Cranford Review 2015
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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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<strong>Cranford</strong> Careers Programme<br />
Another busy year in the<br />
Careers Department saw<br />
161 UCAS applications,<br />
the whole of year 11 visit the<br />
Skills London Careers Show, in<br />
school careers days for year 9<br />
and 12 students, and successful<br />
periods of work experience for a<br />
variety of students in key stage 4<br />
and 5. In addition we took part in<br />
the inaugural Kickstart Express<br />
project run by ‘Spark’, numerous<br />
trips as well as visits to businesses<br />
supported by guest speakers from<br />
a range of industries who came to<br />
talk about different careers and<br />
pathways.<br />
2014 / <strong>2015</strong><br />
2<br />
In December 2014, all year 9<br />
students took part in a variety<br />
of activities including the play<br />
“Choices” to help them decide about their GCSE<br />
options for <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
On Tuesday 17th March <strong>2015</strong>, a team of year 9<br />
students visited IT giants Cognizant Technology and<br />
were involved in the exciting wearable technology<br />
challenge where they designed a wristband which<br />
enables you to monitor your health. They worked very<br />
well together as a team and had a thoroughly enjoyable<br />
day.<br />
Barclays Bank Dragons Den challenge in the spring<br />
term <strong>2015</strong>, was set in the daunting surroundings of<br />
their head office in Canary Wharf, but undeterred, the<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> team of Baljinder Padda 10U, Ashika Kapoor<br />
10T, Saugaat Banskota 10W and Arun Sharma 10X<br />
presented their “Unity” community health and fitness<br />
app with confidence and enthusiasm and ended up<br />
winning the competition.<br />
“Thank you for enabling me to attend this helpful<br />
workshop, I was able to enhance my team work,<br />
presentation and confidence skills. I appreciate the<br />
opportunity”.<br />
Gurgina Sidhu (year 12)<br />
Closer to home again we visited the Heathrow<br />
Careers Fair, IConnect, organised by<br />
Connexions, and took part in Kickstart<br />
Express. This three day project in the summer<br />
term <strong>2015</strong>, saw year 12 students visit several local<br />
companies for example, Sky, Discovery Channel,<br />
Worley Parsons, Metrobank and the Heart of<br />
Hounslow clinic to find out more about what they<br />
do and learn about careers in that sector.<br />
The students entered a competition to write the best<br />
blog about their experiences. This was followed<br />
by a year 12 Higher Education and Careers day on<br />
2nd July <strong>2015</strong>, where students took part in various<br />
workshops including: writing personal statements,<br />
choosing your university and course and student<br />
finance as well as alternatives to university such<br />
as apprenticeships, speed networking and interview<br />
skills.<br />
A very busy but exciting year for careers which we<br />
hope will make the difference for <strong>Cranford</strong> students<br />
when thinking about their future aspirations and<br />
career pathways.<br />
Cath Goold (Head of Careers Co-ordinator)
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