Cranford Review 2015

Internationalism
in action
at Cranford
The
A submission has now been made for a record sixth time. The feedback
from the reaccreditation application was:
“The collaborative work you have conducted with your partner schools
and plan to conduct in the future is impressive and your relationship with
them is very well-established, as shown by your achievements, which
speak for themselves”.
Academy Trust Board ratified the new internationalism policy
at Cranford in November 2014, which confirmed our mission
to educate students for the future, which is ever changing and as yet
unknown, providing them with the skills, knowledge and outlook required
in the new world order and enabling them to grow into global citizens.
Cranford’s success in developing strong international links for the benefit
of its students and staff has been
recognised since the International
School Award first began in 1999.
Ocheon High School, Korea
In July 2015, we welcomed, for the first time, a group of
24 students and 2 members of staff, including the Principal
Mr Park, from the Ocheon High School, Pohang in South
Korea. Their stay of just one week was packed with things
to do. Some of the group from Korea already have pen pals
at Cranford and this was a great opportunity to meet face to
face. The students were integrated into year 12 and joined
in their activities during the final week of term. A high
point of the week was on the Thursday when the Korean
students were awarded certificates in front of their year 12 Cranford colleagues in recognition of their time at
Cranford. During the week, Mr Prunty, Executive Headteacher and Mr Park , Principal, signed a Memorandum
of Understanding between Cranford Community College and Ocheon High School with a view to deepening this
new and exciting relationship.
Cranford has established strong
links with Korea and has
hosted many visits by senior
educationalists, eager to see how
Cranford works. They always
leave very impressed by the
students and the staff.
Napoli, Italia
In June 2015, we welcomed
a group of 12 students from
the Naples area in Italy for a 5 day integration programme with year 10
students. Each Italian student was buddied up with a Cranford student and
attended their lessons. This first-hand experience of visiting lessons in an
English school is second to none and every student was very appreciative
of the support and help from both Cranford staff and students. We look set
to work directly with the Italian school to ensure this kind of opportunity
occurs again. Berkeley Primary School was also involved and hosted 2
Italian students who worked with year 4 and 5 pupils for the week. They
were absolutely delighted with the experience and this opportunity gave both the Italians and Berkeley pupils a
wonderful opportunity to get to know each other more.
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