing your own from seed on the windowsill. This will

save you money, plus the plants are likely to be healthier and last a lot longer.

Air plants are like beautiful, mini ornaments but it can be easy to forget they need

to be looked after like other plants. If you place them in your kitchen near the sink it’s

easy to give them the occasional dunk in water or a quick spritz with your mister. Place

them somewhere in your regular eyeline and you’ll be less likely to overlook them.

You’re getting something out of the oven and catch your arm on the hot oven shelf,

we’ve all done it. Aloe vera plants are legendary for their ability to heal burns, simply

snap off a leaf and apply the gel inside directly to the burn. If you have a sunny spot

and don’t overwater it, your Aloe vera will happily thrive with very little care.

Kitchens can be humid environments, which perfectly suits humidity lovers like the

Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata). This fern looks great displayed in a hanging pot

which can be placed in the vicinity of moisture sources such as the sink or cooker.

Beware temperature fluctuations though and keep this plant out of direct sunlight.

The perfect plant to add interest to your kitchen shelves is the Ficus

pumila. This tough little plant will cope with lower light levels and will

trail beautifully, providing vertical interest. It loves moisture so water it

every 3-4 days in a warm room. Look out for the variegated form if you

fancy something slightly brighter than the straight green variety.

SATSUMAS

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5 plant pots, £30

Visit Simply Garden at 51a George Street, Hastings, for expert advice, gardening

essentials, plants, containers, courses and talks. 01424 319093 simplygarden.org

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Elegant Luxe: Bathrooms

Bathe in sumptuous style with beautifully finished sanitaryware and fittings

Image courtesy of European Bathrooms

“Bathroom designer Villeroy & Boch

has upped the luxe factor with its

new Finion Collection. The epitome

of indulgence, Finion combines

delicately curved washbasins, baths

and bathroom furniture with silver,

gold and copper coloured accessories.

For a stunning centrepiece, the

Finion free-standing bath features a

decorative metallic strip and soft LED

lighting – giving a ‘floating’ effect.”

POA, European Bathrooms, Windsor

01753 865050 / Amersham 01494

434349 europeanbathrooms.com

Calypso Selter Pearl fitted furniture with white carcass,

Cipollino Marble Calypstone worktop, Montana wc, Montana

basin, Casola basin tap and Arada 1200 LED mirror.

£3091.10 inc Vat.

Cranleigh Bathroom Studios, Cranleigh 01483 272727

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Venticello 1200mm basin drilled with 3 tap holes in Alpine

White Ceramic, £802 + Vat, Venticello 1200 vanity unit in

Glass Gloss Grey with version 5 handle in copper, £1,368 +

Vat, Dornbracht towel rails in Cyprum £546.70 + Vat each,

Dornbracht MEM 3 hole mixer Cyprum £1941.30 + Vat

Walton Bathrooms, Hersham 01932 224784

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Heritage Claverton wash

basin 3 taphole, pedestal and

Heritage Glastonbury 3 taphole basin

mixer. Basin £230 inc Vat, pedestal

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Cover Up

Josephine Fairley shares her advice for

achieving the perfect hair colour

TIP:

‘If you have to put on

more make-up to make your

new colour work, you’ve picked

the wrong shade. The one colour you

should absolutely avoid when you’re

over 40 or 50 is raven black. It will

sap life and colour from your face,’

says New York haircolourist

Louis Licari.

Beauty

If it sometimes seems as if your colourist

is speaking another language – well, he

(or she) is. So this month, I thought I’d

translate all the key terms into real-life words

that any human being can understand –

which should help you achieve the look

you want, whether you’re having your hair

coloured in a salon or doing it yourself.

What I truly, truly recommend, though

– if at all possible – is that as you start to

develop grey, you have your hair coloured

professionally at least once, and then at least

occasionally. Yes, haircolouring can be pricy

– and can carve huge chunks out of your

diary to maintain. A sympathetic colourist,

however, will be able to advise you on the

best shade for your skintone. If they’re really

generous-spirited, they may be able to point

you in the direction of a particular shade

in a drugstore/chemist brand that might

work for you, or at least tell you where on

the Hair Colour Level Chart you are (see

below), and what level of shade would

work best with your (undyed) colour.

Balayage The technique of painting

highlights directly onto the hair without

using foils; this can enable a colourist

to get closer to the parting/roots with

the bleach. Can give a ‘beachy’ look

and lessens the occurrence of unwanted

regrowth lines sometimes associated with

foil highlights or those pulled through a

cap – but best left to true haircolour artists.

