CR March 2016

OnThursday 19th November 2015, Executive Headteacher Kevin

Prunty and Cranford students were delighted to receive ‘The Alan Bosson Trophy’ for their Algae Bio-Fuel project. This prestigious prize rewards excellence in science and maths innovations.

Cranford students worked with Dr Paul Hellier from University College London on this two year project to develop a new source of energy which could be used for power or transport from micro-algae. This project has generated novel scientific understanding and supported outreach activities for schools at the London Museum of Water & Steam.

Students began the project in year 9 with Mr Biggs and Ms Stokes during WFactor and investigated low energy intensity methods for concentrating algae from typical growth and utilising it in modern engines, carried out experiments on solar evaporation, flocculation, and mechanical absorption, evaluated results and presented their findings to University College London. Cranford students relished the opportunity to rise to the Global Energy Challenge and were successful in applying for funding from the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering to research renewable energy sources that will reduce carbon emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels in the future.

Congratulations to Mr Shingadia, Mr Callendar, Muhammad Ali Ahamed, Anjitha Anilkumar, Amritpal Badesha, Tatyana Baiden, Mohammed Haye, Masud Ibrahim, Bushra Khalfan, Fatima Khan, Zain Malik, Hamza Mohamed, Arsalan Mumtaz, Tanya Pannu and Kiruthihan Thiagalingam, for all their hard work and commitment to the project.

Kevin Biggs (Senior Teacher)

Targeted Intervention and Enterprise Day

On Friday 13th November 2015, we held our first Targeted Intervention day of this academic year where the school timetable is collapsed and an exciting programme of learning is created to engage students in a bespoke topic or curriculum project.

Years 7, 8 & 9: Enterprise Education Challenge

Key Stage 3 met the world of business with our Enterprise Challenge Day. It was a group inter-form enterprise challenge that looks at improving students’ knowledge and skills in a practical context designing and promoting a healthy snack. As part of the challenge students had to work on designing the snack whilst balancing the costs involved. They then created a marketing campaign for their product.

Students worked in groups to develop the following skills: economic awareness, having an enterprising attitude, aspirations, team work, decision making, communication, risk taking, problem solving and evaluation, promoting positive attitudes, raising awareness of employability skills and entrepreneurial experiences.

Small groups of students also worked with the English department to improve literacy.

A group of year 7 and 8 students from the Picasso Centre worked alongside McConnells on a school redevelopment project.

Year 10: Personal Development Day. Health, Wellbeing and Relationships

Session 1: Healthy bodies: working with local NHS nurses, students looked at what it means to be healthy and how to check themselves for cancer and other diseases.

Session 2: Relationships: Students explored what a healthy relationship looked like and signs of a bad relationship. They looked at strategies that foster a good relationship.

Session 3, 4 and 5: Students learnt about sexual health including pregnancy and the impact of having a child, sexuality and sexual identity.

Year 11: Personal Development Day / Careers Day

Year 11 students’ day was divided into two parts, focusing on careers and financial awareness through a Careers Fair and personal safety linked to drugs and alcohol awareness.

Year 12: Curriculum Day

Students had personalised timetables and worked with various departments focusing on areas to increase skills and understanding in specific aspects of their A level studies.

Year 13: Personal Development Day

Year 13 personal development focused on mental health, preparing for university and student finance. Students worked with tutors on preparing for leaving school and the next stages in their life. They learnt about mental health and being resilient when living on your own and during stressful periods such as exams. They looked at finance for university and managing their own finances whilst living on their own. They also had the opportunity to prepare a meal and look at cooking for themselves when they leave home.

Further TI days are planned throughout the academic year to support learning and enhance skills across the curriculum and beyond.

Kevin Biggs (Senior Teacher)

ecember is panto season and not to be outdone, and as a surprise for the students, Cranford staff presented their own version of “Cinderella” to end a busy autumn term with some true Christmas spirit.

Thirty staff put on wigs, costumes and makeup for two performances on Friday 18th December 2015, danced and sang their way through various numbers and delivered the lines (some not scripted) with great energy and enthusiasm.

Rob Ind (Assistant Headteacher), as narrator, dressed in various hats, set the scene in the Big Brother House, just outside Cranfordonia, where Cinderella, beautifully played by Katie Hibbins (RE department) is hard at work in the kitchen. Buttons, who is Cinderella’s best friend, works in the household to earn money for his degree course in Viking studies. Played with great energy by Matt Southern-Myers (Head of Year 11) Buttons delivers ball gowns, but alas, not for Cinders. From the beginning their friendship is established as they sang “I’ll Be There for You”.

Button’s sister, Red Riding–Hood, Deepak Bahra (Head of Year 12) arrives followed by Dandini, Sam Hodge (RE teacher), Prince Charming’s best mate, with the invitations to the Ball. They immediately strike up a “friendship “which causes much amusement with the audience. A screech off stage announces the arrival of the very horrible ugly sisters, brilliantly played by Kevin Biggs (Senior Teacher) and Aaron Singh (Head of Year 8), who brought the house down with their rendition of “All About the Bass”, ably supported by the very wicked stepmother Lady Dandruff, played by Simon Dean (Assistant Head of School). This horrible threesome created real moments of panto slapstick and audience participation throughout with their over-the-top adlibs and high comedy antics.

At the palace, King Hubert and Queen Henrietta (Philip Dobison, Assistant Head of School and Maria Bramhall, Assistant Headteacher), are plotting to get Prince Charming (Henry Burke, history teacher) married. He is not happy and wants to marry for love as he sings; “I Just Haven’t Met You Yet”.

In the kitchen

Cinderella is comforted by the six white mice (Year Managers), Percy Pumpkin (Andrew Dobison, TA), Pussy Willow, (Florence Wrigley, history teacher) and Buttons when her Fairy Godmother arrives (Evelyn Brooks) and characters transform into carriages, a coachman and horses in a magical moment as they sing “Put on a Happy Face”.

Various guests arrive at the Ball: Grand Duchess Lily (Susie Edwards, SpLD Centre Manager) and potential “brides”, (Fran Gibney and Sahrish Sheikh, English department), Lady Gerkin, (Eleanor Stokes, Senior Teacher), and of course the gruesome threesome. Other guests, Gerry Lee (geography teacher), Irfan Wain (PE), Mark Crabtree and Cara Cannon (TAs), join in the fun as everyone does the “Strictly Come Dancing” dance. The Princess Incognito steals Charming’s heart, but as the clock strikes twelve, she runs leaving a shoe as a clue. The prince resolves to find and marry her and with the company sings, “Having Danced All Night to the Best Song Ever”.

