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44 The LRC Buzzing with the Spelling Bee The Learning Resources Centre was a hive of activity on Monday 6th July 2015 when Cranford hosted the first ever Hounslow Primary Schools Spelling Bee in the morning and in the afternoon the 3rd annual Hounslow Secondary Schools Spelling Bee. It was an exciting and nerve-racking morning and three schools arrived for the Primary Bee. Beavers Primary School, Westbrook Primary School and Berkeley Primary School and, all schools entered a team of four budding spellers having held internal heats in their own schools. The first activity was a memory game. All students took it in turn to go and look at an image filled with words and they then had to spell these words back to their teams who would then recreate the image. All of the schools were very competitive and interestingly all scored 23 out of 25 in this game. We then went to the first round; the children had a choice on spelling an easy, medium and hard word. The harder the word, the more points it was worth. The teams all had to try and earn as many points as possible to make it through to the final. After all the schools had taken part in this round the children went on a break whilst the scores were added up. Sadly, Beavers missed out from being in the final but only by a couple of points. All the teams were gathered back and the finalists Berkeley and Westbrook were invited to take a seat on the stage. The next round would be in the format of a penalty shootout, the first school to spell two words incorrectly would be eliminated and thus the other team would be crowned a winner. The two schools took to the platform and spelt words. The words got more difficult but the students kept spelling them correctly. I became increasingly worried I was going to run out of words as the round progressed. There were gasps around the room when Westbrook spelt their first incorrect word but the round continued. The teams spelt a few more words correctly but then Westbrook spelt another incorrectly. This meant Berkeley had won the first ever Hounslow Primary Schools Spelling Bee. In the afternoon, eight schools had accepted an invitation to attend and participate in the 3rd annual Hounslow Secondary Schools Spelling Bee. The competition is getting bigger every year; Cranford Community College, Brentford School for Girls, The Heathland School, Isleworth & Syon, Kingsley Academy, Lampton School, Reach Academy and St Marks Catholic School all challenged each other in an attempt to win the prestigious and highly soughtafter trophy. Councillor for Hounslow and author Shaida Mehrban volunteered to sit on the panel and award the trophy to the winning school. The students battled it out in teams to try and accumulate the most points. The first round was nerve-racking and all of the students eagerly spelt the words they were given. After all the teams had competed the students then had a break whilst the points were counted. It was then announced that Cranford Community College, The Heathland School, Isleworth & Syon and Reach Academy had made it into the final. The four schools chose their best two spellers to represent them in the final. The difficulty of words for the round was chosen by the panel. At first all of the schools spelt their words correctly, then after a few rounds Reach Academy spelt their word incorrectly, this meant they were out. The teams proceeded on and next to fall under the pressure was Cranford Community College and soon after Isleworth and Syon. This meant The Heathland School won. Shadia Mehrban was invited to award the trophy. It was a very successful exciting day and Cranford students can be very proud of their achievements again this year. Roll on next year’s challenge. Mahavir Ladva (Learning Resources and Study Centre Manager)
On Tuesday 9th June 2015, six year 7 students were selected to take part in the Poetry Slam competition at the Paul Robeson Theatre. The competitors were St Marks, Brentford School for Girls, Kingsley Academy, Isleworth and Syon and Cranford Community College. We were required to write a poem about transition (moving from one thing to another) which we would later perform in a competition against the other schools. The workshop was run by a poet called Adam. He was also a rapper; he performed one of his pieces to us about his time wandering the streets and living on M&S rubbish from the bins. Our poem was called “Origins”. It was based on a poem we heard about a man who moved into a new city. We made our poem about the things people have said and things we did in the past. Cranford Community College came 3rd. Some pupils were chosen as the most enthusiastic members and they received a book that has not been published yet. Although we did not win the event we came in 3rd place and it was a great experience taking part. Harit Boonyarakyotin (year 7) Origins I’m from do your homework. I’m made of average grades. I’m made of don’t show you’re weak. Just act like the hard guy. I’m from konnichiwa. I’m made of I’m not Japanese! I’m made of sleeping in assembly. I’m made of visits to the head of year. I’m made of tuck your shirt in. I’m from hidden insecurities concealed by confidence. I’m made of the middle child. I’m from get ready for your exams! I’m made of all my friends. I’ve lost fragments of a heart now cold. I’ve lost life that made me the centre of the universe. I’ve lost the comfort of youth but I’ve found the hardships of growing up. I’m made of trying to fit in a world that doesn’t want. I’m made of belike your older sister I’m from spit your gum out I’m from turn your phone off I’m made of you’re going to be late I’m from a shadow that lurks behind confidence. I’m torn between good and bad. I’m from the back of the class. I’m made of blending in with the crowd I’m now from the scorching sun, always shining bright. We found ourselves in a community. Written by Harit Boonyarakyotin, Zain Khan, Kimran Virk, Abdulahi Awal and Yasmin Rabi (year 7) 45
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