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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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www.seedsofpeace.org<br />
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Seeds Of Peace is a leadership development<br />
organisation founded in 1993. I was very<br />
fortunate to be able to attend the second year of this<br />
phenomenal camp in London. It was incredible.<br />
The amount of fun I had over the 4-day course is<br />
unexplainable. I have adapted and learned many<br />
skills which I now apply to my daily life. Skills<br />
as simple as listening, respect and communication<br />
have made an impact in my everyday life.<br />
The days were quite intense and long and we<br />
took part in many sensitive and emotional<br />
discussions based on topics which include:<br />
gender, religion, identity, Brexit, stereotypes,<br />
euthanasia, relationships with family/friends,<br />
nationality and social class. These discussions<br />
helped me understand different perspectives and<br />
acknowledge and accept them. A dialogue is<br />
not a debate or an argument but simply an open<br />
discussion where everyone gets a say without<br />
their opinion being ‘judged’ or shot down.<br />
This is important as I took away skills from a<br />
dialogue and applied them to reality where I<br />
no longer argue but try to understand the other<br />
person’s point of view and I am determined to<br />
use a dialogue as is a way to resolve conflict.<br />
The Seeds’ and facilitators created a safe<br />
environment which was extremely welcoming.<br />
This helped to strengthen bonds we have with<br />
each other and our relationships. The outcome<br />
of this was that everyone could share personal<br />
things that they would not share with anyone else.<br />
This trust and emotional connection created a vibe<br />
which was unreal. This impacted our success in<br />
group challenges as we needed these bonds to<br />
help us achieve our goal.<br />
We also had a chance to learn about facilitation<br />
and how to facilitate a dialogue. I was partnered<br />
up with Jacob and we decided to base our<br />
dialogue around the theme of “clothes and the<br />
chance of being a victim”. We began our dialogue<br />
with everyone closing their eyes and imagining<br />
a scenario and then we went around the circle<br />
asking everyone to share their thoughts and<br />
opinions; this led to a wider discussion. At the<br />
end of the session, the facilitators gave us some<br />
constructive criticism as well as what we did well.<br />
This was extremely helpful as I got to learn skills<br />
I could take away.<br />
As well as discussions and activities, I took part<br />
in some lip sync challenges and a talent show.<br />
We had singers, dancers, artists, footballers and<br />
Alex presented his monologue from a play called<br />
“Chaos” which we were both involved in. This<br />
was so much fun that we were all laughing and<br />
enjoying ourselves.<br />
Overall, the experience I had was life changing as<br />
my whole mind-set and mentality switched when<br />
I returned to my daily life. I am still in contact<br />
with the facilitators and my fellow Seeds. I have<br />
created friendships for life. I consider myself<br />
extremely lucky. I would recommend to everyone<br />
to get involved in this programme. I am proud to<br />
be a Seed.<br />
Kavleen Arora (year 10)