Cranford has annually held an end of autumn term show for the students and staff. This year was a pantomime based on a special Cinderella story which grabbed our immediate attention. Was it “All About That Bass?” Or was it that “Uptown Funk?” Well it definitely wasn’t the two ugly sisters. Get it? No? Okay, I’ll just “Let it Go”.

Mr Singh and Mr Biggs as the ugly sisters were hilarious showing their inner Beyoncé. The air was electric with the chemistry between Cinderella (Ms Hibbins) and Prince Charming (Mr Burke – who was rather charming himself), achieved only with the help of two match-makers: Prince Charming’s right hand man (Mr Hodge) and Buttons (Mr Southern-Myers). The fairy god mother’s entrance filled the room with dazzle. The music, costumes, singing and acting were all great fun.

Overall, it was amazing and a great end to the term. Thank you to all the staff who put on a remarkable show.

Layla Elmi, Hanan Abdi and Najma Yusuf (year 12)

The rest, as they say is history. The shoe fits as the prince finds his Cinderella. Lady Dandruff and the ugly sisters get their just desserts and, as in true fairy tale fashion, everyone lives happily ever after as the company performed “Uptown Funk”.

The atmosphere was fantastic. There were so many brilliant moments but one which stood out particularly was when Cinderella sang “Let It Go” and the whole audience joined in. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

Events like these can only happen because of the hard work by those colleagues not just on stage but who work behind the scenes. Thanks go to the ADT department for the sets, Pam Hunt and Julie Prunty for the costumes, Mo Wasiq for support with the music and Gaia with ICT and Seema Sethi and Elena Romanatto for stage management and props, the premises team for the huge task of setting up and clearing away the venue, and to Gary Burnham and his team at AV Services for all the sound equipment and lighting. A big THANKYOU to you all.

Jessica Joyce (Director)

On Sunday 18th October 2015, a small group of sixth form students were lucky enough to take advantage of the free student tickets available for the “Battle of Ideas” at the Barbican Centre in London. They listened to various academic debates on a number of pertinent themes which affect our lives in particular those of us who live in London. The topics titles included: Free speech after Charlie Hebdo, After Ferguson: policing and race in America, Travelling for a change: a new ethical tourism, Having a laugh: comedy and offence today, What is the point of the BBC in an era of Netflix and Amazon Prime?, Young Arab Voices: resisting radicalisation and From literature to Twitter: the death of the reader?

Speakers included the Greater London Authority’s Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture Munira Mirza, Professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster David Chandler and journalist, author and broadcaster Julie Bindel, amongst a range of other academics. The “Battle of Ideas” is organised annually by the Institute of Ideas, an organisation established to create a public space where ideas can be discussed freely. After the enthusiasm of those that went along, I look forward to even more students attending next year.

Mehmoona Yousaf (Senior Teacher SMSC - Head of RE Department)

We were really pleased to attend the “Battle of Ideas” discussions at the Barbican Centre. The “Battle of Ideas” was a day of high level thoughtprovoking debate which allowed everyone to express their views and ideas on a range of topics. I was privileged enough to be able to attend the debate about ‘Why are young people joining ISIS.’ This debate was led by some amazing speakers for example Shiraz Maher who is part of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and also Professor Bill Durodié the Head of Department and Chair for International Relations. In this debate they spoke about how young people are attracted to join ISIS and the several reasons they might join. One reason they spoke about was the lack of community cohesion in certain areas and how young people don’t have the sense of belonging to where they live and that everyone should be taught ‘fundamental British values’. Members of the public were invited to voice their opinions. This event made us think about how fortunate we are to be able to voice our opinions and also to debate freely certain issues that are very sensitive.

Gurkiran Kang and Jaan Gaur (year 12)

“Battle of Ideas” at the Barbican Centre

Sixth Form Vi sit t o the US Embassy

On the evening of 3rd November 2015, a group of sixth form students were honoured to be invited to attend the US embassy for the première of the inspiring film ‘He named me Malala,’ and a chance to meet the co-writer of the book Christina Lamb. This invitation arose from our continuing strong partnership with the US Embassy which has previously seen the US Ambassador visiting Cranford and the Ambassador reciprocating by inviting students and staff to a reception with the US Rugby team at the US Ambassador’s residence.

The Malala story is truly inspirational. It really highlighted to me the struggles that other people go through just to get the opportunities which I am blessed with every day. It showed how people who interpret a religion in the worst possible way can cause such despair and can dominate a country with such hatred. The use of words has done more good than the use of violence on innocent people. Malala’s commitment and bravery made her change the perception of the whole world and raise the profile of a basic human right – to have an education. The embassy itself was also a spectacle, with state of the art facilities and friendly staff making it all in all, an amazing experience.

Abdullahi Sudi (year 13)

The film showed Malala’s life in Pakistan as a girl and exposed the great difficulties she faced being a girl going to school in her town, how she practised her freedom of speech and how she was shot and faced life-long injuries.

The film was truly inspirational an made me think how appreciative I should be that I am allowed to go to a school and no one stops me due to my gender and how gender discrimination is still a modern problem in many countries.

Gurkiran Kang (year 12)

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Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award winners meet Prince Edward at St. James’ Palace

What a fantastic treat it was to attend the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award presentations at St. James’ Palace on Tuesday 6th October 2015. It was the first group of students from Cranford to gain the Gold Award and we are incredibly proud of them all.

We were delighted so many students were able to join Executive Headteacher Kevin Prunty and me to receive their award in spite having left to attend their university courses across the UK, even as far as Durham.

Gugandeep Banga, who has started university in the USA this year had been able to attend a presentation at the Palace in July to receive his award because he was leaving for the United States in August.

The students all looked very smart and were suitably impressed with the Palace itself. The day started with a tour of the Palace and then some refreshments in one of the main reception rooms. It was great to be allowed into the room where William and Kate announced their engagement and the Throne Room which has welcomed many famous visitors including Nelson Mandela.

The presentation itself was fantastic. The students met Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex who was very interested in their Duke of Edinburgh adventures and stories and asked them a number of questions. Mr. Prunty also got to meet the Prince.

