Cranford Review 2016
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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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14<br />
It<br />
has been quite a year for our continued special<br />
relationship with the US Embassy. In the past year<br />
alone, many students met the US Ambassador<br />
when he visited <strong>Cranford</strong> Community College, but also at<br />
the embassy and in his home. Staff and students attended<br />
a celebrity-packed reception for the US rugby team at the<br />
US Ambassador’s residence plus numerous diplomatic<br />
events at the US Embassy with other ambassadors from<br />
across the world, worked with Matthew Barzun, US<br />
Ambassador to develop his ‘Schools Talk’ programme<br />
and one of <strong>Cranford</strong>’s star students gained the prestigious<br />
Fulbright scholarship following<br />
intense international competition.<br />
It started in October 2015 with the<br />
reception at the Ambassador’s residence<br />
Winfield House for the USA rugby team<br />
followed by other highlights including<br />
private screenings and discussions at the<br />
US Embassy on documentaries including<br />
“My name is Malala”, talks at the school<br />
by noted experts, discussion groups with<br />
the US Ambassador, Matthew Barzun and<br />
of course five of our students meeting President Obama. It<br />
was also the US Embassy which asked us if we would like<br />
to represent the UK at International Space Camp. The year<br />
ended how it started when Ms Yousaf and myself were<br />
invited to the Ambassador’s Independence Day<br />
party at his residence. It was quite a party with<br />
A list celebrities including Pharrell Williams,<br />
senior politicians and royalty. The theme for the<br />
party was a music festival with big name bands<br />
like Squeeze and Bastille performing.<br />
Ambassador Barzan’s term of office ends with<br />
President Obama’s in January 2017 and he will<br />
be missed by <strong>Cranford</strong> to whom he has been a<br />
great friend and we were delighted to receive<br />
the letter and certificate in recognition of this fact.<br />
Kevin Prunty, Executive Headteacher added:<br />
“Our partnership with the US Embassy has generated<br />
some truly amazing experiences and opportunities<br />
for <strong>Cranford</strong> students but, I suspect, it will be hard<br />
to beat this impressive and rare event. In particular,<br />
these opportunities are so important in helping young<br />
people develop vital modern life skills like networking,<br />
integrity, political awareness, civic engagement and selfconfidence,<br />
all of which I believe are essential to succeed<br />
in a dynamic world and global economy”.<br />
Alan Fraser (Assistant Headteacher –Community)<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> Young leaders<br />
meet US President<br />
Barack Obama<br />
On<br />
Saturday 23rd April <strong>2016</strong>,<br />
five very fortunate year<br />
12 students were chosen to represent<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> Community College among a<br />
select audience of 55 young people at<br />
the historical address at Westminster<br />
Town hall by visiting US<br />
President Barack Obama.<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> was invited by<br />
the US ambassador to<br />
select five of its young<br />
leaders for the privilege<br />
of a private meeting with<br />
the president because<br />
of the school’s ‘special<br />
relationship’ with the US<br />
which has seen students<br />
given the chance to meet the ambassador<br />
at the embassy, in his home and during a<br />
visit to the school.<br />
This event received global media coverage<br />
as the US President took time to<br />
talk about world<br />
issues and engage<br />
in a question and<br />
answer dialogue with<br />
young people from<br />
across West London.<br />
Navneet Arura, Zahra<br />
Butt, Ali Aweis, Ubaid<br />
Rizvi and Nabila<br />
Hiyati were seated in<br />
the front row as the president delivered<br />
his message. The President urged young<br />
people to reject pessimism and cynicism,<br />
to believe that progress is always possible<br />
and that difficult problems can be solved<br />
but that sometimes it is necessary to take<br />
a longer view of history and be satisfied<br />
with moving something forward so that<br />
others can take it further. He warned that if<br />
you only spend time with people who just<br />
agree with you, you become even more<br />
extreme in your convictions, suggesting