Cranford Review 2015

Jack Petchey Award
Abdiaziiz Sahal
September 2014
(nominated by
students)
Abdiaziiz Sahal was
given the Jack Petchey
Award in September 2014
because he participated
in the Regional Spanish
Spelling Bee, which was
won by Cranford, and
participated in the side that came in the top 5 in the
National Spanish Spelling Bee. Abdiaziiz has also
won the Hounslow English Spelling Bee which was
an amazing achievement for him. Abdiaziiz helps
our teachers after school helping us to go beyond
outstanding. He has chosen new books for the LRC
and he empathises with people’s genres. Abdiaziiz
has helped make the year 8 FROG page dedicating
hours at home and in school editing and creating
new ideas. He has been student leader two years in
a row and is a great role model for students.
Ashmita Kumar
October 2014
(nominated by
Ms Painting)
Ashmita is an incredibly
hard working young
lady whose homework
and classwork always
demonstrate an
outstanding attitude
to learning. She is
polite, helpful and respectful – in all ways a
model student. I am nominating her because of
her amazing ability and willingness to help other
students. Twice now, I have seated a new starter
next to her in German lessons – one student with
real literacy and confidence issues and another who
was an EAL beginner. She has managed to act as an
incredible TA to these students whilst never letting
the quality of her own work drop. She ensures that
they understand every element of their lessons and
these students’ success in German is in no small part
due to Ashmita’s fantastic help.
Sarah Mahmood
November 2014
(nominated by
Ms Mirsky)
Sarah has contributed hugely
to the Music Department in
the past year, not only being
dedicated to her own studies,
progress and performances,
but also supporting the
school community as a
whole. She has performed at prestigious events such as
the year 13 Celebration Evening, the NOfA project and
supported behind the scenes at extra-curricular events
giving up her free time before and after school.
Dillon Chuhan
January 2015
(nominated by
Ms Qureshi and Ms Jaura)
Dillon is a committed student
who has given up a lot of
his time for art & design.
He consistently encourages
younger members of the
school with their work and
students look up to him as a
role model. He has grown independently by actively
engaging in the National Saturday Art Club. He
volunteers to mentor other students in the community
and has given up his time on Saturdays by becoming a
student leader at the University of West London. This
role ensures he is supporting students who would not
otherwise have the opportunity to explore art and design
in such an open and varied way.
Gugandeep Banga
February 2015
(nominated by student)
Gugandeep is an exceptional
individual, who always
strives to improve the school,
its ethos and the surrounding
community. Through his
work with the charity ‘Mind’
he has developed skills
central to his passion and
initiated some mental health lessons as part of the school
curriculum. His responsibility as a prefect provides
support and empathy for others who may need it. He is
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“We do the Awards because we want to
believe in themselves and make a con