Demi-permanent colour lasts up to

28 shampoos. Contains lower levels of

peroxide (which means it’s less harsh and

drying) than permanent colour. It’s great

for creating natural-looking tone changes

(such as taking brown hair to a rich auburn

shade) and will cover grey. Gradually fades

back to the natural underlying shade.

Glaze, a.k.a. Gloss A pigmentladen

or clear liquid used to enhance

a hair colour temporarily.

Highlights, streaks or

TIP:

When it comes to

covering a whole head of grey,

don’t go darker. Not only does

it showcase greys and regrowth,

but it can look opaque, like

you painted your head

with shoe polish.

chunks of lighter

colour (created

through the use

of ammonia/

hydrogen

peroxide),

applied through the hair –

usually using foils.

Permanent colour doesn’t wash out,

and requires touching up of the roots

every four to six weeks. It contains both

ammonia and peroxide, so it can lighten,

darken and/or completely change your

hair colour; it can also cover grey.

Peroxide Otherwise known as hydrogen

peroxide, extensively used in haircolouring

as a ‘developer’ or ‘activator’. Its role is

to open up the cuticle and allow bleach

or colour into the cortex of the hair.

Rinse See temporary colour, below.

Semi-permanent colour washes out

after six to 12 shampoos. This enhances

natural hair colour but won’t lighten it

and won’t cover grey, although it can

soften its appearance. (NB The reason

haircolouring companies cite the number

of washes rather than a time-frame is

that some of us wash our hair every day,

others as occasionally as once a week.)

Semi-temporary Not to be confused

with semi-permanent (above): this

colour lasts from 4-6 washes, contains

no ammonia and isn’t mixed with a

‘developer’ such as hydrogen peroxide.

Single process All-over colouring of the

hair, from the roots at the scalp right

through to the ends, in one step.

Temporary colour simply coats the hair

shaft and rinses out after one shampoo.

These cannot lighten hair, but only

temporarily brighten or darken.

Tint may sound like a subtle colour – but

it’s actually an alternative phrase used by

hairdressers to describe permanent colour.

Tone-on-tone colour Another phrase

for demi-permanent, see above.

Now you’ve mastered this, get your head

around Hair Colour Level Charts. These

are why so many women head for the salon

to have colour done (and that includes me.)

There is an absolutely fiendish universal

system for numbering haircolour: there are

12 levels, with 1 representing black and 12

representing ultra-light blonde. As a general

rule, the first number on the label of a box

of hair colour will tell you the colour level

of that product. However, your own base

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colour – and where it falls in that spectrum

from 1-12 – will affect the final shade on

you personally. This is why colourists advise

that you don’t stray more than one or two

shades lighter or darker than your current

natural haircolour, for optimum results.

But remember: no matter what the

language of haircolour, one picture speaks

a thousand words. It’s all very well being

able to speaka da lingo when it comes

to knowing your semi-permanents from

your demi-permanents – but,

the biggest challenge can be

successfully communicating

TIP:

actual shades and colours

to a colourist. So: you say

‘brown’. Your colourist

could be thinking: anything

from milk chocolate to dark

chocolate. At the same time,

what’s ‘red’ to you might be pillarbox,

to a colouring professional. (Yikes.) This is

where photographs truly come into their

own: brandishing a cutting torn from a

glossy of the colour that you are hoping

for, in front of your hairdresser, can save an

awful lot of confusion. (And, potentially,

tears.) So: keep tearsheets of anyone whose

hair colour you’d love to emulate. You can

then talk through what’s actually achievable

and – crucially – what the upkeep would be.

There has been one incredibly welcome

innovation on the haircolouring front.

Pioneered by Color Wow, there are quite

a few touch-up powders on the market

now. Basically, you brush these onto roots

when regrowth is showing, and they’ll stay

put till you wash your hair again. They

can take a little time to get the hang of,

but the compact has a brush, which you

sweep over the powder and then apply

along the parting, working along the hair

shaft rather than ‘painting’ the scalp itself;

Color Wow now have eight shades, from

Platinum Blonde to Black (and there’s a

Red, too), £28.50 at victoriahealth.com.

And all I can add is: I hope this has helped

you to get your head around the subject…

For more beauty wisdom from

Jo Fairley, visit beautybible.com.

After colouring,

never shampoo for 24

hours. This will help the

colour to ‘set’, so it

takes perfectly.

Health & Beauty

Embrace Autumn

Surrey Homes talks healthy living with yoga teacher Lauren Glass

do you have a beauty

regime? I wash my face

morning and night with Liz

Earle Cleanse and Polish.

