CWA SCENE SUMMER 2015
SPORTS AWARDS 2015
ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITIONS
STAFF PROFILE: MICHAEL HEATHCOTE
CWA CELEBRATES STUDENT SUCCESS
PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE As we close the 2014-15 academic year and look forward to 2015-16, I would like to ask staff to make every effort to chase down all achievements to ensure the best possible success rates. I would also ask everyone to have a clear focus on promoting student progression within college and converting applications into enrolments, to give us the best possible start to the next academic year. As ever, the last month of the academic year is synonymous with awards, shows and exhibitions. My fellow SMT colleagues and I were delighted to attend our best ever Student of the Year awards event at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, an inspirational evening for all who were there. I also attended a number of other fantastic events including the sports awards at Lynnsport, the art exhibitions, the fashion show in Wisbech and the hugely popular Open Farm Sunday event at our Cambridge Campus. Whilst they each have their own unique flavour, they all serve to showcase the work and achievements of our students and demonstrate the unstinting commitment of our great staff teams. Well done and thank you. In June, we successfully hosted the World Skills Moving Video Image UK semi-finals from which both CWA teams qualified for the national finals in November. All of these activities are profiled in this month’s edition of CWA Scene, which I hope you enjoy reading. Finally, I hope to see as many of you as possible at my staff meetings across each campus during Admin Week when I will be giving a review of the year and a focus on our strategic priorities. Best wishes
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STAFF PROFILE MICHAEL HEATHCOTE TEACHING SUPPORT OFFICER How long have you been at the College of West Anglia, and how would you best describe what you do? I have been at the college just over six and a half years. I make sure all materials and tools are ready and available for the construction workshops practically the wet trades.. What is the best part of your job? Helping other people – staff and students - achieve their everyday tasks. What was your most interesting job or life experience before the College of West Anglia? My most interesting job was running my own 7 day a week village store. What did you want to be when you were at school? I wanted to work for the forestry commission. If you could come back to college, what would you study and why? Diploma in Construction (HNC). Construction is my speciality and it would be good for my progression. What is your favourite place? Koh Samui, Thailand & Hunstanton. What is your favourite TV programme? George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces; The Simpsons! What is your favourite/most recently played music? The last thing I YouTubed before receiving this questionnaire was a radio station which I used to listen to in my late teens. The DJ was called Asterix & Space; the station was Fantasy FM Sheffield in late 1991.
Who would your three ideal (famous) dinner companions be? Sarah Beeny, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams. Tell us an interesting fact about you that we don’t know... I did the Pipeline bungy jump in New Zealand, which is about two and half times the height of the Tower block on the King’s Lynn campus. How do you spend the majority of your spare time? Walking and entertaining Bobbie, my 10 month old scuffy dog.
STAFF NEWS
ARTABILITY WEST
College art lecturer Paul Setchell was invited to judge the ArtAbility West competition in the entrance hall at the Dobbie’s and Tesco stores in King’s Lynn. There were around 80 entries across a wide range of abilities, with some a lot more abstract than others on the themes of “My Perfect Day” for the adults and “My Favourite Animal” for the youngsters. Christine Field from the Adult Learning Disability Team at the local Social Services was the other judge with Paul. During the morning there were also ballot boxes for the “People’s Choice” vote. Paul and Christine awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd for adults and for juniors and there were two people’s choice prizes given out as well.
SUFFOLK SHOW SUCCESS Once again, the agriculture team from Cambridge Campus headed off to the Suffolk Show during half term, writes CWA agriculture director Linda Kirby.
