Cranford Review 2021

#
SIXTH FORM
As
some of the key issues our students were facing I worked
with our School Counsellor, Nisha Benning to put together
a programme of online workshops to support students in
four key areas. All workshops were recorded to ensure
they were accessible to students who were unable to join
sessions and also after the sessions so they could reflect on
the strategies shared by Ms Benning. We received really
positive feedback from students and parents
Sharandeep Saroya (Assistant Headteacher - Sixth Form)
a school this year we were particularly aware
of the immense impact of the pandemic on
our students physical and emotional wellbeing and we
proactively implemented a range of supportive strategies
to meet the needs of students in what was challenging
circumstances. We committed to ensuring that all students
were in daily contact with their form tutors and partaking
in a daily routine with registration, thought for the week
and assemblies in the morning but we were keen to gain a
greater insight in to the individual impact on wellbeing and
surveyed students across the entire school. In response to
“The wellbeing workshops were delivered online,
exploring different topics to help students think about
their mental health during lockdown and support
attending online lessons. The topics included:
understanding and managing anxiety, how to make
space for your wellbeing in a big household, routines
and creating a productive working environment,
dealing with uncertainty, and managing emotions”.
Nisha Benning (School Counsellor)
Fund
Raiser
This
year the Sixth Form Committees were
determined to ensure that the pandemic
would not stop them from raising money for Children
in Need and that Covid Safe measures could be put
in place to ensure that a range of activities could be
organised to support the charity.
The traditional bake sale wouldn’t be possible so the
charities committee got creative and worked with Ms
Prunty to produce ‘sweet treat goodie boxes’ which
were sold in advance via the online school shop and
then pre-packed for a collection only service. The
beautifully packaged treat boxes went down a storm
and meant that although we missed the masses of
students gathering to take a peek at the array of cakes
on offer, the committee were able to arrange a safe,
well organised and well managed ‘covid friendly bake
sale’. Teachers were delighted to find their goodie
boxes delivered to their desks and students were
pleased to find additional boxes had been prepared
for those who suffered with ‘treat box envy’ having
not pre-ordered.
The STEM committee organised a series of three fun
workshops for Year 7, 8 and 9 where students were
able to participate in exciting experiments including
Methane Bubbles, Screaming Jelly Beans and Van der
Graff generator. The committee limited the number of
students in each workshop to ensure safety procedures
could be followed so the lucky students that were able
to take part were able to gain a really engaging and
practical experience.
The Sports Committee organised a football tournament
for each year group which was so popular that many
year groups sold out of places by the end of the day on
which the signup sheet was released! Teams competed
against each other with great spirit and the Sports
Committee worked well to run the matches and create
a positive atmosphere for the competitions.
The Wellbeing, Arts and Culture Committee worked
together to run a series of three Origami workshops for
Year 7,8,9 in which some real talent was discovered
and we found some Origami masters who ended
up modelling techniques within the sessions. The
workshops were so calming and inviting that even
the supervising teachers got involved and learnt to
create some mini Origami pieces.
In total the committees were able to raise a
tremendous £370.76 for Children in Need.
Sharandeep Saroya
(Assistant Headteacher - Sixth Form)
94