It has been a fantastic final week of term at Cranmore. On Monday, pupils were inspired at a career talk by Mr Young who shared his experiences as a camera operator while he was travelling all over the world. He explained how he worked on movie sets such as Harry Potter, recorded footage from inside craters of a volcano for documentaries, and, most interestingly from a pupil perspective, was involved in the Qatar World Cup fixtures. Our pupils were also fascinated by the insight he gave into the control of cameras using advanced technology from thousands of miles away during a typhoon in Hong Kong.
Our Carol Services are a fitting end to the week. I was immensely impressed with the performances of the pupils on both evenings, they were a real credit to the school. Thank you to everyone involved in the preparation for the celebrations and for all the support from our Cranmore community.
Finally, we have accomplished an incredible amount this term and supported numerous charities. I would like to wish everyone a well-deserved rest and peaceful Christmas break and I am looking forward to seeing you all refreshed in the New Year.
Message from the Headmaster
Talk by
to Year 7—9 Pupils
On Monday 12th December, Cranmore was pleased to welcome Doug Young, the father of Theo in 4FH, to speak about his career as a cameraman. The pupils were fascinated to hear about his experiences of filming with cameras attached to planes, helicopters and cars and to learn how much problem-solving his job entails, in often quite perilous situations. We were particularly lucky to hear about his more recent involvement with sporting events, including Wimbledon, the Olympics and over the last couple of weeks in Qatar at the World Cup. For me, one of the most interesting things we learnt was that, once the camera has been set up in, for example, the back of the goal, the cameraman will be working remotely at quite a distance, rather than being physically present in the stadium.
We are very grateful to both of Theo's parents for the time they gave up to make this presentation to us. I am sure that, as a result of this talk, there will now be some budding future cameramen at Cranmore!
Doug Young
Ms Hart
to entertain the residents. We sang Christmas carols and played festive melodies to a large gathering of residents and staff. We also shared some beautiful hand-made Christmas cards with the residents which had been made and written by some of the other Cranmore boys. One of the residents was 102 years old and in such fine voice! After our performances, the boys took time to chat with the residents and wished them all a very merry Christmas. This was a wonderfully humbling and rewarding experience for us all and is certainly a trip which we will repeat next year. My thanks to Mrs Thornton and especially the pupils, who showed themselves to be very polite and well-mannered gentlemen throughout.
Mr Harris, Director of Music
Mrs Thornton, members of the Cranmore Wind Band and I visited Limegrove Care Home on Wednesday afternoon
Visit by Cranmore Wind Band to Limegrove Care Home
DRAMA COMPETITION
A Message from our Chaplaincy Team