Truro School Former Pupils’ Association

July 2018 Newsletter

issue 10 www.truroschool.com tsfpa@truroschool.com

ALUMNI NEWS

Book for the 2018 Reunion

Life After A Levels

Martin Wilmshurst (CO64)

David Maloney (CO08)

Recent TSFPA Events– Report

Joe Flanagan (CO11)

Family Announcements

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Events

Reunion Sports Fixtures

Saturday 8 September 2018

Netball 1:15– SBA

Rugby 2.30 TS Rugby pitch

Mixed Hockey 3.00 Astro

If you would like to play Netball or Mixed Hockey please register with Katy

today: tsfpa@truroschool.com

Annual Reunion Dinner

Saturday 8 September 2018

Please join us this year for the annual reunion dinner and celebrate with old friends, Everyone from all years, and

their guests, are most welcome.

Tickets are £27.50 pp and includes 3 courses, a welcome drink and 2 bottles of wine per table. Additional bottles will be available to purchase

on the evening

Book Now

Toby Parkins (CO93)

Annual Reunion Dinner 2018

Places for this years’ reunion dinner are selling

fast! We are well ahead on ticket sales from this

time last year so please don’t delay securing your

place.

We are set to have an amazing evening full of

friends and laughter this year.

The TSFPA and Nicky, Katy and Jo are looking

forward to welcoming all of you back to Truro

School and sharing your reunion with you.

If you would like to talk anything over please call

Katy on the details above or you can book your

place online now.

Joe said he learnt a lot at Gidleigh Park where he stayed for three years, it was his first taste of working in a Michelin

starred restaurant. From there, with some valuable experience under his belt, Joe has since worked a number of

different Michelin starred restaurants overseas and in the UK and made the move to Sweden about a year and a half

ago to work for Mathias Dahlgren where he stayed for a year before taking on his new role at Oaxen Krog which is a

two Michelin starred restaurant in Stockholm. Joe told us:

I run the cold section at the moment, meaning all of the cold courses on the ten course tasting menu are my

responsibility, including langoustine tartar with fermented pears, horseradish and grilled juniper.

Joe enjoyed his time at Truro School and recalls loving being part of all the sports teams, mainly of course rugby, and

recalls when fellow classmate Sam Hodge ran into the glass door of the Wilkes building as The best day of my life.

When we asked Joe what he thought of Truro School opening up its own cookery school he said:

I am delighted about the news of the cookery school opening; I think it was only a matter of time!

Joe Flanagan (CO11)

Chef at the two Michelin starred restaurant in Stockholm

When Joe Left Truro School he moved straight to London

to play in the London Wasps Rugby Academy, Joe was a

keen Rugby player at School and enjoyed this opportunity

greatly. On Joe’s return to Cornwall he re-started his

education undertaking A levels but soon realised that

further academic study wasn’t for him and left after a year.

Joe was unsure what it was that he really wanted to do

and it was about a year later that Joe, quite randomly he

told us, started work at the Driftwood Spars Hotel in St

Agnes. This was Joe’s first experience working in a

kitchen, and cooking food for guests and customers and

he loved it. Joe had found his passion and after a summer

of working hard and enjoying life in his hometown he got a

new job in the two Michelin starred Gidleigh Park in

Devon.

Some dishes Joe is responsible for on his menu

David Maloney (CO08)

A Chef’s life in Norway

Dave with his kitchen team second from the right

Dave took a job as a Sous Chef in a start-up Norwegian restaurant in the heart of what Dave describes as Norway’s

hipster land: Grunnlokker. After working there for six months he was offered the sous chef position at a hotel on the

historical Norwegian island fortress- Oscarsborg. A couple of months into this new role Dave was approached and

asked to represent Norway as a chef at the international Green Week (IGM) In Berlin, which is the second biggest food

fair in the world. After this Dave was offered a head chef position at the Old Freemason haunt Handverkerstuene in the

centre of Oslo where Dave worked a Christmas season cooking classic Norwegian Christmas food from Scratch.

Once the Christmas season was over, in January this year, Dave took a job AS Sous Chef for the third biggest Hotel in

Norway- Thorn Hotel Opera which is directly opposite the Norwegian opera house. He has been there ever since and

on a chance encounter with the owner, Dave has been offered the Head Chef position at the hotel which he starts at the

beginning of August.

We asked Dave what his future plans were, and what he thought of the new cookery facilities at Truro School:

I do picture myself staying in Norway, though my next and current goal is to get myself into a position, that I am able to

take an executive chef job for a western hotel chain somewhere on the coast of west Africa. Truro school had fantastic

amenities and awesome opportunities whilst I attended the school, though we did not have anything along the lines of

home economics, I believe that a school, having such an outstanding academic record also being able to offer training

of a more vocational path can only be a good thing. Whether it be for a child who wishes to become a chef or just to

help equip young people with a fantastic life skill.