The guest speaker was Luke Franks who is the online presenter of X Factor and he spoke about what inspired him in his life and how he got to where he is today.

Unfortunately, for security reasons, we were not allowed to take photos inside the Palace but the students had opportunities to take photos for their own use outside the Palace.

It was amazing to meet so many Gold Award winners and especially impressive to hear one of them speaking to the audience about how he used his Duke of Edinburgh experiences to learn the new skill of football refereeing. He was able to train to become a qualified referee and has taken this on into his career and is now training others to be referees. He was lucky enough to referee in some high-profile football matches and has now built himself a successful and fulfilling career in football. He was very clear that it was the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme that had influenced him since he started it back in year 10 and that even through some very difficult personal situations, the refereeing that he was able to learn through the programme has helped him immensely.

It was a truly inspiring event and I would recommend students from year 9 onwards to take part in this amazing award scheme which provides so many opportunities for young people that will serve them for the rest of their lives.

Simon Dean (Assistant Head of School)

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WFACTOR BROADENING HORIZONS AND CREATING NEW CHALLENGES

The start of 2015/16 has seen another year of WFactor new beginnings with students enjoying and engaging with a huge variety of activities. In addition to all the regular activities still taking place like badminton, knitting, model making, crafts, rugby and street dance, we have introduced some new and exciting projects.

The construction challenge has been very popular with students designing and building creative solutions to given problems. Sports and health have grown this year with students having the opportunity to play lacrosse and reflect in mindfulness sessions. There has been a strong focus on volunteering with students working on a gardening project with a local nursery, supporting a local primary school developing children’s reading, carol singing and collecting money for charity.

Our equality and diversity programme continues to grow with a group exploring the impact and meanings behind this topic, including a group of young female scientists who have been conducting outreach work with local primary schools inspiring primary aged girls to get excited about STEM subjects.

Our new listening project has begun with students exploring the evidence of a real life crime and our sixth form students are working on a variety of projects including driving theory.

More exciting and diverse opportunities are planned for the spring term 2016.

Kevin Biggs (Senior Teacher)

Carol Singing

On 16th December 2015, I and Ms Hibbins had the great pleasure in taking our “Volunteering in the Community” students to Tesco, Hayes to do carol singing for charity. This year we were raising money for Tesco’s charity Diabetes UK.

The year 8 students were in fine voice and performed with immense enthusiasm, bringing smiles and joy to the many staff and members of the public, who not only gave money for charity, but applauded and praised our students for bringing some Christmas cheer to the store. Everyone was really pleased particularly when an elderly gentleman was so moved by our rendition of ‘Silent Night’ he asked if we could sing it again for him as it bought back such fond memories.

This annual carol singing event has become a highlight of the “Volunteering in the Community” calendar and this year was certainly one none of us will forget.

Charlotte Meek (Volunteering in the Community Leader)

Year 11 Careers and Higher Education Day

In a break with tradition, year 11 students decided not to go to the Skills London show but rather host our own Careers Fair at Cranford on Friday 13th November 2015. This was with the help of Spark, a Hounslowbased business link charity who find inspiring opportunities for young people to gain work experience, understand the labour market and develop confident enterprise and employability skills. A number of universities including King’s, Brunel, St Mary’s, Exeter and Royal Holloway and a range of local employers such as Metrobank, DHL and the army, set up their exhibitions with prospectuses, pens, sweets and other goodies in the Sports Hall to help provide advice and guidance to students looking at what courses and qualifications are required to pursue certain degree courses. In addition exhibitors from King’s College Medical School and the University of Law stayed behind to do intensive workshops for students specifically interested in medicine and law which were well received.

Year 11 students were very keen to engage with all the exhibitors and soon got chatting to find out what courses and opportunities they had to offer. As part of the post event evaluation students were asked how they planned to use the information gathered and what additional advice or information they needed in order to make informed decisions about their future choices.

It was a really worthwhile initiative, well received by year 11 students who engaged with enthusiasm and maturity and were a credit to the school. Thanks to Kiran from Spark for arranging the day and all our visitors for taking time to join us at Cranford for the day.

Cath Goold (Careers co-ordinator)

“I will use the prospectuses I obtained from each stall to decide which course would be best for me”.

“I know which sort of universities I would like to go to and what sort of grades I would need to get in order to get in”.

“I will go to the King’s College website and look at the requirements further”.

“I will think about what universities to go to and the required grades needed to make sure it happens”.

Cranford Teachers’ Success at 2015 Global Innovation Awards

TheGlobal Innovation Awards programme recognises educators and technology administrators from around the world who have demonstrated excellence in promoting academic integrity, student engagement and the innovative use of Turnitin and other educational technologies to support learning in their institutions.

We are delighted to announce that Ms Barbara Lodge, Head of ICT and Computing has been awarded the United Kingdom Academic Integrity Award.

In her role as Head of ICT and Computing, she is keenly aware that the key to the school’s use of Turnitin is to ensure the integrity of student work, which is validated by a range of different awarding bodies and to equally prepare students for future study. In particular, she says what is most important is developing academic integrity and critical thinking skills which will be fundamental to those students making the transition to higher education as they learn how to develop their own voice:

“What are your thoughts, what are your feelings, what are your opinions? It’s about getting them to think independently really early on”.

Barbara reports her students are highly competitive as they compare Similarity Indexes with each other and, whilst being a bit of fun for the students in the classroom, it also has the serious effect of making their work fundamentally better. Use of Turnitin in the classroom has acted

as a catalyst for discussions on academic integrity and the consequences of misconduct for students’ future career choices.

Turnitin contacted Barbara in June 2015 to inform her she had been shortlisted as a finalist having been nominated by her colleague, Maria Bramhall, Assistant Headteacher. This was followed by a Skype interview in July 2015 to discuss the nomination and to find out more about Cranford and our use of Turnitin. In September 2015 she was informed of being one of the finalists

In addition Mr Jonathan Ryan, Senior Teacher and business studies teacher has received an honorable mention.

Jonathan has been using Turnitin as a quality assurance mechanism to assist his students to develop the referencing, citation and writing skills necessary for them to make the transition to higher education. Students have engaged positively with Turnitin as they strive to develop an awareness of the need for referencing sources in their work.

