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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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 Thursday 10th January <strong>2019</strong> the History<br />
Department organised an educational trip to<br />
the exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art,<br />
Word & War at the British Library in London.<br />
The exhibition provided a once-in-a-lifetime<br />
opportunity to see some of the relics of the Anglo-<br />
Saxon age which are rarely put on national display.<br />
It gave a unique insight into Anglo-Saxon people,<br />
their culture and literature with a fascinating array<br />
of religious texts, artefacts, swords and objects<br />
from before the year 1000 as well as both copies<br />
of the early Norman Domesday Book.<br />
Never again in our lifetime will as large a collection<br />
of Anglo-Saxon history artefacts be collated for<br />
public display in one place. The collection was<br />
donated to The British Library for a limited time<br />
only, from private and public collections from<br />
across Europe.<br />
The St. Cuthbert Gospel is the oldest existing<br />
covered Bible in existence and was written in the<br />
early 7th or 8th century at Wearmouth-Jarrow. It is<br />
the oldest European book with an original, intact<br />
cover and binding. The red goatskin cover reflects<br />
Christian imagery from the Eastern Mediterranean. The book was found in 1104, lying at the head of<br />
Cuthbert who died in 687, when the Saint’s coffin was opened at Durham Cathedral.<br />
The Alfred Jewel was found in 1693, a few miles from King Alfred the Greats’ fortress at Athelney in<br />
Somerset. It is inscribed with the Anglo-Saxon for ‘Alfred ordered me to be made’. It is likely that it was<br />
the handle for a small pointing rod which would help with following and reading religious texts.<br />
Possibly the most transfixing of all of the artefacts, was the Sutton-Hoo Great Gold Belt Buckle, a solid<br />
gold belt buckle, made in the early 600s and almost 6-inches long. This was found as part of the burial<br />
mound excavated at Sutton-Hoo in 1938-1939.<br />
Tom Rich (Head of History Department)<br />
Year 12 British Library trip<br />
“Willkommen” to the Modern World Languages Department<br />
Backe<br />
backe<br />
Kuchen<br />
Over Christmas, our year 7 and year 8<br />
students studying German got busy baking<br />
typical German biscuits. They even had<br />
to follow a recipe in German. The results<br />
looked amazing and tasted as good as they<br />
looked. The students took the recipes home<br />
to make the biscuits in their own kitchens and<br />
sent us photos as evidence. Their baking they<br />
shared with their families over the Christmas<br />
period, a tradition which is very much part of<br />
the German Christmas festivities.<br />
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Alexandra Manole (Head of German Department)