In the end Dave decided that University

wasn’t for him after-all so he took a

volunteer placement for EDP in Ghana. The

Development Office reported on this

exciting project at the time.

When Dave returned from his placement he

went back to Norway and reconnected with

his friends in the country and busied himself

by rebuilding an 1890’s log house just

outside of Oslo. During this time Dave met

a lady and decided that he would stay in

Norway and put his skills as a chef to use,

having always enjoyed working in a kitchen

before he thought he would give that career

path a proper try.

Dave left school after his GCSE’s in 2006 and went straight into working in kitchens, starting out in Truro, Dave

enjoyed a few years of earning money and spending time with his friends. In 2011 he decided to further his education

and completed a foundation degree in Biology and Chemistry and then later completed an access to higher education

course in maths and Physics and received a partial scholarship to study maths at Queen’s University Belfast. Dave

then took a six-month trip to Norway in 2015 to run a large café in the centre of Voss, the extreme sports capital of

Scandinavia.

Toby Parkins (CO93)

Co-Founder of Software Company Headforwards

After Toby completed his ‘A’ Levels in 1993 Toby read Physics at Nottingham University, he then combined some

climbing accidents with a couple of years out and switched to Mathematics and Education at Exeter University. Toby

went on to teach Maths at Richard Lander school back in Truro, from 1999 until 2001. After this Toby then set up a

technical focused web agency in St Agnes that continued until 2015 when it was merged into his next company.

Toby co-founded an outsource software development company, Headforwards in 2011 and this has now become the

largest and fastest growing software company in Cornwall and one of the leading technology companies in the South

West. In 2018 the company now employs over 100 software specialists and is located in two sets of offices in Pool.

Headforwards has created a different business model for outsourcing that combines being able to attract talented

people to Cornwall, with high quality, knowledge intensive, long term projects. Toby tells us that recruitment is the

most serious challenge to IT organisations in London and the South East, but side by side recruitment campaigns

have shown it’s easier and faster to recruit in Cornwall due to there being less competition from other companies.

Toby went on to tell us more about working in Cornwall:

Fibre broadband is often talked about as unlocking the potential to work in remote places but many people still

struggle to realise this. With improving air links and a reliable Sleeper train Cornwall has potential although it ’s still a

few hours longer than many would like from London.

He told us: We prefer to consider ourselves 6 milliseconds from London on a fibre Internet connection, and only 80

from Tokyo where some of our key clients are based.

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Life After A levels at Truro School

Lucy Jupp, head of lower sixth at Truro School, said: “The week’s enrichment programme has allowed our students to

focus on life after Truro School and we have been delighted to welcome some excellent speakers and visitors to the

school.”

The Life After A-Levels programme culminated with a visit from headline act Guy Richardson, the former Scotland rugby

manager, who delivered an inspirational talk on leadership and the skills required to build strong teams and raising

performance. The Development team wish all our leavers the very best of luck with their next steps.

Recently Martin Wilmshurst (CO64) got in touch with the Development team in the hope that we could help.

Martin and his family now live in Australia and have done for many years, now, however his daughter Isabel

wishes to return to the UK and Martin has reached out to his school and the wonderful Truro School

Community hoping to get Isabel settled into her new endeavour, and find a job here in the Duchy.

Isabel fell in love with Cornwall when she visited Truro School with Martin when she was younger, she recalls

the visit a highlight of her childhood and remembers the Hogwarts-like Castles and incredible scenery.

Martin is incredibly proud of Isabell and watched her graduate recently as Bachelor of Business, majoring in both Sport Management and Event Management. Isabel has also been fortunate to work as Deputy Venue Logistics Manager for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Now that the games have come to an end Isabel is has turned her attention to global opportunities in the sports and event sector, so if anyone in our vast Truro School community can help, or knows of any opportunities that might be of interest to Isabel, then please get in touch with Katy at tsfpa@truroschool.com

Martin Wilmshurst (CO64)

Finding work in the UK for his daughter Isabel

This programme seeks to help students prepare for

the next step in their lives, supporting them in

carefully hand-picking the right career choice at the

first time of asking, while also improving employability

and leadership skills.

Students started the programme with a variety of

workshops and heard from such business leaders as

Cornwall Chamber CEO and school governor, Kim

Conchie, and Paul Trudgian of Fish for Thought, who

ran a session on starting up a business.

