On 1st July Year 10 pupils from St. John Fisher Catholic
College and Newcastle Community High School joined Newcastle-under-Lyme College
for a day experiencing the construction trade. The pupils enjoyed learning new
skills in electrical installation, bricklaying, carpentry and joinery and
painting and decorating inside our skills and technology centre.
In bricklaying the pupils learned key skills in mixing
cement, building a wall and pointing. The pupils learned the importance of
maths whilst calculating the number of bricks required, pupil Laura Barker,
said: “I loved bricklaying, I’ve always wanted to build and I would love to do
it as a career.” A number of the learners also remarked how they didn’t realise
how much hard work went into bricklaying.
In the carpentry and joinery session, after a talk on the
importance of health and safety in the workshop, the pupils were given personal
protective equipment (PPE) to wear. They learnt new techniques to enable them
to make a coat hanger to take home with them.
After a fantastic dinner in the College food hall, the
pupils got stuck into their final two sessions.
In painting and decorating the pupils had different stations
to visit, they were taught how to create various effects with different brushes
and paints. NULC’s experienced staff taught the pupils how to create a simple
but impressive marble effect and were able to decorate a tile to take away.
Bryony Watkins enjoyed this session, she said: “I loved painting, it was fun
and artistic, five out of five.”
In the pupil’s electrical installation session, they were
challenged to wire a 13 amp plug using a range of tools and different wires.
Each pupil had a set of instructions to follow and NULC staff were on hand to
explain and support. In the session the pupils found it useful to learn about
the inside of a plug, how they work and also the importance of being safe with
electrics. Laura Barker said; “electrics was fun and I enjoyed it a lot”.
Overall pupils from both schools enjoyed their day at
Newcastle-under-Lyme College. When asked what he enjoyed most about his day,
Dan Williams replied; “I got to see what being in a college and doing different
college courses is like and I enjoyed it.”
If you would like to organise an activity with
Newcastle-under-Lyme College please contact the school liaison team, Gareth
Hughes and Tara Capper on 01782 254347 or email schools@nulc.ac.uk.
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