Cranford Review 2011

Cranford Community College’s ICT and
Business Enterprise Excellence Evening held
on Tuesday 14th June 2011, was a fantastic
success.
The theme of the evening was to design a
Chinese chocolate bar. The judges (teachers
from the school) were very impressed with the
standard of work achieved by all involved. The
students had no idea what task was to be given
until the start of the evening. A little surprise
was waiting for the parents who turned up, as
they were also asked to participate.
Some of the ideas the students came up with
were:
• “China-Choc”. The wrapper design would
be a Chinese flag divided into 3 equal areas,
designed for a family chocolate bar, a chocolate
bar where all of the family would eat
a piece. In gold coloured writing [
in the middle ] it would say “China
Choc” and in small writing below it
would say “family bar”. The three
sections would be different types
of chocolate; milk chocolate, white
chocolate and dark chocolate.
• “Jackie Chan Goes Nuts”. For the wrapper
design they had a cartoon version of Jackie
Chan doing a karate kick; behind him would
be a picture of the world map and in the left
bottom corner it would say “Jackie Chan
Goes Nuts”. The actual chocolate bar itself
was nuts wrapped in a solid rectangle shape
chocolate.
• The wining chocolate bar, voted by the
judges, was …. “XIONMAO” (a Chinese
word) which translates as “Panda Choc”. The
wrapper was Kung Fu Panda standing on a
rock ready to do a karate kick. “XIONMAO”
was positioned at the top of the chocolate bar
just below Kung Fu Panda. They also had a
bamboo stick background. What convinced
the judges was the price of the chocolate
bar and how it can influence the Chinese
to get a bit of a western cultural
into China.
We hope Cranford can make
other excellence evening
just as good as this one.
By Faheem Uddin (year 7)
In February half term 2011 we visited New York. I found that New York City was one of the most
colourful and vibrant cities that I have visited in my life. New York has a significant impact upon
global business, finance, media, art, fashion, technology, education, and entertainment. Centre Park
contains numerous attractions; there are several lakes and ponds, two ice-skating rinks, the Central
Park Zoo, the Central Park Conservatory Garden and during my trip to New York I had the opportunity
to visit this wonderful park. We were able to visit the 9/11 Memorial Ground where we were allowed
to have a tour of the museum; this was an emotional encounter. I descovered New York
was the best city for shopping. We visited the famous 5th Avenue. Manhattan’s
skyline with its many skyscrapers is universally recognised, and the city has
been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world which include the
Chrysler and Empire State Building.
By Jusdave Atwal ( year 12)
“ I C T a n d B u s i n e s s
E n t e r p r i s e E x c e l l e n c e
Evening was an experience
that was educational and
enjoyable with
a competition like “The Apprentice”. We
had to create a chocolate bar for China and
it had to have its own packaging. We had
to use maths skills to work out the prices
of the advertising and much more. This
competition made me want to recommend
to anyone to come to the ICT Excellence
Evening, I would say to participate and
use your computer skills as well as other
skills. ICT Excellence Evening helps you
experience the joy of taking part and working in
a team. It was great to work alongside teachers
and parents on the project and not just being
told what to do”.
By Mandip Gill (year 7)
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