Cranford Review 2015
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year. It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students. Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year.
It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students.
Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
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“Computers let people<br />
avoid people, going<br />
out to explore. It’s so<br />
different to just open<br />
a website instead of<br />
looking at a Picasso in a<br />
museum in Paris”.<br />
Raf Simons<br />
Subject Days<br />
Targeted Intervention Days have provided an excellent<br />
opportunity for departments and year groups to get out of school<br />
and continue the learning on educational visits. Through the TI<br />
Day programme we have seen students set foot on foreign soil<br />
and have experiences very different to that offered<br />
in the normal curriculum at <strong>Cranford</strong>.<br />
This year we have seen TI Days provide students<br />
with access to learn new skills at the London<br />
Careers fair at the Excel Centre and explore<br />
human evolution at the Natural History Museum.<br />
They have studied great artistic works at Tate<br />
Modern, the National Gallery and even ventured<br />
to Barcelona and the Eden project to study the natural form<br />
and creative expression. Students have analysed artefacts and<br />
sources of evidence at the Museum of London and travelled<br />
to Bletchley Park to see some of the first computer systems<br />
that helped crack codes during World War Two.<br />
Within the creative arts, students have spent time on theatre and ballet trips,<br />
studio tours and creative workshops to develop their dance, drama and media<br />
talents. Students have studied the impact of time and people on the country with<br />
a trip to the south coast and navigated the countryside with the Duke of Edinburgh<br />
residential trip. Year 8 students have had their nerves challenged with outdoor pursuits<br />
activities at Kingswood and created games in the computer lab. This is just a flavour<br />
of the exciting challenges students experience outside of the classroom and beyond<br />
the blue gates of <strong>Cranford</strong>.<br />
Targeted Intervention Days are an excellent opportunity for students to<br />
revisit and boost their understanding of key topics within subjects so that<br />
they are in top shape to approach their exams. This year saw teachers’<br />
creativity go into overdrive with activities<br />
taking place for all year groups and with all<br />
subjects giving students that little something<br />
extra to ensure they make the best progress.<br />
From coursework clinics and external visitors<br />
to no pens day Wednesday and a whole school<br />
numeracy focus students feet hardly touched<br />
the ground as they moved from one fantastic<br />
learning experience to the next.<br />
Let’s see what TI Days hold in store next year.<br />
Kevin Biggs (Senior Teacher Developing High Attainers)<br />
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