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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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Career and Higher Education<br />
On<br />
29th March and 1st April <strong>2016</strong> as part<br />
of the school’s TI day, year 8 students<br />
were introduced to the world of “coding” recently<br />
when they took part in the Heathrow Coding<br />
Challenge. In teams of 4 they had to build a robot<br />
from a large bag of shapes. Not only did the<br />
robot have to move but it had to be programmed<br />
to navigate an obstacle course and stay mobile<br />
for 30 seconds in a race against others. Emotions<br />
ran high as teams pitched their coding abilities<br />
against each other in elimination heats. Tenacity<br />
was the watchword as teams continually went<br />
back to their tables, refining, reprogramming,<br />
using their learning from STEM subjects (science,<br />
technology, maths and engineering) to create<br />
an unbeatable robot. Students practised their<br />
communication skills, learning how to work as a<br />
successful team and encouraged everyone to be<br />
involved. We thank Heathrow’s Learning to Work<br />
Team whose talk to the year 8 students about the<br />
work opportunities that Heathrow offers and the<br />
varied routes in to them was very inspiring. It is<br />
more important than ever to be knowledgeable<br />
about coding and programming as it is estimated<br />
that the UK will need a workface of 1 million<br />
digital skilled workers by 2020.<br />
“The coding<br />
challenge was<br />
incredible but was<br />
tricky, challenging<br />
and hard. But in the<br />
end, it feels better<br />
when the robot passes<br />
the finish line”.<br />
Andre Telmo (year 8)<br />
“When I had the Coding Challenge, I really<br />
enjoyed it because I had an opportunity to learn<br />
how to code a piece of Lego. Also the support<br />
from Heathrow was very helpful”.<br />
Christian Mihalache<br />
(year 8)<br />
It<br />
was exciting times for year 8 students on Wednesday 8th June <strong>2016</strong> as Irish<br />
boy band, “Taken”, performed a series of songs just for them. The band,<br />
from Dublin, were given a warm year 8 welcome before the<br />
talented trio proceeded to entertain and educate the year group<br />
with a series of popular songs, including Justin Bieber’s Love<br />
Yourself, intermingled with messages about the dangers of, and<br />
issues surrounding, online bullying. Spirits were running high,<br />
music was blaring and fun was had by all and, as Taken headed<br />
to Heathrow to continue their tour of Europe, the students meandered home, to put<br />
their newly acquired knowledge about online safety to good use.<br />
28<br />
Julie Tomkins (Careers and Higher Education Consultant)