Cranford Review 2009-2010 (Annual edition 2010)

Year 9 Interform
On the 16 June 2010
a football competition
took place at Cranford
Community College called
Inter-form, which occurs
every year, during the
summer and this allows
students from every form to
compete against each other
and become the ultimate
champions of their year.
This year, seven studemts
from each form in year 9
represented their form. “It’s
not all about the winning
but to build on relationships
and encourage friendship,
but more importantly to
enjoy and have a good
time”.
The tournament was
exciting with running,
tackling, diving and
shooting the ball until goals
were conceded. At the end
every form managed to play
each other and have a great
time, while the audience
cheered on their teams.
It was a great tournament
but unfortunately my form
(T) did not win and (Y)
became the “Ultimate
Champions” of their year,
however there’s always a
next year.
By Zakariya Ahmed
(year 9)
An Unexpected Day
On Friday 2 July 2010, Cranford
Community College held an educational
safety day, exclusive to all year 9 students.
My initial reaction was “how dull”, much like other year 9 students.
We initially thought safety day would be a rather boring event, where
we all had to run through a series of safety drills. In fact, the event was
something unexpected, and something that would affect us all.
Three organisations were involved; the Arc Theatre, Locked in Locked
out and a one man act Shabazz Nelson, helped us come face to face with
emotional and real life dilemmas. We learnt about violence, jail, and
underage sex and pregnancy. These topics are becoming an increasingly
dangerous issue amongst teenagers. All three organizations, had their
own unique way of exploring the topics, and of involving students in
their presentations.
We particularly enjoyed the ways in which the acts included us in
their presentations; one perfect example of this is the Arc theatre, a
professional theatre, which cares passionately about the learning of
children our age. They allowed us to empathise with young teenagers
situations presented. They used drama to involve us in their act and
allowed us to see each one of the dilemmas from all perspective. They
were fantastic and were my personal favourites.
Shabaz Nelson, well he’s just amazing. His comic strategy of educating
us about violence and confidence was absolutely phenomenal. He
used magic, jokes and even the students to widen our understanding of
violence. He left every single member of the audience in stitches. On the
other hand, Locked in Locked out, took a more serious approach to teach
us about the dangers of going to prison. The couple are professionals
who have experience working with young offenders. They introduced
us to a prototype prison cell. It was revolting and looked absolutely
horrendous; no colour, no excitement, no life. Although there was less
student involvement in their presentation than in the other organisations,
they successfully taught us about the damage going to jail can do to our
lives. We were, without doubt, put off gaol.
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Safety day was an amazing experience that will stay with me and other
year 9 students for the rest of our years to come. It has opened each
and every one of our eyes, as to what is wrong and what is right for
us, and how the small things we do in life can make a huge difference
to our futures and our person. It was a very clever and imaginative
event, and I’m sure that the rest of year nine would love to have
another event similar to this, and hopefully be able to share it with
other years in Cranford Community College.
By Suhani Visana (year 9)