In the morning I use my

Clarisonic to exfoliate

Heart of

oats…

Because they contain betaglucan,

a form of fibre, oats

have the ability to reduce

cholesterol, stabilise blood

sugar and cut the risk of heart

disease from blocked arteries.

Not only are they super-good

for you (they’re also high in

Vitamin B1, magnesium,

selenium and protein) but a

bowl of porridge oats makes a

cheap and tasty breakfast that

will fill you up till lunchtime.

Regular porridge oats can be

processed with wheat so if you

want to avoid gluten, go for

the gluten-free varieties.

One cup of oats cooked with

two cups of milk or water and

then use SkinCeuticals CE

Ferulic, which increases UV

protection, followed with a

SkinCeuticals brightening

moisturiser with SPF 30.

Having spent my youth

laying in the sun, slathered in

Hawaiian Tropic, it’s time to

take more care! At night I use

a Bobby Brown moisturiser.

Once a week I might use a

mud or cucumber face mask.

do you have a particular

product you couldn’t live

without? As a dietitian and

yoga teacher I believe a sense

of health and wellbeing

comes from within –

eating well, getting plenty

of rest and a daily yoga

practice. I love Neal’s Yard

Beauty Oil, a rich source

of essential fatty acids and

antioxidants, which I put in

my N utriBullet with a variety

of other wonderful things.

a handful of frozen berries will

turn into delicious porridge

after just 3 minutes in a

microwave at 600W. Soaking

What’s your ultimate

pampering treat? I love a

massage or facial. I go on

a yoga retreat once a year

in Mallorca and I have

a wonderful Thai yoga

massage whilst I’m there.

It’s a very physical massage,

involving acupressure,

yoga and Ayurvedic

principles. It’s bliss!

Who’s your style icon?

I admire anyone who

looks both stylish, but

comfortable and happy

in his or her clothes. I’m

a huge admirer of Cate

Blanchett’s style and talent.

Lauren Glass is British

Wheel of Yoga Level

4 qualified and a BSc

Registered Dietitian. She

runs Apple Store Yoga. Find

her on Facebook: Apple

Store Yoga Goudhurst.

the oats in the milk overnight

before cooking makes them

easier to digest and they’ll

cook in half the time .

Body

Beautiful…

As we all start to hunker

down for the winter, the

central heating is beginning

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news is that Ruby Red’s

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The smell alone will raise

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from 100% essential oils

rich in manganese which

are instantly absorbed to

nourish and pamper your

skin. Use after bathing or

showering for soft and supple

skin all winter. Skin Tonic

Body Oil, £32 for 190 ml

rubyredcosmetics.co.uk.

Ruby Red is an award-

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This unique collection draws inspiration

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Surrey Homes asked Kent Health and Beauty Awards Personal

Trainer of the Year, Sarah Maxwell, why she places such

importance on post-pregnancy pelvic floor exercises…

The most important thing you can do

during the first few days after giving birth

are pelvic floor exercises. These muscles

come under great strain during pregnancy

and childbirth, so it’s vital to start the

exercises as soon as possible. Even if you

have bruises or stitches, they’ll help you heal

more quickly by improving circulation to

the area and reducing swelling and bruising.

What is the pelvic floor? The pelvic floor

is a hammock of muscles that supports your

lower organs. Just like any other muscles,

your pelvic floor is weakened by childbirth,

ageing, high impact exercise and obesity, so

exercising it is a vital element in retaining

core strength. These pelvic muscles also play

an important role in bladder control (the

ability to hold urine and not leak). This

is a much more common problem than

many of us realise, with 7 out of 10 people

experiencing pelvic floor problems.

How do I exercise my pelvic floor?

• Start by squeezing and drawing in the

muscles around your back passage and your

vagina at the same time. You should have a

sense of lifting every time you do this.

• Hold them strong and tight, count

to 3, then let them go and relax.

• Repeat the squeeze and release 10

times with 5 seconds rest in between.

• Each day, gradually increase

the length of time you are holding

to a maximum of 10 seconds.

• Build up to 3x10 sets of squeezes

every day. Make sure you rest for

Hydrotherm Massage

The Hydrotherm massage is ideal for

expectant mothers because the entire

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or side and at an incline to protect the baby.

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and the client’s back. The sense of the body

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not unlike the sensation of a waterbed.

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a few seconds between each one

because your muscles will get tired.

• Whilst doing pelvic floor exercises, keep

breathing steadily, don’t tighten your

buttocks and keep your thighs relaxed.