“I was nominated by my Head of Department who answered some on-line questions about my Turnitin use and then I had a phone interview, where I was asked to give examples about how I use Turnitin to engage students and raise standards”.

Congratulations to both colleagues for this welldeserved recognition.

Maria Bramhall (Assistant Headteacher)

OnTuesday 29th September 2015 Cranford Community College formally opened the new SuperDome which is the largest enclosed sports space in Hounslow, just short of a full size football pitch. T he Cranford SuperDome is a joint project between Queens Park Rangers and the school. QPR have built the SuperDome which, along with Imperial College grounds, is home to their academy and will be used by QPR academy players mainly in the early evening. It has recently been fitted with a rugby compliant, 3G artificial pitch and is marked for an 11-a-side football pitch and two 7-a-side football pitches.

During the day the school will have use of the Cranford SuperDome and will be inviting other schools to use the facilities. In the evening and at weekends the SuperDome will be available for hire by the community.

Kevin Prunty, Executive Headteacher, said at the formal opening “The school is delighted with the latest addition to our excellent school and community facilities. The Cranford SuperDome is an amazing structure which will inspire all who use it. Not only is this a welcome addition to Hounslow’s sports facilities but we are investigating its use for a range of events including conferences, exhibitions, concerts and even weddings”.

Alan Fraser (Assistant Headteacher - Community)

Cranford Community College receives the International School Award recognition for the Fifth Time

In the cold depths of January 2015, Cranford Community College submitted its application for re-accreditation for the British Council International School Award. The award is presented to schools who are recognised as having embedded international work into the curriculum and within the school’s culture.

Cranford Community College achieved Language College status in 1997. At that time, as part of the submission to become a Language College, Cranford committed to a curriculum offer to its students with an international dimension. The international aspects of the school have been recognised in Cranford’s achievement of the International School Award on 5 occasions. Cranford Community College is an inclusive, comprehensive multi-cultural school, with a student population speaking at least 35 different languages, representing a similar number of ethnic groups.

The school’s ethos is very much outward looking with the community, local, regional, national and international at its heart. The international dimension of the curriculum remains despite the change of Language College status following the abolition of the specialist schools programme by the coalition government in May 2010 and as part of our successful academy status submission, the school committed to maintaining its “Language College Legacy”. The new internationalism policy, ratified by the Academy Trust Board in November 2014, identifies the many strands of the current development of internationalism at Cranford Community College.

In practice, this means that students have opportunities to work with their peers abroad on a regular basis. Our links with China are strong and long-lasting; we have a deep relationship with the Tianjin College of Commerce, in Tianjin, China, which sends a delegation of students and staff every year to visit Cranford Community College and the sights and sounds of London. In exchange Cranford sixth form students are given the opportunity to visit the college in China, to see first-hand how students live, learn and work there, as well as enjoying some of the sights of Tianjin and Beijing. Basic Mandarin lessons are on the agenda before they leave. We also welcomed a group in June 2015 from our partner school, the South Dong Chang Middle School, in Shanghai and another group in July 2015 from the Ocheon High School, in Pohang, South Korea. This was alongside the group of Lithuanian educationalists, senior member of the Korean education system, the web conferences with Russian school children, a group from our partner school, the Etelä Tapiola High School, Finland, a 2-day visit by a group of 35 Italian students to experience daily life at Cranford, a day visit by 30 Japanese students from Muramoto, Japan and a longer visit of 7 days’ integration into Cranford by 10 students again from Italy.

Not only was Cranford awarded the International School Award, but in November 2015 we also received the coveted World Class School Award. Cranford Community College was one of only 18 schools in the country to receive the award out of a possible 3,400 secondary schools and we join 8 other schools who received the first tranche of the award in 2014.

Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations)

Cranford Community College is recognised World Class School

Cranford Community College was invited to apply for the World Class School Quality Mark in May 2015. The school was visited by Miranda Perry from the awarding body in June 2015 and she described her visit as “a complete pleasure to visit Cranford Community College and spend the morning with you. It will be a privilege to work with the school and help celebrate the fantastic things you do”. She explained that the World Class School Quality Mark recognises those state secondary schools which have gone beyond ‘outstanding’ and are exceptional, compared to international standards. The philosophy behind the mark is that it is the calibre of the student which proves the calibre of the school. If the school is truly World Class then its students will be able to own and demonstrate World Class qualities regardless of context.

The school was involved in a self-audit, which required video evidence of how well Cranford Community College met the standards. The whole process was student-led, as staff stood to one side to let the student body shine through showing the following characteristics.

Students at your school:

• are highly literate scientifically, mathematically, technologically and culturally,

• consistently out-perform students from similar contexts, and are committed to continually improving their performance,

• are excellent learners, dedicated to lifelong learning,

• are taught in a school which is exceptionally well led and organised,

• benefit from being a member of a school which focuses on their needs,

• are the best candidates in their field for higher education and/or employment.

Feedback from the World Class School Quality Mark Organisation said “...we were really

impressed by its quality and the robustness with which your submission met the assessment criteria. It was a privilege to receive such an inspiring and insightful reflection of your school”.

There then followed the Assessment Day at Foulds Primary School in Barnet, where three students from Cranford Community College were grouped with 3 students from Harris Academy, Greenwich and Finham Park School, Coventry. The challenge they had to complete was to create a canvas shaded area and decorate a raised lawn edge. The group was inspired by Mondrian with his bold blocks of colour for the canvas shelter.

A piece of research by one of Cranford’s students into the name Foulds (as in the primary school) revealed that the name may have its origins in folds or hills and so this formed the basis of the design for the raised lawn edge. Despite the drizzle and at times heavier rain, the group worked through and achieved the challenge with flying colours (literally) with the new canvas shelter. The final piece of the jigsaw was a video covering the challenge and the day and a brochure describing how the group set about the challenge.

We are all delighted that Cranford Community College students have been celebrated by an external organisation and declared World Class.

A parent of one of Cranford Community College’s students said “I think these projects are great when students go out and help others and it gives our students great opportunities to interact with others and learn to pass on their skills and talents”. The year 8 Cranford Community College student, probably the youngest involved in the WCSQM assessment day declared “I really enjoyed the day working with other students from different schools – it taught us about teamwork and what we could achieve together. We had a great time”.

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Executive Headteacher Kevin Prunty said “Cranford Community College has been working with, advising and learning from schools, universities and education networks in the highest performing education systems around the globe for many years, including Finland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and China, and we are truly delighted that our students have benefited to such a degree that their skills have been rated so highly against international standards”.

