Coastal View & Moor News Issue 29 November - December 2012


Callum lands offshore Apprenticeship


College, said: “I am totally delighted to have finally got a place at Forth Valley College. “It’s the college to be at if you want to work


offshore, so I feel incredibly lucky to be there. It was my third time of applying, though, so I guess perseverance paid off in the end. “I’m spending the first 21 months in college and


will then go on placement with one of the big oil companies for two years. I guess I could be placed on-shore, but my aim is to eventually work on the oil rigs. “I do feel incredibly fortunate, so I’m working


hard and plan to give it my all. With 4,000 people applying for a place, I think I did well to get in, so am loving every minute.” Callum’s mum, Heather Peacock, said she was thrilled for her son. She said: “I’m really proud of him. The first


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mbitious Callum Peacock is looking forward to a rewarding career offshore after being


one of only 100 applicants to land a place to study engineering at a specialist college in Scotland. The former Redcar & Cleveland College student


took up his place in September at Forth Valley College in Falkirk, where he will complete a four- year Apprenticeship programme working with some of the biggest names in the offshore oil industry. Callum, 18, from New Marske, was among


4,000 people to apply for a place at Forth Valley College and among the fortunate 100 applicants to be accepted. He will spend 21 months studying at the college before being placed with a company for the final two years, during which time he hopes to become a qualified electrical technician. Callum, who completed a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering at Redcar & Cleveland


year he applied, he didn’t pass the aptitude test; the second year he applied, he made it on to the reserve list, but on the third time he got a place. It’s third time lucky. “He worked hard and did a lot of research and it


has paid off, and I’m sure his time spent at Redcar & Cleveland College, and his time spent working as a lifeguard, helped.” Martin Prior, Callum’s tutor at Redcar & Cleveland College, said: “It is wonderful to see Callum realising his dream on an Apprenticeship at Forth Valley College in Scotland. He worked very hard here and deserves this sought-after place to get into the offshore industry. “I have no doubt his time studying an extended diploma in engineering here, along with his determination to succeed, provided a great foundation. I wish him the very best for the future.” For more information about courses available


at Redcar & Cleveland College, call the Student Services department on 01642 473132, or visit the college website www.cleveland.ac.uk.


Students launch book S


tudents from Prior Pursglove College will be selling a book they have written and produced at a bookshop in Guisborough. The book named ‘How to…Get a Job’ has


been written by the students for 16-24 year olds and aims to provide a comprehensive guide on everything which will help a young person gain employment. They will be on sale at The Guisborough Bookshop on Chaloner Street between 11.30am – 2.30pm on Tuesday 13th November for a price of £2.50. The students have been working together since


last September as part of the college’s Young Enterprise scheme which aims to build a connected world of young people, business volunteers and educators, inspiring each other to succeed through enterprise. ‘How To’ is made up of: Charlotte Yardley, 16


from Guisborough (Managing Director), Zoe Dean, 18 from Brotton (Marketing Manager), Hannah Gowling, 17, from Guisborough (Operations Manager), Adam Fish-Smith, 18, from Brotton (ICT), Jay Tattersall, 18, from Guisborough (ICT) and Carly Willis, 16, from Saltburn (Marketing).


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harrowing tales of the Holocaust by spending the day in Auschwitz on a visit organised by the Holocaust Education Trust. The students, Lorna Metcalfe, 17 from


wo students from Prior Pursglove College were selected to experience the


Skelton and Killian Craddock, 17 from Saltburn, flew to Poland early morning (Wednesday 7th November) along with approximately 150 other students from the North East. Tom Blenkinsop, MP for Middlesbrough South


the visit and how they will communicate their experience. We are pleased our students can act as fantastic ambassadors for the project and keep the memory alive by now sharing their experience with people both older and younger.” Lorna said: “I was studying my Extended


and East Cleveland accompanied the students on the visit. Tom told Coastal View: “I was very humbled to be offered the opportunity to take part in this visit to Auschwitz along with the students from local colleges. “It is a very important experience and what happened there must never be forgotten. It was very emotionally challenging - and one that I will never forget.” This is the third year that Prior Pursglove


College has given students the opportunity to visit Auschwitz as part of the Holocaust Education Trust. As part of the preparation for the visit the students have been to a seminar in Newcastle to learn from a Holocaust survivor. They will now follow up their experience of the trip by attending a further seminar and completing a project which aims to encourage the students to share what they have learnt on the trip and act as ambassadors for the project. Kim Lambert, Psychology teacher and


Students visit Auschwitz


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Project Qualification on the Holocaust so when I heard that college were giving two students the opportunity of the trip I thought it would be good for me to go and experience it rather than just rely on what I have been reading in books and on the internet. “It was what I expected and more. As much


as we did prepare for it, we couldn’t prepare ourselves for the feelings we had while we were there.


for me it was a personal journey because I’m studying medical experimentation for my Extended Project Qualification and I’ve read a lot of books into the subject so this trip put things into perspective and to go to the place where it all happened really hit me.” Killian added: “I was expecting to feel a


little bit overwhelmed for all the things we were going to see while we were there. “The biggest thing for me was the way it made


Deputy Faculty Manager for Student Support and Enrichment at Prior Pursglove College chose Lorna and Killian out of the many students who applied to be part of the visit. She said: “Both students feel very passionately about it and have spent time researching the subject and thinking what they might do after


you understand the suffering on an individual level. We learnt about some of the children involved and their own experiences and it broke down the number of six million and made you understand the individual stories of the people it happened to. “One of the letters we read from someone inside the camp said how it should never be forgotten, which made me feel a responsibility to do the next steps project and share my knowledge on the subject.”


“The experience was really eye opening,


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