• Start by lying down with your knees

raised and feet flat to the floor but,

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limit to where and what position you

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at the supermarket or in the shower.

• I recommend once a week, when urinating,

you try to stop the flow midway. This will

let you know if you are working the correct

muscles and give you an indication of how

your pelvic floor is improving. Don’t try this

more than once a week as holding urine in

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What should I do if I don’t see any

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after exercising regularly for a few weeks

there is no improvement, please contact your

doctor to talk about it.

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Food

Deliciously

The temptation to hibernate among the

carbohydrates is strong this month; as the days

darken and the nights get colder we seem to seek

solace in the edible. Autumnal orchard fruits

and root vegetables are classic harvest fare and,

thankfully, they are naturally sweet, nutritious and

satisfyingly filling too. So let’s hunker down, keep

it simple and rustle up some seasonal comfort food.

Recipes: Jo Arnell

Photographs: David Merewether

Chicken casserole with apples and leeks

Serves 4 Prep time: 15 mins

Cooking time: around 1½ hours

Chicken cooks beautifully in a casserole, releasing its own gentle

favours, while allowing others to ride alongside. Apples and leeks are

easy partners, adding a sweet autumnal twist to this stalwart staple.

• A whole chicken - cut into

quarters, or 4 chicken portions

• 2-3 leeks, washed and sliced

• 50g butter (or to taste)

• 1 level tbsp plain flour

• 2 apples, peeled, cored and

cut into thin wedges

• 150ml dry cider

• 200ml chicken stock

• 2 cloves minced/pressed garlic

• 3-4 chopped sage leaves

• salt and pepper, to taste

1. Gently fry the leeks in butter and then lay in a

shallow casserole dish with the apple wedges.

2. Brown the chicken in the same pan (add a little more oil

or butter if needed) and once the chicken is browned on

both sides, place on top of the leeks and apple.

3. Add the flour to the pan and mix into a paste. After

2-3mins gradually add the cider and then once the mixture

thickens, add the chicken stock, sage and garlic.

4. Pour over the chicken pieces, cover and place in a pre-heated oven (gas

4/180°C) for approx. 1 hour (longer for really tender chicken).

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Coconut, carrot and coriander soup

Serves 4 Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: 30 mins

Add a bit of spice to good old carrot and

coriander soup with fresh and warming Thai

flavours and the sweetness of coconut. Make

a big batch and keep some in the freezer.

• 250g roughly chopped carrots

• 1 onion, chopped

• 50g butter

• 1L vegetable stock

• 1 small bunch of coriander (save

a few leaves to garnish)

• 1-2 tsp green Thai paste

• 1 tin coconut milk

1. Lightly fry the onion in butter until

soft, then put in a pan with the carrots,

add the stock, bring to a boil and

simmer until the carrots are cooked.

2. Chop up the coriander (save a little for

garnishing) and add, along with the

green Thai paste and coconut milk.

3. Use a hand held blender, or put

into a liquidiser and blend until the

soup has the right consistency.

4. Simmer again for 10 minutes or so.

5. Serve with a swirl of cream, a scattering

of coriander and some crusty bread.

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Food

Red velvet beetroot cake

Serves 8-12 Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: 25 mins

Beetroot has an earthy sweetness, but paired with chocolate and

cream cheese it brings depth and a perfect velvet texture to this

cake. This is a comfort cake with the added satisfaction of a healthy

vegetable thrown in - and no real need for red food colouring.

• 350g self raising flour, sifted

• 75g good quality cocoa powder

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 250g softened butter

• 275g sugar

• 4 eggs

• 125g finely grated, cooked beetroot

• 2 tbsps orange juice

• Red food colouring (optional)

For the cream cheese frosting:

• 300g cream cheese

• 75g softened butter

• 200g icing sugar

• 1tsp vanilla essence

• Chocolate curls/hearts to decorate

1. Grease 3 sandwich tins for the 3 tier cake, or 2

(with more mixture in) for a two tier cake and

pre-heat the oven to gas 4 (180°C).

2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light

and fluffy, then gradually add the eggs (add a bit

of flour if the mixture starts to curdle).

3. Stir in the other ingredients, pour into tins and bake for approx.

25 mins (depending on your oven – check after 20mins).

4. While the cake cools, beat together the frosting ingredients

and spread between the layers and over the top of the cake.