The school’s achievements were celebrated at the annual World Class School awards ceremony in November 2015, where the school officially received the quality mark.

This year, the assessment centre event took place at Foulds School in Barnet, north London, designated an outstanding primary school. As part of the assessment, the 60 potential World Class students were required to complete a social responsibility project and bring about genuine, positive transformation.

Headteacher at Foulds, Helen Browett, said: “The assessment centre day was fabulous from start to end. The prospective World Class students were extraordinarily impressive, unfailingly polite, patient and creative. Our playground environment is now significantly improved thanks to the hard work of everyone involved”.

Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations)

Cranford Rugby News

20152015 has been an extraordinary year for development in sports opportunities at Cranford and we began this new academic year with more exciting news and events to celebrate.

Jason Leonard applauds Cranford for inspiring rugby’s next generation

OnThursday 1st October 2015, The Rugby World Cup winner and Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) president, Jason Leonard visited Cranford to recognise its commitment to the RFU’s All Schools programme and to present the school with a ‘Gold Standard’ award for introducing students to the sport of rugby, which is now flourishing, and inspiring the next generation of stars. Cranford is one of just 15 out of 400 schools involved with the RFU’s All Schools programme to achieve the mark.

This year the Rugby World Cup was held in the United Kingdom and I was lucky to be a part of the opening ceremony. There are 900 schools in this All Schools programme and luckily our school was picked from all of them to take part and our school chose me and other pupils in years 8 and 9 to be a part of the extraordinary moment that I will probably never ever be able to get in my lifetime again. I loved every moment of this experience. I met new people; I got to experience what it is like to open a rugby world cup. This experience was absolutely phenomenal I will be able to tell my children and my grandchildren about this experience.

On Sunday 18th September 2015 I took part in the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup and it was amazing. We spent the last 2 weeks of the summer holidays rehearsing at Ealing Trail Finders Club for long hours. It was very tiring but it all paid off on the day. I literally cannot put it into words how thrilled I was of being a part of this World Cup 2015 Opening Ceremony.

Rajan Sall

Cranford Students take part in the Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony

Staff and students attended the presentation with Executive Headteacher Kevin Prunty who said of this recognition “ It was an honour to receive this award from Jason Leonard this afternoon. There is great synergy between the values of Cranford Community College, the RFU and the All Schools programme. I think the key word on the award is legacy and through the All Schools programme we are together building for the future”.

Jason Leonard said “Cranford Community College is a fantastic example of how rugby can be integrated into a school and it was great to hear from teachers and students today about the impact the sport has been having. I’m sure as they continue building their rugby programme they will continue to go from strength to strength”.

The All Schools programme was set up to get more children playing rugby union, which was previously seen by some people as the preserve of private schools.

Cranford joined the programme in 2013 and now has girls’ and boys’ rugby teams in each year group and has developed links with Staines RFC,

for whom 18 students now play. It is intended to be a key part of the legacy of the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Ramesh Arib year 11 is one of the success stories of this initiative. He knew little about the sport before becoming a convert three years ago. “Rugby has helped develop my self-discipline which has helped me both on the field and in the classroom. I enjoy the game so much that within a few weeks of playing I decided to join a club”.

Aleksandra Nastyn year 10 said “I enjoy the mental challenge of thinking how you are going to beat your opponent”.

The All Schools programme, supported by Principal Partner CBRE, plans to take rugby to 750 more state secondary schools by 2019 as part of the RFU’s World Cup legacy plans. Schools are identified in regional clusters and supported over three years with a tailored programme to meet its individual needs, including links to local clubs. By establishing relationships with rugby clubs it will help the school and club to retain more players and grow the game.

Alan Fraser (Assistant Headteacher - Community)

On Thursday 1st October 2015, we were delighted to attend a Rugby World Cup Reception at the American Embassy in London with the US ambassador, where we met and spent time with the team from the USA.

A few members from each of the year 8, 9, 10 and 11 rugby teams were selected to attend the reception at Winfield House, which was a massive privilege, along with Mr Fraser Assistant Headteacher, Mr Kevin Prunty Executive Headteacher and the P.E. department. After a wonderful time having a play about with the rugby ball, we later got it signed by many of the US rugby team players. It was a privilege and pleasure talking to the different members of the team. We even had a chat with the coaches and discussed the different tactics they practise with the players. This was very beneficial to us as well. We had a wonderful evening together and it will be one to remember.

Aadil Awan (year 11)

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Rugby World Cup Reception

Cranford Community College presented our production of “Macbeth” at the Beck Theatre on Monday 9th November 2015 and again at Cranford on Monday 16th November 2015 to a packed audience, as part of the Shakespeare in Schools Festival. The Festival is an international Festival that involves thousands of young people across the world and invites them to engage with the world of Shakespeare. Students perform in professional venues, have the opportunity to work with professional artists and understand how the themes and issues raised in his plays are still relevant today.

A cast of 30 students from years 8, 9 and 10 worked with Ms Bahra and Ms Sethi during WFactor to bring this production to life. The students were so nervous before they went on but when they came off stage, the nervousness had turned to exhilaration.

Kevin Prunty, Executive Headteacher said of the “stunning performance” which reminded him of his first experience of the text when he was a boy in school in 1977, that it was so important to the life of Cranford in giving children the all rounded experience they need in education. He continued by saying how much he supported the inclusion of the arts and those subjects under threat and how relevant the plot, written in the late 1500’s is to the world we live in today.

The Shakespeare in Schools Festival Director at the Beck “You all did a stunning job, you worked as an ensemble and created moments on stage that were very powerful”. And so say all of us. Well done.

Seema Sethi (Head of Performing Arts)

“I have recently participated in Macbeth. This extra-curricular activity allowed me to perform in front of many important people, giving me the opportunity to collaborate with different people from the school. The performance wasn’t just exciting and fun, it allowed us to come together as a family. I loved every bit of it. I am glad I was a part of the 2015 production, Macbeth”.

Ajeet Kang (year 8)

“I think that it was a great experience, because we got to work with a lot of different people from different years and we made new friends”.

Shubhdeep Sethi (year 10)

“Being in Macbeth was a fantastic experience, especially since we kept most of the original play in ours”.