Art and DT end of year show

TSFPA private viewing report

It was a pleasure to attend the TSFPA Private View event at the Heseltine Gallery on 25th July. We welcomed back former

pupils of different vintages, many of whom had not been back since their own school days and there was much talk of the

venue's previous incarnation as the school gym or sixth form centre. It is no exaggeration to say that everyone present was

blown away by the quality of work in such a varied display from current members of the school ranging from Nursery to A

level.

The committee and I are very keen to provide a range of events to suit the tastes of all former pupils. If you have an idea

for an event - social, cultural or sporting- please do get in touch with the development team: tsfpa@truroschool.com

Rachel Vaughan

Former Pupils VS School Cricket match

We are delighted that the traditional former pupils

VS school speech day Cricket match was

reinstated this year thanks to former pupil Tim

Manhire (CO82).

The game was held this year the evening before

speech day and was a great success, the full

report will feature in the Truronian magazine that

will reach you all in September, we hope you are

looking forward to receiving your copy!

Family Announcements

Mr Stephen James

FILLBROOK

12/10/1943– 07/07/2018

TS 1955– 1961

Truro School are sad to have to

report the passing of Stephen

Fillbrook.

Our thoughts are with all of

Stephen’s family and friends at

this time.

Professor William Jervis

JONES

16/08/1941– 21/04/2018

TS 1951-1959

It is with regret that we report the

passing od Professor William

Jones who passed away earlier

this year.

He Leaves behind his wife Val

and our thoughts are with his

family at this time.

A very warm welcome to our newest TSFPA members:

Class of 18

Name Sports House

Ayobami Afolabi Vinter

Oliver Andrews School

Michael Austin School

Jasmine Ayliffe Wickett

Scarlett Babb Smith

Bonnie Bayley-Skinner Vinter

Wesley Blair School

Alexander Boote Wickett

Harry Bray-Smith School

Callum Browne Vinter

Inga Bruce School

Jonathan Brunyee Wickett

Max Cameron-Webb Smith

Oliver Chamberlain School

CyrusYin Chan Wickett

HaileyTung Chan Wickett

James Chant School

Ella Cockcroft Smith

Bethany Cole School

Rebecca Compton School

Adrian Cota Smith

Michael Daffern Vinter

Jonathan Deacon Wickett

Chloe Dobbs Smith

Lowenna Dobson Vinter

Dominykas Dolotovas Vinter

Isabella Edmond Wickett

Imogen Edwards Smith

Matthew Ellis Vinter

Jacob Ellison Smith

Thomas Evans Smith

Grace Felstead School

Benjamin Forbes School

Dominic Goodwin Smith

Ethan Graham Wickett

Christopher Hardman Wickett

Rosanna Harrington School

Name Sports House

George Hatcher Smith

Violet Henderson Vinter

Bertie Holdsworth Wickett

Nathan Holmes Vinter

Bethany Hoskings School

Jessica Jones Smith

William Jones School

Oliver Kidd Smith

Elodie Lawry Vinter

Jaeheon Lee Wickett

William Lee Smith

Molly Leigh School

Tristan Ho Leung Smith

Kobe Shing Leung School

Amelia Luck Vinter

Mhairi MacLeod Vinter

Kathryn MacQuarrie Vinter

Sean Manhire Smith

Emily Mitchell Vinter

Julia Nell Wickett

Daisy Newburne-Munn Smith

Rebecca Orchard School

Fergus Orr Smith

Luke Osborne Vinter

Lara Owen Smith

Jonathan Paynter Vinter

Edward Penrose School

Jack Piercy Wickett

Cerys Pitman School

Martha Prindl Vinter

Amy Pryor Vinter

Ruth Rashleigh Wickett

Ajay Ravindranath Vinter

Laura Sant School

Cara Sawyer Smith

Alexandra Sells Vinter

Alec Sharbatian School

Name Sports House

Emma Shaw School

Katie Shaw Smith

Harry Sheingold-Bane Vinter

Polina Sirotina Wickett

Savannah Snow Smith

Bethany Stairmand-Taylor Wickett

Theodore Stratton Wickett

Nicolette Tang Wickett

Jozef Tanzer Vinter

George Thomas Wickett

Jack Thornton School

Oliver Townrow Wickett

William Trew Smith

Chloe Tse School

Sophie Upton School

Alexander Vaughan Vinter

Olivia Walklett Vinter

Lucy Wallis Wickett

Thomas Weightman Smith

Isabella Wheatley Wickett

Bethany Whell Wickett

Isobel Wilkinson Smith

Benjamin Williams Smith

Henry Williams School

Lily Wood Wickett

Joe Wright School

Tobi Yeoman Wickett

For more information or to register an interest email Maria Taylor on cookery@truroschool.com