5. Decorate with chocolate if desired.

Alongside whipping up tasty, seasonal recipes for Surrey

Homes using produce from her own garden, Jo Arnell

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Jo Arnell turns salvage hunter to provide her garden with

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annyauld… iern!” The scrap metal

man would bellow from his horse-drawn cart,

“Annyauld-iern!

as he slowly trawled up our street collecting old

water tanks, broken bedsteads and scrap metal. When I

was little (in the nineteenth century, by the sound of this)

I had no idea what he was shouting or why he wanted such

things - the whole process was a dark mystery. I was an

optimistically whimsical child, so it comes as no surprise

to me now that salvage is so stylish and that scrap metal

can have far more value than just its melted down price

these days. And not just metal – lots of old household,

agricultural and industrial objects have value and can

be used to good effect in new and resourceful ways.

Authentically rustic

Found objects and bargains are satisfying to re-use. They

bring with them a sense of the past and somehow these

aged things have a more authentic feel, a patina that speaks

of less mechanised, less throwaway times. The fact that

they are less than perfect, or perhaps even broken, adds to

their charm. It is more than this though – and something

we are becoming increasingly aware of – salvage is not just

fashionably retro; part of the appeal of the old and rustic

is that there is little or no environmental cost involved.

Environmentally friendly

Many salvaged items don’t need restoration or remanufacture

and can be used immediately. A few may

have to be re-made, or up-cycled in some way, but the

cost of this in environmental terms is far less than the cost

of manufacturing an item from scratch. So, by re-using

items – especially those that are environmentally costly

to produce, or worse, to dispose of – we are doing a small

bit to help. Some of the objects may even help wildlife

directly, providing habitats and overwintering spaces.

Uses for salvage

Garden furniture – can be made from all sorts of salvaged

materials. Old ladders are always useful – on their own, or

as shelf supports. I’ve seen old sewing machine tables used

as plant stands, scaffolding planks as table tops, wooden

pallets fabricated into chairs, tables, decks, platforms

and tree houses. But it doesn’t stop there – people have

even been known to turn old cars – cut in half – into

outdoor sofas. It’s amazing how many ingenious uses for

things can be thought of once you get the salvage bug.

Water features – can be made from old barrels, galvanised

water storage tanks or really anything that will hold water.

The important thing is that the inside of the container

is protected from springing a leak. Barrels often have a

waterproof layer on the inside and old tin or iron baths and

tanks are usually galvanised – a chemical process that makes

a tough, rust resistant coating to iron and steel. Quirky

water cascades can be made from all sorts of ingenious

water-holding objects, from old pots, pans and kettles to

musical instruments. Rocks and stones are also very effective,

either drilled through so that the water cascades down over

them, or used to make small waterfalls or pool edging.

Bird baths and feeders – pretty, but scratched, chipped

or worn kitchen and dining items can make excellent

containers, not just for plants, but as bird baths and

feeders. I have a rustic lasagne dish that I didn’t much

like, but it is easy to clean, has sloping sides and is

just the right depth. It makes a perfect bird bath.

Planters – like water features, need enough capacity to hold

the growing medium, but don’t have to be watertight, in fact

some drainage through the bottom of the container is needed

so that plants don’t get waterlogged. An exception might be

something like a shallow, temporary planter – I use lengths of

guttering pipe in the veg patch sometimes, as they are useful

for growing a row of seedlings in prior to planting them out.

You can just slide the contents of the pipe into a prepared

groove once there’s a space on your plot – useful if you are

sowing crops in succession or are gardening in a small space.

Vegetable beds – can be constructed from many materials;

wood is particularly effective; railway sleepers have

always been popular, but can be expensive and bulky.

Scaffolding boards make excellent edges for vegetable beds

and are easier to cut and handle than sleepers. Just be

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preservatives, especially those used on older timber are toxic.

Protection and supports – old windows make great

tops for cold frames and several can even be used

together to make a mini greenhouse. Without glass they

can become plant supports, as can metal bedsteads,

gates, ladders, old springs and fretwork panels.

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that looks wonderful in your garden setting, especially when

you are saving huge amounts of money. There is a fine line,

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Garden

Fall in Love

Sue Whigham admires autumn displays of glorious colour

Credit: Sue Whigham, FreeImages.com/Anette Kristensen

It’s the first week of September and a glorious morning

for a walk so it’s on with the boots, on with the

dog’s lead and off down the lane. There are plenty of

blackberries in the hedgerows and a pair of buzzards are

mewing overhead. A group of swallows is gathering in my

neighbour’s field and we come upon thirty or so rooks

feasting on the recently harvested fields. Then through the

stile and across the fields to the back of the church, gathering

a few field mushrooms on the way whilst keeping our eyes

peeled for the beginning of any change in leaf colour. Each

year is different depending on conditions as far back as the

spring, but this year, well, the cornus in the hedgerows has

already turned a deep purple which, combined with blackberries,

is pretty stunning. The hornbeams are losing their

leaves faster than they have time to turn which, bearing

in mind how dry it was this summer, is hardly surprising.

