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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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UNIQ residential at<br />
Oxford University:<br />
Art History<br />
30th June- 4th July <strong>2019</strong><br />
UNIQ<br />
is an access programme,<br />
which prioritises students<br />
with high grades from backgrounds that are underrepresented<br />
at Oxford and other highly selective<br />
universities. Simran Sidhu who is currently<br />
studying Art at A Level took a leap of faith,<br />
applied for a place on the programme and was<br />
successful. It is clear that the whole process has<br />
raised her confidence and also given her a good<br />
insight into university life at Oxford. She has had<br />
opportunities that have been very valuable and it<br />
was a great experience that allowed her to sample<br />
the variety of resources that the university had to<br />
offer.<br />
Here is her account of the residential at Oxford.<br />
Pam Hunt (Creative Arts –Art)<br />
92<br />
My experience at UNIQ was amazing and I<br />
would definitely recommend it to anyone who plans on<br />
applying to Oxford. I applied for the History of Art course<br />
and I had to write a personal statement as to why I wanted<br />
to study it. UNIQ is designed for students in their first year<br />
of A-Levels to have an insight into what university life is<br />
like for their chosen subject. I arrived on a Sunday where<br />
we were divided into groups according to which college<br />
we were staying at. I was given accommodation at Trinity<br />
College which was in the centre of town and near all the<br />
shops. On the Sunday we were given time to settle in and<br />
get ready for the academic programme of that week. On<br />
Monday we were told to be down for breakfast at 8:00am<br />
and be finished by 9:00 to leave on time. I was taken to<br />
the main building where they teach History of Art and was<br />
introduced to our tutors. We began by carrying out a visual<br />
analysis of a few paintings as a warm up. We were then given<br />
an object or painting to give a presentation about at the<br />
end of the week. The painting I had been assigned was the<br />
‘The Hunt in the Forest’ by Paolo Uccello. Our days were<br />
packed full of workshops related to personal statements,<br />
interviews, the admissions process and finances. On Tuesday<br />
we were taken to the Ashmolean museum and the Pitts River<br />
museum, I really enjoyed this because they were both very<br />
different. The Ashmolean was more traditional and the Pitts<br />
River was more cultural. We also had a chance to see the<br />
objects we had been assigned ‘in the flesh’ and we were able<br />
to gather more information for our presentation. We were<br />
given tours around some of the colleges; some were more<br />
traditional like St John’s and some more modern like Lady<br />
Catherine’s. During the afternoon we visited the library at<br />
St John’s College where we were given the rare chance to<br />
look at and touch books that were over 500 years old. One<br />
of the oldest books we saw was from the 9th century. On<br />
Wednesday we went to the Bodleian Library where scenes<br />
of the Harry Potter films were filmed and then we went to<br />
the UNIQ party. Thursday was our final day when we had<br />
to present our findings. We then attended a final reflection<br />
session and left Oxford University for home.<br />
I really enjoyed my experience there because it was<br />
completely different to how I thought it would be: Oxford was<br />
not so intimidating. UNIQ helped me understand what kind<br />
of applicants Oxford are looking for and whether or not their<br />
style of teaching is something that I liked. I was grateful to<br />
get a place on UNIQ because out of over 6300 applications<br />
I was lucky enough to be one of the chosen 1350. It was an<br />
excellent opportunity that helped me make decisions about<br />
what I wanted to do next. To anyone thinking<br />
of applying to Oxford in the future UNIQ is<br />
something I highly recommend. It was fun to<br />
meet people from all over the UK who share<br />
the same interests as me.<br />
Simran Sidhu (year 12)