Aria Cundall (year 10)

“It was truly amazing and it will stay forever in my heart!”

Maisie Mullen (year 9)

“I had such a great time doing Macbeth; it was an amazing experience for all of us. I wish it wasn’t over”.

Gursharen Pannu (year 8)

“It was incredibly fun and doing it with my friends made it even better. We’ll laugh about it for a long time”.

Arsida Dukaj (year 8)

The play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, has been adapted into different plays and films as the years have passed. Macbeth has a moral purpose if you can consider any of Shakespeare’s plays moral within what we know as morality, it has a message: ‘Our morals can be corrupted by destructive ambition and leave us blinded to reality’. Shakespeare uses Macbeth as a means to show society where and what power and money can get you.

Our version of Macbeth was a shorter (30 minutes) version of the original script that captures the essence of Macbeth at its best set in Scotland. Wanting to stay true to the original play, we work-shopped and rehearsed the play around the themes of death, corruption, power and vengeance. This process was useful in helping us pick at the scenes and structure the personalities of the characters. The cast at first was quite distant from each other and afraid of having to perform in front of each other, but as we worked on this strange play we all became closer (like family) and everyone overcame the fear and nerves of having to perform in front of an audience. The cast added so much life and personality of their own, making the play come to life.

The production was rehearsed for 3-4 hours, 3 days a week for 6 months and the cast even volunteered to come in at weekends and during the holidays to work on the play. Not only did we have a wonderful cast and two drama teachers to assist us and help us stepby-step along the way, we also enlisted the help of a professional lighting and sound technician.

Although we had worked for 6 months, the play did not seem to come together until we stepped on to the stage at the Beck Theatre. That is when everything became real and we all realised that our hard work had paid off. I was extremely glad to see that at the end of the performance, we received a standing ovation from a full house. It was such a memorable experience and it went even better when the cast performed Macbeth at school.

Overall, Macbeth was a wonderful play that will remain in the hearts of those who took part in it and it could not have gone any better. It would not have been possible without the support of Ms Bahra and Ms Sethi. The entire cast was a joy to work with and I can definitely say that we grew closer. Congratulations to the Macbeth cast on your amazing performances.

Jessica Atouguia (year 11 Student Director of Macbeth)

“What Makes Us Who We Are”

On Wednesday 18th November 2015, Cranford Community College held its annual Presentation of Awards Evening at Heston Sports Ground, Imperial College London. The theme for the evening, “What Makes Us Who We Are”, ably hosted by Head Boy Taylor Panesar, Head Girl Diana Atougia and Deputy Head Boy Adil Hassan, captured the main message of the night as we celebrated the amazing successes of our students and the whole school community.

Kevin Prunty, Executive Headteacher, opened the proceedings by welcoming everyone to Cranford and an evening full of inspirational stories and wonderful Cranford students. He promised the evening would be special and so it was.

Our guest speaker for the evening was

His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett, Judge Advocate General of her Majesty’s Armed Forces, whose long and varied career combining his many years of naval service, judicial law, having read Law at University College London and later a Master of Studies in Legal Research at St Anthony’s College Oxford, his work with various charities including being on the Board of Trustees for Help for Heroes and his passion for rugby, served to create a fascinating speech which inspired everyone attending.

The awards ceremony was a true celebration of student success, with current students being recognised for their achievements in individual subjects across the curriculum, alongside students who have completed their education at Cranford and returned

“Many thanks once again for inviting me to the Awards evening. It was absolutely wonderful and very gratifying for you and your colleagues at Cranford to see the fruits of all your hard work. You should feel very pleased and proud.”

to be recognised for their numerous stunning A level results and now studying degrees ranging from business management, biochemical science and law to history, economics and accountancy (to name but a few), at universities across the whole of the UK including top universities like UCL, Royal Holloway and Kings College, London.

Martin Bradshaw won the Community Education Award for services to community sport, specifically his work in developing a volunteering programme between Brentford FC Community Sports Trust/Motivate Hounslow and Cranford.

The Rod Lewis Award, given in memory of Rod Lewis who was a long serving member of the governing body at Cranford, this year went to the year 11 Sports Leaders, who were thrilled to be recognised for their work in supporting sports activities across the borough in local primary schools, youth groups and at Cranford.

The entertainment for the evening was provided by current students from years 8 - year 11. The year 9 Rock Choir opened the programme with their rendition of Emile Sande’s “Read All About It”, followed by extracts from our Shakespeare in

Schools Company production of “Macbeth”. This is the second year Cranford has been involved in this International Festival. The performance demonstrated the talent and creative ensemble work of our drama students in tackling one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays. It was a visually stunning portrayal, intelligently performed in a way in which the complex language and intertwined themes were made clear and enabled the audience to appreciate the play’s relevance today.

The third performance by year 10 student Teodor Jevtic of Chopin’s piano Nocturne no.2 was a joy to listen to, as he effortlessly played to a spellbound audience. The final performance of “With You” from the musical “Ghost”, beautifully sung by Tatyana Baiden year 11, was extremely moving and brought the formal part of the evening to a close.

A buffet of light refreshments and an opportunity for parents, students, staff and guests to get together after the formalities concluded a wonderful evening of celebration and another extraordinary year of Cranford’s successes.

Jessica Joyce (Events Organiser)

Michelle Cavendish (London Diocese Board for Schools (LDBS) Director Teacher Training)

Cranford Students become Guinness World Record holders

ongratulations to staff and students from years 7, 8, 9 and the year 11 Sports Leaders who can now call themselves world record holders after Guinness World Records officially confirmed we are the new record holders for the world’s largest scrum with a staggering 1198 people in the scrum. This beat the previous record by 38 people.

The scrum took place on Tuesday 6th October 2015 on the field at Cranford Community College and Cranford students were joined by children from 44 primary schools two special schools and special guests, including players from Harlequins RFC. The attempt was made at the tagrugby festival inspired by the Rugby World Cup 2015. The event was organised by Sport Impact and required a great deal of planning to ensure everyone knew their role and was sponsored by Hounslow Council together with Davis Sports and other local organisations.

Mayor of Hounslow, Nisar Malik, also attended and put the ball into the scrum.

The event was filmed and sent off to Guinness World Record officials. Councillor Steve Curran, leader of Hounslow Council, said “Organising a competition on this scale was quite a feat and winning back the world record for Hounslow would be the icing on the cake”.