Patches of the tall limes we pass have become a glorious

yellow and the ash by the gate is just on the turn.

In the garden two tree species are beginning to put on a

show. On the strength of seeing an avenue of limes, Tilia

cordata ‘Winter Orange’ at RHS Wisley a few years ago,

we planted one here. This is a really lovely selection with

red buds and bright orange winter shoots. It hasn’t flowered

for us yet but we don’t want to be greedy as we now have a

lovely autumn display of buttery yellow leaves and they are

certainly enough to be going on with. The other tree that

really is worth its weight in gold is Crataegus x persimilis

‘Prunifolia’. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it umpteen times but it

is a tree which deserves more than just one passing comment.

What are its attributes? Well, it’s an all rounder really with

showy blossom in the spring, and rather shiny oval leaves

which by now have coloured up in varying shades of red and

orange. These are accompanied by large clusters of red fruits.

Leaves are green because of a pigment known as chlorophyll.

We’ll all remember that from our Biology lessons at school.

And so when a tree is healthy and happy this pigment

dominates any other in the leaf and is absolutely vital to

the tree. The energy stored by the chlorophyll from the sun

is combined with the water taken up by the plant’s roots

and carbon dioxide taken from the air to produce what the

tree needs to survive, i.e. food. So this is why trees are so

vital to us humans. They create oxygen by this process and

reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which

we create and which is definitely not beneficial to us.

During the summer months, chlorophyll is

constantly breaking down and being replaced by

the tree and during the approach to autumn, and

then into winter, is withdrawn from its leaves.

This is a bit like closing down a valve to reduce the flow

of water in a plumbing system and is so clever. Where

the leaf joins to the tree, at the leafstalk base, is a thin

layer called the ‘abscission layer’, which is the ‘valve’ that

ensures that production of chlorophyll stops and that any

remaining nutrients are drawn into the twigs of the tree.

This is a ‘process of subtraction’ as the tree’s metabolism

slows right down. So as the green pigment reduces, it leaves

behind yellow and orange pigments known as carotenoids

and xanthophylls. Reds are rather different and are caused

by anthocyanins which are pigments produced well after

the growing season ends. All completely fascinating stuff.

Human activity and resulting climate change is starting

to have an effect on autumn colour. For instance the overuse

of fertilisers leaves excess nitrogen in cultivated soils

resulting in nearby trees storing less sugar in their leaves

than they would in a pristine environment thus reducing

the strength of the bright autumn hues in their leaves before

winter sets in. As I mentioned when talking about the

local hornbeams losing their leaves so rapidly and before

they colour up fully, drought, too, affects autumn colour.

Conversely, excessive rainfall and cloud cover affects colour

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which result in those fantastic autumn displays.

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which is a Hilliers selection and which combines an

upright habit with brilliant yellow autumn colour.

Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura)

This tree has been thought to be related to the tulip

tree and has tiny red flowers which emerge just

as the new bronze pink leaves show. It is happiest

in a sheltered spot and has gentle autumn colours

in a soft yellow or smoky pink. These colours

combine with a pungent burnt sugary scent.

Liriodendron tulipifera

The tulip tree, in the Magnoliaceae family, is a large tree

with rather beautiful and very curious foreshortened

leaves which turn a lovely clear yellow in the autumn.

Malus tschonoskii

A lot of the crab apples colour up well but this is one

of the best. A Japanese variety whose leaves have rich

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autumn. With its upright habit it’s a useful tree for quite

confined spaces and is a particularly strong grower.

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Bespoke design & build treehouses, playhouses

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Parrotia persica.

Actually this is more of a shrub than a tree and has

been on my wish list for years. Otherwise known as

Persian ironwood as it is native to Northern Iran,

Parrotia persica combines a gorgeous flaking bark,

not unlike that of a London plane, with a riot of

autumn colour and curious red flowers which come

straight off the stem rather like the Judas tree.

Sue Whigham can be contacted on

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and supply of interesting

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Correction: In

September’s issue, in

Sue Whigham’s article

‘Lavender’s Blue’ LIanata

should have read L. Ianata

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Education

How do

schools

quantify

success?

