insideKENT Magazine Issue 29 - August 2014 | Page 11

NEWS

TWO STUDENTS FROM BETHANY
SCHOOL MEET WITH THE ROYAL
SEAL OF APPROVAL

Anna Burnham stamp portrait

CLAUDIA SCHIFFER AND
RODENSTOCK PRESENT THEIR
VERY FIRST COLLECTION, CLAUDIA
SCHIFFER BY RODENSTOCK

Her Majesty the Queen was sufficiently
impressed with a portrait of herself
–created with the use of 4,600 stamps
– to send a letter of congratulations
to the Year 13 ‘A’ Level artist Anna
Burnham who produced it.
recently Piers Muiry, also studying ‘A’
level had a portrait of his grandfather
accepted by the highly prestigious
Royal Academy Summer Online
exhibition for schools, one of only 36
to make the final exhibition from a
country wide entry of 1,280 pieces.
Head of Art, Peter Norgrove said:
Piers Muiry portrait
“While it is clearly a bonus for the
individuals concerned to have their
work set before a wider audience, more importantly it underlines the creativity
and enthusiasm of our pupils and helps to inspire the younger artists coming
up through the school.”
Headmaster, Francie Healy added: “I am immensely proud of both
Anna and Piers who are both exceptional artists and incredibly nice people.
Their talents are only matched by their humility and they are terrific role
models in our caring community.” www.bethanyschool.org.uk

Pioneers in leading eyewear technology and with over 135 years of tradition,
experience and associated know-how, together with highest eyewear design
expertise, Germany-based Rodenstock, which has its UK base
in Northfleet, Kent, has established itself as one of the most important
manufacturers of hi-tech lenses and frames. T
ogether Claudia and Rodenstock
have developed a collection of truly premium eyewear.
Available from select retailers in Kent, this new collection was inspired
from the sixties and seventies with the designs r
eflecting Claudia’s understated
and modern yet timeless style, as well as her love of vintage.
As well as trying to create beautiful frames it was important for Claudia
to work with the best lenses. In Rodenstock she found the perfect partner.
Each style is named after a tree. Nature was also the source of ideas
for several designs in terms of surfaces such as the wood effect and colours
as well as the packaging.
For more information about Rodenstock, visit www.house-of-bettervision.com. For stockist information, call 0845 600 8995.

KENT WINNER OF NATIONAL DIVINE POETRY COMPETITION 2014
As I neared, a figure came into focus.
My breath caught in my throat and my eyes
widened,
For I had come all this way and he is here,
Actually here.
(extract from Sophie Turner’s Poem “If I met a
cocoa farmer”)
Divine Chocolate and Christian Aid are delighted
to announce the winners of this year’s national
Divine Poetry Competition. Award-winning
children’s author Philip Ardagh helped select the
poems from amongst 1,000 entries which best
captured the theme “If I met a cocoa farmer”.
There are three age groups and this year the
winner in the 7-11 years old category was Sophie
Turner from Maidstone.
As always the topic of chocolate stimulated
thousands of budding poets to wax lyrical about
chocolate, something they clearly love, and the

Fairtrade focus produced more reflective thoughts
and ideas.
Philip Ardagh said: “I was delighted to be
asked to judge this year’s National Divine Poetry
Competition, combining two of my favourite
things: poetry and chocolate; and with Divine
combining chocolate with Fairtrade we were onto
a winner from the start! There were funny poems,
sad poems and thought-provoking poems. Some
were all three but we were left with a lasting
impression of competition entrants who’d thrown
themselves wholeheartedly into the project.”
Charlotte Borger, communications director
at Divine Chocolate adds: “Our theme this year
had the desired effect of making people think
about where our favourite treat comes from and
the hard work that goes into each chocolate bar
we enjoy. Un