Alan Watkinson, partnership director for Sport Impact, added “Congratulations to all involved in the Guinness World Record attempt and the festival and many thanks to the local authority and Cranford Community College for being key partners in the delivery of this event.”

Alan Fraser (Assistant Headteacher)

“It was the best moment of my life. I had 40 children in front of me and had some of my closest friends around me. This was the biggest scrum in the in the world and I was a part of it. It took us a good three attempts to get the perfect one but we did it and it was exhilarating from start to finish”.

Saras Dhiman (year

London to Mongolia

Beinghave the glorious benefit of a summer holiday that is crying out to be used for adventure, and this year my ambitious plan was to raise money for Jamie’s Farm by embarking on a 43 day trip from London to Mongolia in a tiny car with two friends. A trip that would involve 10,000 miles, 18 countries, 14 police stops, 3 muggings and a last minute plan flight back to the U.K.

The trip is called “The Mongol Rally” and a massive stipulation of taking part is to raise money for charity. Last year I did the Bath Half marathon to raise money for Jamie’s Farm but this year I decided it would be easier to complete a challenge in a car that failed an MOT. So on the first Sunday of the summer school holidays I set off on this amazing and challenging adventure.

Arriving late for the start at Goodwood only served as a precursor for the next 6 weeks. We arrived in the dark, slept outside, it rained, and the car didn’t start the next day. Our first week involved a non-stop drive through Europe before arriving in Istanbul for a three day round of standard tourist activities including sightseeing, eating local food and taking the spare seat out of the passenger side to save weight.

The tour of Turkey continued taking us into the beautiful landscape of Cappadocia and back up towards the border of Georgia. Border crossings became the real challenge of the trip developing into a battle of attrition between us and the border guards due to our refusal to pay any bribes, something that was even harder to avoid in the forthcoming Azerbaijan. By this point

the suspension in our already dilapidated car had all but given up. However, with so much support from home we decided to continue on towards When we eventually reached it we waited for a ferry to make the crossing to Kazakhstan. And we waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. In fact eight days later we were finally given a berth on the ferry albeit that two passengers had to go by plane.

Two days later and I was off the ferry, freedom was awaiting me, but only once the seven hour interrogation and custom stamp hunt had finished and then it was a long jaunt through the world’s largest landlocked country with time running out. I only had two weeks until the new term started.

At the end of the penultimate week we finally crossed into Mongolia via Russia. Now we just had 1,000 miles to Ulaanbaatar, we had basically done it and regardless of the roads being more similar to a BMX track than an A road surely nothing could go wrong. Yes, yes it could. The car died. 500 miles from the finish line. In the desert. Whilst I was on my own. With three days until the new term started.

Needless to say the next three days were amongst the most challenging of my life. I eventually managed to get to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia and booked on a flight that got me back to England 11 hours before the new term started. I had done it and the money (over £1000) had been raised for Jamie’s Farm but possibly more importantly I now have the greatest come back to any pupil that has an excuse for being late.

Matt Southern-Mayers (Head of Year 11)

Safe Drive Stay Alive is a series of live educational performance events and films. Each film features a true story, told by the persons directly affected by a road traffic collision followed by a series of live speakers from the emergency services, including a police officer, paramedic, firefighter and A&E doctor or nurse who speak about their experiences at the scenes of road traffic collisions and how these have affected them professionally and personally. Volunteer members of the public (mothers, fathers, siblings, young drivers) also take to the stage to give their personal stories about how their lives have been affected by a fatal collision.

At the beginning of each academic year the whole of year 12 attend the road show as they reach the required age to learn to drive. The purpose of the trip is to encourage them to understand the responsibility they have as drivers on the road and to teach them about the potential dangers and consequences when driving recklessly.

Jonathan Ryan (Senior Teacher – Head of Sixth Form)

A student’s response..

On Tuesday 6th October 2015, year 12 students had the opportunity to witness a presentation that highlighted the importance of driving safely. I can wholeheartedly say that it was emotional and incredibly thought-provoking. It highlighted the significance of the small yet essential precautions that we (as aspiring drivers) should take in order to ensure our safety. Stories were told of accidents due to not following simple procedures such as wearing seatbelts, controlling speed or even firmly standing by your decision not to drive instead of giving into peer pressure. The consequences of these were unbelievable – in many cases, the result was death.

One particular story that was touching came from a man who campaigns for road safety. He described an incident that took place with a girl who had been on her way to a ballet class when she was hit by a car. The description that was given of her state was devastating, the image of her ripped hair and missing teeth was horrific. The poignant moment was when he stated that the girl was actually his daughter – hearing this was absolutely unexpected and gut-wrenching. How he was able to stand there and retell what happened to his daughter was amazing. Listening to all those real life incidents and the astonishing stats and figures only brings home the fact that it could happen to any one of us too.

I personally feel that it has made me (and hopefully my peers) take a more serious approach to driving, taking responsibility and having the awareness that our actions will not only affect us, but others.

Sahithya Natarajan (year 12)

Concert 2015Year 7

Wednesday 2nd December 2015, we held the annual Year 7 Concert for parents, staff and guests. This event brought together the entire year 7 cohort, year 10 and year 11 music students and the staff band under one banner to perform what would be a memorable event.

The concert started with a fantastic dhol performance by the Head of Year 7 Mr Rattu, P.E. teacher Mr Wain, alongside brother and sister duo, Prabhleen (year 9) and Gurshaan Ghattoray (year 7). Gurshaan, who joined Cranford in September 2015, described his performance as one in which he felt the need to take up the challenge to perform outside his comfort zone to an audience of over 200 and he did, with great amount of success. Mr Rattu, Head of Year 7 who also performed with Gurshaan said: “I am immensely proud of Gurshaan. He has shown that he is not afraid of a challenge and has clearly been able to demonstrate that he is a talented performer”.

The concert continued with a varied repertoire of songs performed by each of the tutor groups including a number of originally composed songs by individual tutor groups.

Two piano recitals were performed by Alexander Hickey and Haroon Lukka (year 7). Alexander

performed “Cate Eyes” by Franklyn Gellnick, which he learnt as part of his ABRSM Grade 3 examination, whilst Haroon, who is self-taught, performed Movements 1 and 2 of “Für Elise” by Beethoven. Both students performed confidently setting the bar high for others to aspire to.

