Kirklevington Primary School at SABIC
Kirklevington Primary School visited SABIC on 5th March and
met Janet Jones who was hosting the visit. Janet loves inspiring young people. As
a female worker in Industry, she feels it is important to empower girls to realise
that working in industry is as accessible to them as it is to boys.
Janet Jones said, “The CCI programme offers primary children the
opportunity to see our industry first hand. The children ask fantastic
questions and I am amazed at how quickly the time goes when they are with
us. I like to think that during their visit we inspire them to consider
working in our industry, even though that decision is a long way off.”
The programme is so well developed now that it is literally ‘off the
shelf’. Take a box out, check the equipment and use it - simplicity with
minimum preparation. Janet recruited Joanna Bartlett, a Process Engineer, to
assist with this visit - she is young, enthusiastic, female and has a Chemical
Engineering Masters to her name! Janet has worked for the company for 31 years
and she always presents to the children in a fun, relaxed ‘I really enjoy this
job’ kind of way. This is exactly what we need to encourage the children to
take more interest in Science. The local paper turned up and Janet took it in
her stride, smiling through her ‘child friendly’ introduction to the company and
sparking up interest without boring them with too much detail. The children quickly
became engaged with the activities and had a tour around the site allowing them
to see for themselves what it is like.
Enjoying one of the activities
The teachers, Mrs Johnstone and Mr Morgan said “The Children Challenging
Industry sessions and the visit to SABIC were extremely enjoyable for both the
children and the staff. The trip to SABIC opened the eyes of the children to
science in the real world and inspired them by showing them how to be more
investigative in their thought processes.
We would like to say a big thank you to SABIC for their continuous
support and contributions to the project.”
By Jenny Harvey, CIEC Advisory Teacher in the
North East
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