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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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Hounslow Annual 6th Form RE Conference <strong>2016</strong><br />
For<br />
the second consecutive year <strong>Cranford</strong> Community College hosted the annual Hounslow<br />
Borough 6th form RE Conference on Friday 17th June <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Owing to his huge success last year, Dr Ranvir Singh was invited to return as the key note speaker<br />
with a refreshed angle on the question: Is Britain still a Christian country? Dr. Singh always stimulates<br />
minds. He is involved in religious studies as a teacher, an examiner, a teacher trainer, and an activist<br />
in interfaith relations. He asked many profound questions, for instance, when the now former Prime<br />
Minister David Cameron stated in 2015 “Yes, we are a nation that embraces, welcomes and accepts all<br />
faiths and none but we are still a Christian country” was this divisive? And whilst attendance figures<br />
in Roman Catholic churches have overtaken those in Anglican churches, when people like David<br />
Cameron say ‘Christian’ do we really mean Church of England only?<br />
There was lively, interactive workshops lead by UCL IOE teachers and <strong>Cranford</strong>’s<br />
own A level religious studies students, which put them in their teacher’s shoes as they<br />
facilitated a range of controversial topics including the common perception that Islam<br />
oppresses women.<br />
The ‘Question Time’ style panel enabled students to quiz experts representing different<br />
belief systems on topics ranging from the meaning of life and the perennial Israel Palestine<br />
problem and what causes people to question their faith in God. Once again this stimulating<br />
and thought provoking day was enjoyable and rewarding for all involved.<br />
Mehmoona Yousaf (Senior Teacher- Head of RE Department)<br />
“The day was great fun. I really enjoyed working with students<br />
from other schools as they often had different ideas which added<br />
to our workshop. At first I was afraid to speak in front of lots<br />
of people but after teaching the workshop once, I felt more<br />
confident and actually learnt a lot from the different discussions<br />
taking place. Furthermore through listening to the Question Time<br />
panellists I gained a lot of understanding of topics that I didn’t<br />
previously know about, for example different perceptions about<br />
the purpose of life”.<br />
Anmol Talwar (year 12)<br />
“The preparation for the RE conference was fun because<br />
we had autonomy in the subject of our workshops and<br />
we chose to consider “Does Islam suppress women?”<br />
The idea behind our workshop was to show that<br />
often it is the channels through which a religion is<br />
communicated that discriminate and suppress rather<br />
than the religion itself. Our workshop first encouraged<br />
us to think outside of the box as we had to embolden<br />
our peers to be proactive and ask questions. At first<br />
it was difficult to come up with ideas for this but then<br />
with a little team work we created something fun and<br />
challenging and the year 12 students seemed really<br />
got involved in and had lots to say about”.<br />
Suad Abdullahi & Shafla Sharaz (year 12)<br />
“I really enjoyed the question and answer section of the<br />
conference, as this allowed us to speak to learned members<br />
of different religious and non-religious communities. All<br />
of the representatives answered honestly even when they<br />
were given difficult questions to respond to. Such answers<br />
I felt gave us a better understanding of the different faith<br />
communities and allowed us to see that in many ways we<br />
often agree on topics rather than disagree”.<br />
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Navneet Arura (year 12)