In an age of increasing exam pressure and rigorous assessment, SH speaks to two schools to find out

what’s being done to reward achievement and identify students that may need extra support

Vicky Ellis, Head

Banstead Prep School

How does Banstead Prep quantify

success? I strongly believe that

succes s within school is about

far more than exam results,

it encompasses everything we

do. I subscribe to Winston

Churchill’s definition of success: “Success is not final; failure

is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

How are achievements celebrated at your school –

both inside and outside the classroom? We focus on

the positives and reward the effort pupils demonstrate to

achieve, not just the achievement itself. Children are praised

throughout each day for academic effort, attainment and

conduct. Commendations are awarded for superb pieces

of work and also to praise determination, perseverance,

thoughtfulness or manners. The whole school comes together

for our Friday Celebration Assembly to acknowledge

achievements both inside and outside the classroom, award

certificates for external accomplishments and to celebrate

sporting successes and the weekly house point total.

Are prizes offered to pupils that excel in certain areas?

How do you ensure that prize-givings don’t de-incentivise

pupils who have not been awarded a prize? At BPS we have

a termly prize-giving, which allows for a greater number of

pupils to be acknowledged. Prizes and cups are awarded across

the whole curriculum, not just for academic subjects, as well

as for endeavour and the key characteristics needed to learn

and succeed, such as perseverance, resilience and teamwork.

How do you monitor your pupils’ progress and help

those who are struggling in certain areas? Across the whole

curriculum, pupils’ progress is tracked against key performance

indicators. At a glance we know if a child is working towards

an objective, working within age related expectations or

has mastered a concept and is working at greater depth.

Analysis shows us where additional support or intervention

is needed and our highly experienced SENCO co-ordinates

additional learning support, or works alongside our staff to

ensure appropriate support is given in the classroom.

What can be done to ease exam pressure during peak

periods? Broad curriculum coverage and excellent quality

teaching within the normal school timetable should be adequate

preparation for 11+ assessment, but parents can exert further

pressure and workload through external tutoring. At BPS we

work hard to help parents identify aspirational but realistic

school choices – if a child needs a tutor multiple times a

week, it’s unlikely that school is the best choice in the long

term. We also ensure pupils are able to express their worries

through our pastoral system of Form Teachers and supported

through our PSHCEE and Life Skills programmes.

bansteadprep.com

Mark London, Head of Marketing

at ACS International Schools

How are achievements celebrated at

ACS – both inside and outside the

classroom? ACS International Schools

has two campuses in Surrey, at Cobham

and Egham, and student successes

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SCHOLARS OF 2017

Cranleigh Preparatory School,

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Cranleigh,

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OPEN MORNINGS

Saturday 7 October 2017,

Wednesday 14 March and Saturday 5 May 2018

9.45 am – 12 noon

Please contact the Head of Admissions to book an appointment:

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Sometimes our

children get into

a tangle solving

tricky problems

And that’s fine by us

Open Mornings

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• 100% Success at Common

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• 88.7% A*- B grades

You have to get it wrong to get it right.

That’s why the initiatives we set in Science,

technology, Engineering, Art and Maths

(STEAM) champion active learning. Our

pupils learn by getting absolutely and

personally involved in everything they do.

So when they are faced with a puzzling

problem to unravel, they develop the

skills to rise to the challenge and think

for themselves. Come and find out how

at one of our Open days.

• 56 Senior school scholarships

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(188 Senior scholarships since 2014)

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Education

are celebrated within and beyond the classroom.

This summer our senior students, aged 17-18,

celebrated their final year at school with a graduation

ceremony. As well as congratulating them on all their

hard work throughout the year, we also recognised a

number of outstanding contributions to school life.

The school’s Founders’ Award was presented to

Morgan Peterson at ACS Cobham for excellent academic

achievement and involvement in school life, whilst ACS

Egham International Baccalaureate Art student, Julia

Worden, received the High School Student Council Art

Appreciation Award for her piece ‘All Things Are Possible’.

Last year, ACS Egham also recognised the fundraising

successes of students involved in the school’s Project Nepal, who

raised over £15,000 to support a Nepalese community. ACS

Cobham recently honoured its athletics teams which reigned

victorious at the International School Sports Tournament,

competing against 75 other students from across Europe.

How do you monitor your pupils’ progress and help those who

are struggling in certain areas? Across our schools we are using

some pretty advanced data analysis to measure and track students’

progress. Data can be evaluated by year group, class, and subject, for

example, and helps teachers to see which students are performing

beyond expectation, and which ones may be struggling. It also helps

teachers and students set appropriate goals for future development.

Dedicated counsellors are also assigned to each year

group – Lower, Middle and High School. Counsellors work

closely with class teachers, heads of department and parents

to support students academically and emotionally.

