Cranford Review 2019
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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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Trip to Korea<br />
2018<br />
In<br />
October 2018, 32 students, Kevin Prunty Executive<br />
Headteacher and 3 other members of staff set out on<br />
an epic, one-in-a-lifetime journey to visit our partner school,<br />
Ocheon Senior High School in Pohang South Korea to enjoy<br />
the sights, sounds and sensations of Seoul, the capital of the<br />
Republic of South Korea. Flying via Doha with a short transfer<br />
time, meant the journey was lengthy but proved to be totally worthwhile.<br />
The group was greeted in Seoul by Ocheon English teacher Marco who had<br />
travelled from Pohang to support the group on this inaugural visit in Seoul.<br />
In the capital, we experienced the palaces and the changing of the guard,<br />
enjoyed Korean food including kimchee (a traditional side dish made from<br />
salted and fermented vegetables which may not have been to everyone’s<br />
taste), a Korean buffet organised by the Korean Tourism Organisation and<br />
the amazing production “Nanta”. We travelled the length of South Korea on<br />
the very exciting KTX (Korea Train Express - the high speed train service)<br />
from Seoul to Pohang, where <strong>Cranford</strong> students and staff were delighted<br />
to meet their friends and colleagues from Ocheon Senior High School in<br />
Pohang, whom they had already met in July 2018. Accommodation was home<br />
stay which gave everyone (staff included) first-hand experience<br />
of real Korean home life. It is almost impossible to say what<br />
the highlights were. There was the visit to the Demilitarised<br />
Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea and a walk down<br />
the third tunnel, discovered on 17th October 1978 and dug by<br />
North Koreans as a potential way of invading the South. The<br />
welcome ceremony at Pohang was also amazing when the group<br />
was treated to the most professional drumming performance<br />
by Ocheon students, followed by joint learning and sporting<br />
activities. There was the joint trip for both schools to Gyeongju,<br />
known as the museum without walls, which is an area with<br />
so many things to see: the Dongung Palace and Wolji Pond,<br />
Cheomsongdae Observatory, the Bulguksa Temple, the Cheonmachong Tomb and the list goes on. The<br />
trip also gave the opportunity for Mr Prunty, Executive Headteacher and Mr Park, Principal of Ocheon to<br />
discuss the path forward for both schools in terms of future collaborative work, also a successful outcome.<br />
The school is grateful to the British Korean Society and the Korean Tourism Organisation for their<br />
support for this trip. Perhaps the trip and its success is best summed up by the words of two of the student<br />
participants.<br />
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Philip Dobison (Consultant – Internationalism)
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