Cranford Review 2018

Year 8
It
has been a busy year for year 8 with lots of exciting opportunities for them to enjoy. Here are
just two examples of what year 8 have been getting up to this year.
The year 8 reward trip in the spring term to Laser Quest in Watford was awarded to students with
the highest ATL’s and DREAM points and in April 2018 we also went to Thorpe Park to a STEM
Careers Fair Event which was being run by West Middlesex University. We had a focus on careers
and students had to apply for their position on the trip as they would apply for a job. Students were
given a criteria of things they needed to address in their application. The Fair was interactive; it
consisted of talks about the science behind roller coasters and lots of cool gadgets which
students got to work with and operate.
Randeep Sidhu (Head of Year 8)
Myself and other students were able to go on the trip to Laser Quest as we were the top 15%
of students to be given dream points in our year, and were the most well behaved. I felt very
glad, and proud of myself as there are over 200 students in our year and I was one of the many
students that got go. I was also excited as my friends also got to go and my favourite teachers.
We watched a video the taught us how to play and the rules and had a health and safety
presentation about what to do and what not to do whilst being in the maze. Then We then got
separated into a red and green team. After that we wore our packs with our laser
guns and went to our stations and started the game. We played two sessions. My
Most memorable moment was the worker announced that my team (the green
team) had won both rounds, and that player 8 had got the most kills.
Rahma Suleiman (year 8)
On Thursday 26th April 2018 15 students were chosen from year 8 to go to a
wonderful trip Thorpe Park to learn more about STEM and obviously to enjoy
yourself and have fun.
We entered Thorpe Park and quickly left made our way to the STEM room.
Then Ms Sidhu told us to explore everything in the STEM room and to enjoy
ourselves. The first game we came across was a dice/robot game, the rules were
very simple, and you had to control the dice by an Xbox controller, overall, I
came second place in that game and got beaten by Sanjana. After that we sat down to watch a funny show
about science and I personally loved it. When that ended Sanjana, Isra, Harsimran and I walked around
to look at new things and then decided to go to the virtual reality set and I decided to go on first. Now
this was the part that I got most terrified on because I hate heights and I am literally afraid of being on
roller coasters or something that goes high, so even though it was fake I still got scared and started to
shiver but let’s not talk about that part and let’s move on. After we all had out turn we sat down to listen
to an important speech about Thorpe Park and the science behind it.
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Forty-five minutes later, the speech ended. Ms Sidhu then allowed us to go off onto some rides and have
fun. So, while Sanjana, Isra and Harsimran went on the ride (swarm.) I just decide to sit down and chill
while they were gone. When they came back they got pictures and then we made our way to tidal wave and
surprisingly I went on that ride. Then we had a bit of fun and went on the angry bird climbing ladder ride.
After that, we went on ghost train and had to wait a long time but overall it was worth it. Overall my day
at Thorpe Park was incredible and I enjoyed every single part of it.
Satnam Curry (year 8)