Cranford Review 2019
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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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On<br />
West London Science & Technology<br />
Challenge Day at Brunel University<br />
Friday 14th June <strong>2019</strong> twelve year 9 students,<br />
Manav Vivek, Harsimran Bath, Satnam Curry,<br />
Uthistan Sritharan, Ayesha Kaur, Amandeep Thiara,<br />
Shritu Singh, Neha Khendria, Nechal Singh, Younis Abdi, Swarnali<br />
Acharjee and Kehan Munir, travelled to Brunel University in West<br />
London to take part in a Science & Technology Challenge Day.<br />
While the day had a competitive element to it, the chief focus was to<br />
give the students a taste of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering<br />
and Maths) topics and skills that they would not usually have the<br />
opportunity to experience in school. On arriving at the STEM Centre at<br />
Brunel University, the students were paired up before being assigned a<br />
random pairing from one of the other accompanying schools to make a<br />
team of 4. This may have been daunting to some, however the students<br />
quickly settled into it and before long it was if they had known each<br />
other for weeks, rather than minutes. Each team had three challenges<br />
to complete:<br />
• The E-Fit challenge – students watched a ‘robbery’ take place and<br />
then had to use a computer programme (the same used by the police)<br />
to make an accurate representation of the culprit.<br />
• Robotics – students learnt how to code a robot to carry out different<br />
actions or responses, such as to avoid crashing into walls, or play a<br />
sound when it drove over a red coloured block on the floor.<br />
• Hospital diagnosis – two current medical students taught the students<br />
how to diagnose a patient’s level of consciousness and then put their<br />
knowledge to the test with a live ‘patient’. Our students had to work<br />
together to find out how responsive the patient was and then deduce<br />
what injuries/conditions they were suffering from.<br />
During the lunch hour the students had the opportunity to watch an<br />
immersive documentary showcasing Tim Peake’s journey to and onboard<br />
the ISS in Brunel’s 360o 3D dome.<br />
All of our students were tremendous participators and benefitted<br />
hugely from the day, taking the opportunity to ask current students<br />
and lecturers questions about life and studying at university. Whilst<br />
all should be congratulated for their participation, particular praise<br />
must go out to Kehan and Uthistan who, alongside their partners from<br />
Dormers Wells High School, won the event overall and have therefore<br />
qualified for the All London Finals later in the year.<br />
Bradley King (Science Department)<br />
“My trip to Brunel University<br />
was phenomenal as we had many<br />
opportunities to try out some<br />
scientific activities there including<br />
robotics, acting like doctors,<br />
becoming a professional detective<br />
such as taking in information<br />
about how someone looks and entering<br />
this onto a computer. We also had an<br />
activity where we were able to get a<br />
glimpse of what space is like. My<br />
favourite part was handling robots and<br />
trying to find some form of procedure/<br />
pattern to make the robot move; trying<br />
out different ways to keep it consistent.<br />
Towards the end of the trip we had<br />
a Q&A session with the university<br />
students who had taken part in<br />
the activities. Overall the trip<br />
was outstanding and one of my<br />
favourite experiences so far”.<br />
Nehchal Singh (year 9)<br />
“It was really fun and I got to learn and<br />
see new things. One thing I enjoyed was<br />
that after the robot activity, we could<br />
see the robot of a snake that would<br />
“bite” you when you put your hand in<br />
front of it”.<br />
Neha Khendria (year 9)<br />
“It was a fantastic experience, I<br />
really enjoyed the range of activities.<br />
Particularly diagnostics as it was<br />
intriguing seeing the methods doctors<br />
use to diagnose their patients. Another<br />
thing I found fascinating was the space<br />
display. It was a very unique experience<br />
which I would like to repeat”.<br />
Harsimran Bath (year 9)<br />
“I, along with a number of students<br />
from year 9 with a passion for the<br />
STEM fields, got the opportunity to<br />
visit Brunel University for a science,<br />
technology, engineering and maths<br />
activity being held at the university.<br />
I was in awe as I saw the colossal<br />
buildings towering over us. We got split<br />
into 3 groups and smaller teams among<br />
the multiple other schools. We got the<br />
chance to programme model vehicles<br />
made of Lego, use E-FIT which is a<br />
software that produces digital facial<br />
composites and a medical activity<br />
where we found out how a typical doctor<br />
would diagnose patients’ conditions.<br />
I was genuinely overwhelmed by the<br />
exciting atmosphere. However what I<br />
found most thrilling was the 3D Dome,<br />
where footage from outer space was<br />
being projected. The whole experience<br />
felt surreal to me, as if we weren’t in this<br />
world and it was so extraordinary that<br />
I’m left speechless by this experience<br />
to this day.”<br />
Swarnali Acharjee (year 9)<br />
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