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meant that every day we could go and enjoy the park activities. On a personal note, I first visited Tianjin in August 2008 and the speed of development of the city, indeed of the whole area, never ceases to amaze me. The city has expanded exponentially and the population rose by 31.4% between 2000 and 2010 to just under 13 million. By 2012 this had crept up to 14.1 million. It is therefore no surprise that the city is changing so rapidly to accommodate its growing population. Once again, Cranford Community College sent a delegation of staff on the trip of a lifetime to the Tianjin College of Commerce in Tianjin, China. The purpose of the trip was focussed on professional development for staff from both institutions but also included some amazing trips and visits in the local area and further afield to Beijing itself. The staff and students at the College welcomed us with open arms and showered us with their hospitality. The College is about to move to a brand new campus, which we visited and are really looking forward to staying in on our next trip in 2015. Thank you to our friends in the Tianjin College of Commerce and we look forward to welcoming you in the autumn to Cranford Community College. Doug said: I will especially remember the dancing in the square; they had such a good time and welcomed us into their group (even with my left feet!)…then the guy writing on the concrete in a world of his own. The sights in Beijing were amazing just the sheer volume of people, cars and construction going on at such a pace. Greetipal said: The highlight of the trip would have to be climbing The Great Wall which was a once in a lifetime experience! #China2014 #4thFloor Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations) 28 The programme included a number of sessions during which Cranford’s staff presented how we do things here; from behaviour management to lesson planning and how we manage outstanding learning. The staff from Tianjin showed great interest in the way we do things at Cranford. One of the highlights of our presentations was surely though the run through of Aussie English. It was a great moment to hear the Chinese staff chanting back “G’day mate” in broad Oz. For some of Cranford’s staff, one of their highlights was the visit to the Great Wall, which stretches for 8,850 km (5,500 miles); this is the “Ming” Wall. The section we saw and walked up reached from the valley floor up to the hill side. It was extremely steep in places, and the day was a hot one, even in April. It took some puff and sweat to reach the top, but we all did. The view was dramatic and it is astonishing how such a wall could be built in such difficult terrain. For others, it was the visit to the Forbidden City in Beijing. It was called “Forbidden” as no women or any none imperial male was allowed to enter. It is an enormous complex with fantastic architecture and beautiful statues. The parks of Tianjin are full of dancers, singers, skaters and scribes every evening. Once again, the friendliness of the Chinese was such that we were invited to join in their dancing and they were very accommodating, despite our errors in following the sequence. The warm evenings It was a great opportunity to go to China to experience at firsthand the educational system and the culture of the Chinese people. From the moment we arrived there the students made us welcome. We stayed at the college campus in Tianjin. During our stay we visited the most famous attractions and numerous historical and cultural centres and always guided by members of the teaching staff and students. The trip was highly educational for me and I enjoyed it immensely. Farzaneh (EAL teacher, Berkeley Primary School)
we welcomed students and staff from South Dong For the second time, Chang Middle School in Shanghai to Cranford Community College. This visit is a result of the partnership agreement between the two schools to confirm our mutual friendship and commitment to work together in a variety of ways to deepen and consolidate partnership activity with the purpose of creating opportunities which benefit our institutions, staff, students, our communities (both local and global) and our countries. The group delighted the audience at the National Orchestra for All (NOfA) event in the memorial garden with charming renditions on the ‘hulusi’ (gourd flute) and the ‘dizi’ (wooden flute) followed by a stunning performance of the 3rd movement from Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ on the piano. The group joined in the WFactor on the two Wednesdays they were at Cranford and thoroughly enjoyed the variety of activities, taking part in BMX biking, Zumba, the chess club and Gok Wan, amongst others and were delighted to work alongside Cranford students. Berkeley Primary School was privileged to be presented with an incredible performance by the whole group. The concert featured Chinese folk dance and music, some join- in songs for the pupils at Berkeley and more beautiful piano music. The applause was rapturous. Alongside the visits to schools, the group had a great time in Bath, Stonehenge, Brighton, Oxford and London, where they saw the Changing of the Guard and other famous sights. We look forward to welcoming them back again soon. Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations) Benvenuti a Londra Cranford welcomed 35 students from Italy on 7th and 8th July 2014 as part of their integration programme into an English school. Each Italian student was buddied up with a Cranford student who acted as their host for the two days. The Italians took part in the same lessons as their buddy student and the feedback was excited and full of praise for the experience they had enjoyed. This is the first time this has happened at Cranford, but I am sure it won’t be the last. Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations) “Having the Italian visitors was an amazing experience, because they were from a foreign country and were different to us. That enabled us to learn new things such as different sentences in Italian”. Armela Dukaj (year 8) “It was interesting to find out about school life in Italy, for example schools finish at 1 p.m. and the holidays are earlier and longer than ours, but they do go to school on Saturdays”. Zahra Vora (year 8) “We made friends with some of the Italian students and we are already in touch with them regularly. We also have plans to visit them in Italy in the future”. Harkiran Virdee (year 8) 29
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