Cranford Review 2016
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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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Ukrainian<br />
Ambassador<br />
to the US<br />
On Thursday<br />
14th April<br />
<strong>2016</strong> a group of<br />
students were invited<br />
to watch a showing<br />
of a new documentary<br />
film “Winter on Fire”,<br />
a documentary about<br />
Ukraine’s fight for<br />
freedom. Learning<br />
about Maidan was an eye-opening experience.<br />
When people told me about the conflict in<br />
Ukraine, all I (and most people) would know<br />
of the conflict that it was between pro-Russian<br />
forces and Ukrainian forces In the Crimea area.<br />
In many ways however the conflict we know of<br />
started in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence<br />
Square), when the citizens of Ukraine united to<br />
rally in protest against police brutality ordered<br />
by Viktor Yanukovych. The two things which<br />
struck me most from watching the movie was a)<br />
how close to complete destruction the Maidan<br />
movement came and that if it wasn’t for the brave<br />
sacrifices of the men and women of Maidan<br />
how the Yanukovych dictatorship would still be<br />
around, and b), the position of the police and<br />
army in all this. When the director was asked<br />
about this in particular, he explained why there<br />
was no interviews of the soldiers carrying out the<br />
orders of the government (as they had orders to<br />
fire at journalists first) and how he explained that<br />
despite the fact that the soldiers spoke no words,<br />
their facial expressions (of pure indifference)<br />
spoke their true side of the story.<br />
Zahra Butt (year 13)<br />
Indiana Visitors<br />
On<br />
Friday 24th June <strong>2016</strong>, we were proud<br />
to host a delegation of<br />
40 teachers from Indiana,<br />
USA who were part of a<br />
study programme with<br />
Butler University, training<br />
to be school principals.<br />
They were in the UK to<br />
look at our school system<br />
and how our schools are<br />
managed, comparing our<br />
system with the American<br />
system. <strong>Cranford</strong> was the<br />
last on their tour and they<br />
were absolutely blown<br />
away by the amazing work<br />
we do with our students.<br />
They visited the Twilight<br />
Centre, the Literacy and<br />
Numeracy College (LNC),<br />
the Picasso Centre and the<br />
Hounslow Junior Citizen<br />
Project and commented<br />
that these were ‘truly<br />
outstanding’. They were<br />
fascinated by the range<br />
and extent of the different<br />
projects we run as a school<br />
both to help our students<br />
make exceptional progress<br />
and to help transform our community. During the<br />
day, Mr Dobison and Ms Painting, along with Ms<br />
Panesar from Berkeley Primary School, were able<br />
to form some excellent new relationships with our<br />
American colleagues which we will continue to<br />
build on.<br />
Ruth Painting (Senior Teacher, Teaching and Learning)<br />
17
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