Parish Cake - Spring 2020
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
feature<br />
New Era of<br />
Education<br />
High Weald Academy’s New<br />
Building is now officially open<br />
THE HIGH Weald Academy’s new<br />
21st century building has been<br />
officially opened. To celebrate, the<br />
unveiling ceremony revealed the<br />
winning students of the academy<br />
artwork competition, whose work<br />
will be displayed in the school to<br />
commemorate the event.<br />
Mr Daniel Hatley, executive<br />
principal for academy, said: “There’s<br />
really no comparison between the<br />
new building and what we had before.<br />
It’s visible to see as you walk around<br />
the school that the students and staff<br />
enjoy and are extremely proud of the<br />
new surroundings. On behalf of The<br />
High Weald Academy community, I<br />
would like to thank everyone involved,<br />
who I know worked tirelessly on the<br />
project to build our new school.”<br />
The multi-million pound build<br />
started in July 2018 and in November<br />
2019 staff and students moved<br />
into their new school. The school<br />
was previously housed in a 1970s<br />
building, which had been modified<br />
over the years to meet educational<br />
requirements, but was deemed no<br />
longer fit for purpose. Today The<br />
High Weald Academy building is one<br />
of the most state of the art learning<br />
environments in the area and boasts<br />
69 climate controlled classrooms and<br />
offices, which include eight science<br />
laboratories, three art rooms, five<br />
ICT suites and a purpose built drama<br />
studio.<br />
Annie Watsham, founder of Grierson<br />
Galleries, located at The Hive in<br />
Cranbrook, said: “We were delighted<br />
by the response of the artwork<br />
competition. Judging of the 200 entries<br />
was an extremely difficult task; the<br />
creativity and imagination shown in<br />
all the entries was wonderful. Today,<br />
it’s been an absolute pleasure to meet<br />
the winners. The detail in their pieces<br />
successfully captured elements of the<br />
Weald and inspired the judges.”<br />
ABOVE: Winners of The High Weald Academy Artwork<br />
Competition. Left to right: Max Bunyan – Year 7, Sam<br />
De Sagun – Year 9 and James Sanders – Year 7<br />
BELOW: Head of School with students from The High<br />
Weald Academy outside the new building<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> • <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 41
Change language