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Thursday April 28, 2016, H&H Series Follow us on Twitter 23 SNAPSHOT OF THE WEEK @hamandhigh ■ Olivia with the real-life version of her design ■ The quiz night raised over £22,000 for the children’s charity Cutting-edge cupcake design Mayor of Camden’s final push to raise funds Hampstead Cub Scout Olivia Seddon Deane tasted victory, winning the regional heats of a cupcake design competition, held by Hampstead’s Maison Blanc The 10-year-old, of St Christopher’s School in Belsize Park, designed the “Cherry Delight”: chocolate sponge with chocolate chips, cherry buttercream, raspberry shavings and white chocolate musical notes The winner of the national competition will have their cakes sold, with profits donated to music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins where Olivia’s disabled brother, Theo, benefited from two years of music therapy Bakery manager, Magda Zubala, said: “The designs were brilliant, it was hard to choose a winner Congratulations to Olivia! I can vouch that this cake doesn’t just look amazing, it tastes delicious too!” Mayor of Camden, Larraine Revah, raised over £22,000 for children’s charity, KIDS, in her last charitable event before her Mayoral term ends this May Over 100 people attended the quiz night at Shaka Zulu, including councillors, community leaders and residents Mayor Revah said: “We had a fantastic night All the funds raised on the night will go towards my chosen charity KIDS which does amazing work helping disabled children and their families.” KIDS is a national charity working to transform the lives of disabled children and young people, A new shop for the ‘little fashionistas’ Struggling with the challenge of shopping for her fashion-conscious daughters in the area, a Hampstead Garden Suburb mother has opened up a new children’s clothes shop in Hampstead Sabeeta Thukral celebrated the launch of Linea kids, in Heath Street, by holding a champagne party for other local mothers last Thursday She said: “As a mother of three young girls, all with their own individual style, I’m constantly challenged to satisfy the tastes ■ Sabeeta Thukral at the launch night of Linea kids of my little fashionistas Never fully being happy with the options available to me locally, I felt that Hampstead needed a children’s Olympic star opens new school pool ■ Catherine West MP visits Tree House School boutique for boys and girls.” “I chose Hampstead as it retains most of its original village charm and character,” ■ Mark Foster at the poolside Picture: Nigel Sutton TreeHouse pupils guide MP Children at a specialist autism school in Muswell Hill charmed Catherine West, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, when she visited for a tour Percy Craddock, 11, a pupil at TreeHouse School said; “It was very nice to meet Catherine and I enjoyed giving the flowers to her I hope she likes them.” Jolanta Lasota, Chief Executive of Ambitious about Autism said; up to 25 years old, through play, development, learning and training opportunities It also provides support to parents and carers Mayor Revah has been supporting KIDS for the last year, during which over 500 families have been helped in Camden through home visits, short breaks and forums “We are very grateful to Catherine West MP for taking the time to come and visit Ambitious about Autism and TreeHouse school today The pupils were very excited to meet her and asked lots of questions This visit also gave us the opportunity to show Catherine what we at TreeHouse school and how we support our young learners with autism to learn, thrive and achieve.” Olympic swimmer Mark Foster joined pupils at Francis Holland School in Regent’s Park to opened a new swimming pool at to celebrate 100 years of it being on its Ivor Place site The swimmer took part in a coaching session for the 25-strong swimming team FHS Swim Team Captain, Cecilia Rafter (Year 9) “It was incredible to be coached by an Olympian! Mark Foster was a real inspiration” A key feature of the new pool is the adjustable floor, which ena- bles the pool to be deep enough for sports such as diving and water polo and shallow enough for swimming lessons and training Mark Foster said, “I was de- lighted to coach the Francis Holland pupils I spend a lot of my time encouraging participation in all sports and fitness activities amongst teenage girls.”