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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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Internationalism<br />
Shanghai<br />
Tianjin<br />
Zimbawe<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong>’s Global Pa<br />
The<br />
year for <strong>Cranford</strong> Community<br />
College began with the<br />
reaccreditation of the school for the International<br />
School Award (ISA). This evidences the deep<br />
and embedded way that the curriculum reflects<br />
the international dimension, providing students<br />
with amazing opportunities to discover the<br />
world, from Russia (via web conferencing)<br />
to Korea (pen pal communication and then<br />
meeting up at <strong>Cranford</strong>), from the north of India<br />
(aspiring medicine students visiting medical<br />
establishments) to Bangladesh (joint PSHCE<br />
project on drugs and smoking). <strong>Cranford</strong> students<br />
enjoy countless opportunities to learn about the<br />
ever smaller world we live in. The ISA was<br />
swiftly followed by <strong>Cranford</strong> achieving World<br />
Class School status. The feedback from the<br />
organisation was: “We would like to express just<br />
how impressively your students have performed<br />
over the past 18 week process - you should be<br />
very proud of them” - and we are.<br />
In January <strong>2016</strong>, we were honoured to welcome<br />
Professor Paul Mavima, Deputy Minister for<br />
Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe,<br />
accompanied by Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango,<br />
Permanent Secretary at the same ministry,<br />
plus Itai Masimirembwa, CEO of eLearning<br />
Solutions, Zimbabwe, Cecil T Chinenere,<br />
acting Zimbabwean Ambassador and Terrence<br />
Madzonere, Counsellor at the Embassy, who<br />
came to <strong>Cranford</strong> specifically as we are lead<br />
for the Science Learning Partnership for South<br />
West London and as an outstanding school we<br />
were a perfect choice for this visit with a focus<br />
on STEM (science, technology, engineering and<br />
mathematics teaching). Despite the short time<br />
the group was able to spend at <strong>Cranford</strong>, they<br />
were unanimous in their praise for the standard<br />
of education and the positive attitude of students<br />
to their learning and the enthusiasm of the staff.<br />
This was followed in March <strong>2016</strong> by a visit by<br />
13 Thai teachers whose focus was also on STEM<br />
within the school. Both delegations visited<br />
lessons and talked to students and staff. These<br />
visits were organised through the British Council<br />
and already we have been asked to host further<br />
visits. We look forward to welcoming more<br />
visitors who always leave with a broad smile and<br />
excellent memories of their time with us.<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> has forged very strong links with South<br />
Korea, since we first welcomed a group from our<br />
partner school, Ocheon High School in Pohang.<br />
We again hosted a group from Pohang this<br />
summer and have now been able to set up lessons<br />
in Korean for <strong>Cranford</strong> students from September<br />
<strong>2016</strong> in conjunction with the Korean Embassy<br />
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