The concert concluded with a finale performance by year 7 students, and the staff band performing “Sugar” by Maroon 5 and “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars.

This concert would not have been possible without all the support and hard work from colleagues and students. Special thanks to Mr Cundall who worked extremely hard in ensuring the concert was one to remember.

Cranford has always sought to push the boundaries within the arts, whether it’s putting on art exhibitions, drama productions or concerts. It is in our approach to teaching and learning that we produce such fantastic quality of work from our students. The long-term impact that music and the arts have on children is enormous; they gain mastery in memorization, improve their coordination, build their emotional development, and advance their intellectual curiosity and above all they have lots of fun.

Mo Wasiq (Head of Music)

TRIP TO CHINA 2015

On Saturday 24th October 2015, Cranford’s annual trip to China took place. A delegation of 33 year 13 students and five staff flew to Tianjin for an exchange visit with our partners in China at Tianjin College, who had visited Cranford in September 2015. During the trip everyone enjoyed a combination of cultural and educational visits as well as having the opportunity spend time with some of the Chinese students’ families and some shopping. The delegation returned to London on Monday 2nd November 2015.

My enthusiasm for travelling has been reinforced by my visit to China, one of the world’s most populous countries. It was a very rare yet fun-filled opportunity which I am glad I was able to experience. One of my highlights of the trip had to be climbing the Great Wall of China as well as visiting the homes of the Chinese students. This allowed us to gain an insight into the very different lifestyle in China, where we experienced the food and hobbies of the individuals and their families. We also visited The Forbidden City, Sunny Family factory and the Pearl Market. The Pearl Market particularly was one of my favourites as I could spend my money on the newest gadgets and handbags as well as souvenirs for a much cheaper price. I would definitely describe China as one of my highlights of the year.

Mahima Puri (year 13)

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the mystical land of China with its ancient landmarks and fast-paced lifestyle. I was truly able to see why China is a world superpower. I was really excited as I arrived and we were greeted by Sophie and a colleague from the Tianjin College of Commerce, who instantly made me feel at home. Several exciting activities followed, such as visiting the Great Wall of China and The Forbidden City. However, as memorable as these seem one day will forever be in my memory as I was given a real look into a Chinese lifestyle. Towards the end of my stay, Amit, Sikander and I were placed with a student from the school and were to spend the day with him and to learn how a modern Chinese student lives. Once paired with our new friend, we were presented with our first barrier: our new companion spoke no English and we could only just about say ‘hello’ in Chinese. We were determined that nothing would stop our adventure so with a translation app we were able to communicate and find common interests with our friendships blooming. Many new opportunities then followed as we ate bean cakes, rice balls and fried dumplings: our taste buds were given a real eastern experience. We visited the home of our new friend and were given a warm welcome from his family as we had a banquet prepared for us. Eating, conversations and laughs followed and we were dropped by the family back to the university with a day to remember. I would 100% visit China again.

Philip Dobison (Assistant Head of School - International Relations)

Interview with students and Ms Andrews

Interviewer: How would you summarise your trip to China in a sentence?

Gurgina: My trip to China was a thrilling and memorable experience.

Ms Andrews: It was fast-paced, interesting, and so much fun.

Interviewer: What new things did you learn on your trip to China?

Gurgina: I learnt how to bargain at the Pearl Market, and interact with people who speak a different language.

Ms Andrews: I learnt that chinese food isn’t as I thought it would be and I learned how to use chopsticks (with some success).

Interviewer: How did their culture differ from ours?

Gurgina: Their culture was more traditional and unique.

Ms Andrews: What struck me first was their lack of exposure to tourists – many students at the university would stare at us and members of the public would take photos of us as we walked around. The Chinese students who were with us explained that many of them would never have seen a foreigner before. I loved talking to the Chinese students and teachers to learn about their culture and hear that contrary to my expectations, they have very similar hobbies and interests to us.

Facts about China

• Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom. They were invented in 1920 by a worker in the Key Heong Noodle Factory in San Francisco.

• Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for Emperors only.

• China boasts one of the highest percentages of male handbag carriers in the world.

• The Great Wall is wide enough in some places to drive a car over it.

• Ping-Pong is one of the most popular games in China, but it was actually invented in Britain, where it is called table tennis.

Interviewer: What was the most memorable day for you?

Gurgina: When I visited the Great Wall of China because I have always wanted to visit this wonder of the world.

Ms Andrews: Climbing the Great Wall

We had a perfect day for it: clear blue sky, sunshine; we could see for miles. Climbing to the top certainly wasn’t easy, but the view was amazing. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and now I can tick it off my bucket list.

Interviewer: Would you ever visit China again?

Gurgina: Yes, as it was an enjoyable experience.

Ms Andrews: I feel very lucky to have been part of such a fun group, so it wouldn’t be the same, but yes – I’d like to visit Shanghai.

The Pudsey Bear Challenge

The BBC’s Children in Need appeal is an annual national event, held this year on Friday 13th November 2015.

In true Cranford fashion, we as a school community joined together to do our bit on Thursday 12th November 2015. Each tutor group was given 3 bags to fill with goodies and each teacher was also given a bag and the plan was to sell the bags for £1 each. The bags were filled with gel pens, biscuits, toys, DVDs, computer games, books, toiletries, chocolates and all sorts of other things. One of the most interesting fillings was a Minion, which was sold straight away. In total, we had 300 bags which were sold by sixth form students. We made a fantastic £305 to Support children in Need.

Children in Need provide grants to projects across the UK, which focus on children and young people who are disadvantaged. Every penny from the money raised goes towards these projects and we are delighted that we have again been able to contribute to this very worthy cause.

Rita Berndt (Assistant Head of School)

On Tuesday 15th September 2015 students from years 8 and 9 had an amazing experience when the Drama Department took us on a trip to the Sky Skills Studio. My experience at the studio was monumental because we met Alfie Deyes who is famous on YouTube and visited the Sky Sports studio and we met some of the presenters that present the Sky Sports News. We got to make our own news report and even some of the teachers were involved as well. We all had these lanyards to wear with our job title on as either presenter or director or camera man and it was so cool. After we had finished, the sky team even made us lunch. The Sky team gave us a wrist band with a USB so we can see our news report.

The trip has been amazing for me and everyone. Thank you to the Drama Department for taking us.

Haouem

My Trip to Sky Skills Studio