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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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“Great tours, amazing accommodation<br />
and even better memories, would be the<br />
three ways I describe the Spain trip. It<br />
created bonds between people who had<br />
never talked before and created friendly<br />
yet intense UNO wars”.<br />
Sean Udott, (year 10)<br />
trip<br />
Barcelona<br />
At<br />
<strong>Cranford</strong> we believe that it is important<br />
to teach children both language and<br />
culture. We do this in class but there is nothing<br />
better than exposing the children to the culture<br />
of the language they learn in ‘real life’. This<br />
builds connection and, in turn, connection<br />
builds passion for the language. So on Tuesday<br />
28th May <strong>2019</strong>, Ms Manole and I took 20<br />
students from year 9 and 10 to Barcelona.<br />
We live in a world that is increasingly placing<br />
more and more importance on languages and<br />
global mentalities. We wanted our students<br />
to broaden their horizons<br />
through exposure to<br />
different countries and<br />
cultures. This provides<br />
them with a great start to<br />
their working lives and<br />
allows them to experience<br />
the wide world around<br />
them.<br />
The trip to Spain was a wonderful<br />
opportunity to immerse ourselves<br />
in Spanish culture. We visited<br />
many famous locations such as:<br />
Camp Nou, Parque Guell, La<br />
Sagrada Familia, Casa Batllo<br />
and Las Ramblas. Personally, I<br />
thought that La Sagrada Familia<br />
was the best part of the trip, by<br />
far. La Sagrada Familia is a<br />
church in the centre of Barcelona<br />
that was designed by the famous<br />
Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi.<br />
The church is nearly 200 metres<br />
high and has stunning stained<br />
glass windows that cast beautiful<br />
colours across the church. It was<br />
an amazing experience because<br />
of how it contrasted with most<br />
traditional, dark Gothic Catholic<br />
Milton Ferreira<br />
(Modern World Languages<br />
Department)<br />
churches. La Sagrada Familia was brightly<br />
lit and covered in statues and Christian<br />
imagery. We also got to appreciate amazing<br />
views across the city as we went high up<br />
above the city to visit Parque Guell and a<br />
castle used in the Spanish civil war. I don’t<br />
think a review of the Barcelona trip would<br />
be complete without describing the evening<br />
activities when we came back to the hostel<br />
exhausted after a long day. In the<br />
evening around ten of us would<br />
gather in the lounge and play<br />
UNO with Ms Manole and Mr<br />
Ferreira; our games were very<br />
competitive with lots of yelling<br />
and screaming as everyone<br />
ganged up on Mr Ferreira.<br />
Overall, it was an amazing trip<br />
that gave us a break from the<br />
pressure of GCSEs and it was<br />
very satisfying to make sure Mr<br />
Ferreira never won a game of<br />
UNO.<br />
Alex Hickey (year 10)<br />
“Overall, in my opinion the trip was great fun. The first day we did not waste any time and got to see many great sights<br />
around Barcelona which were extremely beautiful. It was a great spot to take photographs. The trip was well organised<br />
and allowed us to fully engage with Spanish culture and witness it first-hand. The stadium<br />
was a good visit and an exciting one with an amazing opportunity to go inside<br />
and have a look at the trophies and changing rooms. The tour of the Sagrada<br />
Familia was a great addition as it allowed us to understand the history of<br />
the building better and to increase our knowledge on the importance of the<br />
cathedral to Spain. The trip in short was extremely enjoyable and exciting<br />
and it was also very memorable. This is a trip that I will never forget”.<br />
Ibrahim Musadiq (year 10)<br />
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