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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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CRANFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE<br />
PRESENT<br />
CHA S<br />
Written by<br />
Laura Lomas<br />
Wednesday 3 rd April <strong>2019</strong> @ 16:00<br />
Thursday 4 th April <strong>2019</strong> @ 17:00<br />
In January <strong>2019</strong>,<br />
12 students from year 9 and year 10<br />
were chosen to participate in the National<br />
Theatre Connections Festival and were<br />
cast to perform a new play called “Chaos”,<br />
written by Lauren Lomas. At first we are all<br />
astounded by the complex structure of the<br />
play and all the disjointed scenes intertwined<br />
with each other: it was all essentially chaos.<br />
We were a group of students selected, not<br />
very familiar with each other, however<br />
we all had a passion for drama and were<br />
incredibly enthusiastic, excited and eager<br />
for this performance. As we attended our<br />
weekly rehearsals, as well as becoming<br />
more confident in our performing skills, we<br />
gradually began to discover the links between<br />
the scenes and found how the different<br />
National<br />
Theatre<br />
Connections<br />
Festival <strong>2019</strong><br />
B004<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> Community College<br />
High St<br />
Hounslow<br />
TW5 9PD<br />
characters and abstract scenes connected with each other.<br />
It was so disjointed, unstable and complicated that it was<br />
like the scenes were a jigsaw puzzle: each piece completed<br />
the story; almost as if the contrasting characters found<br />
order within their own disorder.<br />
In addition to finding links between the scenes, we all<br />
found links between each other and formed close bonds,<br />
a complete distinction from when compared to the<br />
beginning of the process. It felt really exciting to go to<br />
rehearsals after getting to know each other and as we got<br />
nearer to the performance dates, we were all supporting<br />
and encouraging each other, especially with learning lines<br />
(which was probably the most difficult part of this journey<br />
for me).<br />
On Wednesday 3rd April <strong>2019</strong>, it was time for our first<br />
performance in school in front of the National Theatre<br />
visiting Director and it felt nerve wracking and I felt light–<br />
headed as if it was my first performance ever. The light<br />
was yellow and intimate and I felt the vibrations of sounds<br />
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“I really enjoyed ‘Chaos’ the students<br />
were brilliant at creating their own<br />
individual scene of disorder but at<br />
the same time working well together<br />
as a cast”.<br />
Bernadette Moir (Executive<br />
Assistant to Executive Headteacher)<br />
“I saw the Thursday production of Chaos and enjoyed it very<br />
much. I was very impressed with how the students were able<br />
to seamlessly move from character to character depending<br />
on the scenario they were acting. As the scenes were very<br />
dynamic they were great at showing their passion or confusion<br />
or anger and they moved onto the next scene so professionally<br />
as I can imagine this must be quite hard to do, having to<br />
change emotions quickly and still making it believable. They<br />
thoroughly immersed me in the play and I wanted to know<br />
more about their characters and what might happen to them.<br />
As there were many questions left unanswered it was really<br />
thought provoking which led me to discussing it further at<br />
home with my family that evening over dinner.<br />
Please pass on my thanks and congratulations to the cast for<br />
a superb performance”.<br />
Maria Bramhall (Deputy Head of School)
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