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“ x CHALLKNtHNG science-lmsed project is just onek of Clitheroe Koval Grammar School’s success* stories. Pictured is Dan Norton (17), a pupil in thcB upper sixth with the BNI’L engineering education! scheme.
ALMOST £11,000 has been awarded to Rib- ble Valley schools in tile past 12 months, helping young people to undertake projects directly linked with industry.
The money has helped
thousands of children of all ages with schemes ranging from creating gardens in school to complex engi neering and scientific projects. During an exhibition at
Clitheroe Parish Hall, many of the projects were
displayed and representa tives from the industries which had helped in their inauguration were pres ent. It was the third Kibble
Valley education Husiness Partnership exhibition — and the most successful to date — with standing room only as Mrs Dorothy .Maskell, chairman of the local partnership and dis trict careers officer for llyndlmrn and the Kibble Val ley, welcomed the guests. They included Sir Simon
Townelcy, Lord Lieuten ant of Lancashire, who opened the exhibition; Kibble Val ley .Mayor Conn. Mrs Kate Hodkin- son: development manager for education and training for KLTKC Mr John Jor dan: chairman of the Hyndburn, Kibble Valley and Kossendale KKP Mr John Wells; and specialist careers officer for COM PACT Mrs Cheryl King. Mr Wells explained the
Story by Vivien Meath Photographs by John Barry
partnerships’ funding, how it comes from the Govern ment and is distributed, via KLTKC in the Kib ble Val le y and then through partnerships, so that schemes can put in bids to gain an allocation.
Mr Jordan, representing
KLTKC. described how 30(1 projects had been funded in the past 12 months in Kast Lanca shire, representing a financial input of £120,000.
The KKP scheme would,
he said, have long-term benefits for the Kast Lan cashire economy. In l!bS7, •12'< of 1 l i-year-olds remained in education, whereas, in 1001, 7(l'.;; took a decision to continue their education.
The high percentage
continuing in education was having a dramatic effect on the supply of young workers to indus tries in the area. TKCs, he said, believed that it was vital for young people to remain in learning suited to themselves in industry or education. Through KKPs and careers guid ance, young people were
better prepared. Kmphasising that work-
based training routes have not grown, he told his audience that a modern apprenticeship programme is to be launched next year, with youth credits, in a bid to redress the situation.
explaining the COM PACT scheme. Mrs King
said that the name stood for Community Pact. It helped students in the fourth year of secondary education to gain qualities ready for entering the workplace.
They were asked to sign
an a g r e emen t form requesting them to work towards gaining five goals, which were to:
• attend school daily O he on time
9 make progress in all
s u b j c e t s during t h c fourth and fifth years
O undertake 10 days’
work experience © complete a record of
achievement and individ ual action plan.
Young people with the
certificate should, said Mrs K in g , i m p ress employers as potentially good employees.
winners of the competition to design a poster adver tising the event, Sir Simon
Presenting the prizes to
Townelcy said there was still a feeling that industry anti schools did not mix as much as they should. It was a tribute to the Kibble and to KLTKC that there was a partnership which was working.
Young people enjoyed visiting firms to see what
Standards high and ideas ingenious
THE standard of displays at the third kibble Valley Education Husi ness Partnership Exhibition was the highest yet, with a wider varia
tion of schemes than ever before. Kdisfonl County Primary School's learning through football stand was an
example of a project in which the enthusiasm of the children was harnessed to encompass Knglish and art, with an excellent model of Blackburn Hovers PC’s Kwood pitch, numerous
fuuthul] shirts designed hv the pupils and stories of “The magic shin" utilising i m a g i n a t i o n a n d computers.
Nurseries have been
involved in more projects than ever before, and Mr Kill Karkcr, proprietor of Primrose Nurseries, Clith eroe, said the scheme had given young children a valuable insight into the time and effort consumed in growing plants for decoration and for food.
"Youngsters begin to
appreciate that plants do not just appear from a supermarket, hut it takes time ami care." said .Mr Karker. He added that he
hoped the scheme would result in less vandalism in
tile area's parks, as chil dren began to realise that the conifer or tree they were about to break had taken many years to grow.
“ Don’ t assume that
because children live in a rural area they appreciate these things; they don’t always,” he concluded.
At Thorneyholme KC
.School, Dunsop Kridge, a farming project involved visits to various farms, including ostrich rearing at Kathmell, deer and poultry farming and a visit to the Northern Equine Centre.
In Hurst Green, chil
dren at the Roman Catho lic primary school under
took a myriad of tasks .1.......... .. TEnl-
during the year. Their
exhibit described studies of communication and transport in the area, local economic activity, a local
study project, an energy scramble game and learn ing through football.
depots at Clitheroe and Preston was on the cards
A visit to the Royal Mail
for children from Bren nand’s Endowed School, Slaidburn, with other schools involved in elec tricity, newspapers, build ing, catering, farming, railways, power, Ord nance Survey and shop ping, to name just a few of the projects.
At secondary level,
youngsters took part in projects with British Waterways, Thwaites pic, Castle Cement, Helm- shore Textiles Museum, BBC Radio’s religious affairs department and BBC’s Clothes Show.
WINNERS of the RVEBP’s poster competition were announced at the exhibition.
_ In 1st and 3rd places were Claire Hull and Claire Crompton (St
Augustine’s RC High School); joint 2nd, Craig McCarthy and Alan Ishcrwood (Ribblcsdule High School).
Primary Schools: 1st, Kate Jackson (Brooksidc County Primary
School): 2nd and 3rd, Rebecca Gott and Ncysa Archer (Brcn- nund’s Endowed School). The winners are pictured with the Lord Lieutenant of Lanca shire, Sir Simon Townelcy, and Mrs Dorothy Maskell.
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the world of work was really like and it was most encouraging to see that
this was working well in the Kibble Valley.
It was important, he said, for young people to
know what they did and did not want to do in the workplace and it was only by going into industry and having a look that they could see for themselves.
Mr Wells praised the
Kibble Valley KKP for having excel led once again, proving what could be achieved when business and education worked together. In five years, he said, the K K P ha d achieved an exceptional amount.
During the afternoon,
hundreds of children were transported to the exhibi tion and saw for them selves their own work and that of others in the Kib ble Valiev.
TI1KKK have been seven projects taking place at Kihhlcsdulc High School, including two that were media based, one of which involved the “ Advertiser
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