Every counsellor runs an open door policy for students, ready

to talk about any concerns from academic, coping with personal

issues to planning for their educational futures. In High School,

there are additional specialist university advisors, who are able to

assist students in their UK and worldwide university applications.

ACS Cobham also offers an enrichment programme, designed

for students who require an additional level of challenge to

enable them to reach their full potential. If parents would like

to find out more about how we support student learning, they

can visit us at one of our open days – acs-schools.com/opendays.

What can be done to ease exam pressure during peak periods?

The exam period can be a challenging time for students and our

counsellors practise mindfulness with students to combat exam

anxiety. Through simple breathing exercises and meditation,

mindfulness training gives students the tools to remain calm,

sustain their attention and stay focused – all essential exam skills.

The ‘Five Senses Drill’ is one of our students’ favourite

mindfulness exercises, it’s a simple three-minute breathing

exercise and easy to remember in the heat of the moment. After

two deep breaths, meditators silently note three things they see,

hear, feel and note what they smell and taste before finishing

with two more deep breaths. The drill is designed to help

panic-stricken students focus on their immediate surroundings

and keep calm in the event of an exam stumbling block.

Our counsellors also work with students to develop crucial time

management skills, helping them to establish their own revision

schedule and hone a crucial life skill.

acs-schools.com

OPEn dAY EVEnTS

HELd EACH YEAR In

MARCH And OCTOBER

To register attendance please visit our website:

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please contact Admissions: 01483 880489 or

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VOICE TRIALS

for boys aged 7 & 8

11 th November 2017

Enquiries are welcome at any time

Substantial scholarships are awarded

and choristers benefit from an all-round

excellent education at St Edmund’s

School Canterbury.

The Master of Choristers, David Flood,

is always pleased to meet and advise

parents and their sons.

For further details please telephone

01227 865242

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@No1Cathedral

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A new, co-educational

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girls and boys aged 2-11

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Tried & Tested

Susan Elkin hopes change is on the horizon when it comes to exams

Education

Credit: FreeImages.com/Picaland

Exam passes are not the same as education. League tables

which evolved in the 1990s and the ‘results’ culture they

engendered have a lot to answer for. But I detect a welcome

whiff of change in the wind. In January of this year Amanda

Spielman was appointed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education,

Services and Schools (snappy job title) to replace Michael Wilshaw.

By June she was firmly telling a conference in Berkshire that

Ofsted would in future be looking very critically as schools whose

‘badges and stickers’ approach turns them into ‘exam factories’ rather

than providers of a well rounded education. “We should be ashamed

that we have let such behaviour persist for so long,” she declared.

Revolutionary stuff! If schools are, at last going to be judged

more on Real Education than by counting Grade 9s or A*s then

Ms Spielman gets three very loud cheers of approval from me.

Of course, we want our children to pass their exams –

usually a stepping stone to the next stage of their chosen path.

But the exam should simply be a full stop at the end of an

interesting course. If the material has been taught and learned

with enthusiasm then the exam, apart from a practice paper

or two in the final run up to it, should take care of itself.

At present we have Year 10 students being presented with

a list of ‘assessment objectives’ on day one and being shown

how to tick the boxes to meet them. That’s cramming, not

teaching. Where’s the infectious passion for the subject?

Then there’s the unhealthy obsession with grades. A journalist

colleague told me the other day that her daughter cried, yes

cried, because she ‘only’ got five As and five A*s in her GCSEs.

The pernicious atmosphere in which these young people are

force fed to produce exam results like Dordogne geese destined

for foie gras, is causing many mental health problems.

It’s OK to fail – or at least to scrape in with a grade C or a 4.

That’s life. And in a year or two it won’t matter in the least what your

grades were. Contrary to what your exam factory might tell you

when you’re 16, nobody in adult life will care whether your GCSE

maths was a 9 or a 5 as long as they can see that you can do the job.

As a teacher, latterly in a very high performing school, I often

counselled distressed students who hadn’t achieved the mark they

hoped for. “Have you done your best?” I would ask. If the answer

was yes I’d then say: “Well in that case, neither I, the school or your

parents can ask any more of you. And you can live with yourself.”

If on the other hand the student admitted that she could

have done more, then I’d advise her to rethink her work

so that she wouldn’t look back regretfully in the future.

And meanwhile keep singing in the choir and playing

hockey because there’s more to all this than exams.

I think Ms Spielman and I would get on rather

well. And she is in a position to make a real difference.

Please assert your authority, Chief Inspector.

Be part of the picture

St Catherine’s, Bramley

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