The pigs were selected and loaded up on the Tuesday along with all their supplies and taken to the showground by Linda and Jack Scotney, TSO. We were joined by student Kyran Thomas-Palmer on the Wednesday to help us wash the pigs and prepare them for their classes in the afternoon. We had entered pigs in the following classes: Pair of Pork Pigs (55-70kg) Single Pork Pig (55-70kg) Pair of Cutter Pigs (71-82kg) Single Cutter Pig (71-82kg) We had some stiff opposition from pig producers who have been showing for many years so we were delighted to walk away with three 1st prizes, including The SAA Challenge Cup for the Best Pair of Pork Pigs and The Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Best Pair of Cutter Pigs, and one 2nd prize. The winners of each pairs class are then entered in to the Special Class, in which we again came 1st and 2nd (Special and Reserve Special). Similarly, the winners of all the singles classes are entered in the Champion Class and on this occasion we came 2nd (Reserve Champion). So, after a successful show with beautiful weather our thoughts now turn to next year’s showing season. Full results: Pork pair – 1st and Cup, Reserve special (best pair class) Pork single – 2nd Cutter pair – 1st and cup, Special (best pair class) Cutter single – 1st and Reserve Champion (in singles class)
STAFF CHANGES STARTERS
LEAVERS
Nikki Bentley - Teaching Support Officer, Equine Joe Jack - Apprentice Lab Technician, Maths & Science Tasmin Long - Equestrian Centre Assistant Gemma Saintierney - Part-time Performing Arts/Music Lecturer Clare Sweetland - HR Officer Hannah Tuck - Marketing Coordinator
Okoro Akinyemi - Lecturer Animal Care & Agriculture Tash Bates - Cleaner Beth Bird - Progress Coach/LSO Art & Design/Engineering Matthew Bowles - NCS Project Coordinator Sue Colyer - Lecturer Care & Early Years Pat Coombes - Reprographic Assistant Rea Davidson - Lecturer Business & Humanities Stephen Delo - Invigilator Ian Dobson - Equine Outreach Supervisor Nigel Downer - Part-time Lecturer Art & Design Julie Durrant - Learning Resource Administrator Anne Gardner - Learning Coach TEL Becca Garner - HR Officer Vicki Graham - Lecturer Maths & Science Emma Hanslip - Learner Support Officer Christine Harrison Lecturer Computing & IT KL Alan Jones - Lecturer Business & Humanities Stephen Jones - Executive Director, SMT Louise Lesniak - Learning Coach TEL Maria Maidment - Learner Support Officer, Foundation Conor Mallen - Administration Assistant, Student Services Terri Martin - Learning Resource Administrator TEL Susie Massen - Head of Apprenticeships & WBL Andreea Nitisor - Lecturer, English Aimee O’Donnell - Learner Support Officer, Art/Hair Lizzie Parry - Teaching Support Officer Hosptality & Tourism Angela Peek - Childcare Practitioner Children’s Centre David Potts - Security Officer Property Services Amy Ratcliff - Progress Coach Engineering & Motor Vehicle Vanessa Rawling - Assessor/Trainer Health & Care Neil Reader - Lecturer Uniformed Services Tanya Reed - Childcare Practitioner Paul Sanderson - Lecturer Fresh Start Megan Seekings - Learner Support Officer Engineering Jacquie Sindle - Invigilator Carolyn Slynn - Training Advisor WBL Andrew Stubbing - Lecturer Maths & Science Roberta Tarasoviene - Administrator, Fresh Start Heather Taylor - Cleaner Property Services David Wallace - Lecturer Construction & Plumbing Alison Waring - Learning Coach TEL
DIARY DATES 11th July – Milton Summer Fayre – Cambridge campus promoting college 31st July – Tesco in Wisbech – marketing team promoting college 13th August – A-level results day 20th August – GCSE results day 21st August - Tesco in Wisbech – marketing team promoting college King’s Lynn Town Centre – marketing team promoting college 28th August - Tesco in Wisbech – marketing team promoting college 8th September – Freshers fair – Wisbech campus 10am – 2pm 9th September – Freshers fair – King’s Lynn campus 10am – 2pm 10th September - Freshers fair – King’s Lynn campus 10am – 2pm 16th September – Freshers fair – Cambridge campus 10am – 2pm
COLLEGE NEWS
CWA CELEBRATES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Above: Dayna Kingshott with her ‘Student of the Year 2015’ award
Full-time students and apprentices were recognised for outstanding achievement in 2014-15 at the annual CWA Student of the Year Awards on 24 June. The glitzy celebration night held at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange was attended by around 250 guests including staff, governors, dignitaries as well as the families of the award winners. Shortlisted from an original field of more than 60 nominations, 17 individual students and one student group from across the college collected awards across 9 different categories. Each award was preceded by a video of the three shortlisted nominees before the winners and runners up were announced. CWA Principal David Pomfret spoke proudly at the awards, praising students, tutors, parents and supporting employers: “Celebrating success and achievement is a core part of everything we do at CWA and tonight some of our fantastic students will receive awards to recognise their commitment, standard of work and achievements during the year” said Mr Pomfret.
Mr Pomfret also spoke of the continual improvements to our campuses and teaching facilities, including the soon-to-be-started university centre building at King’s Lynn and the new facilities in Wisbech: “These developments are an indication of our ambition and commitment to providing the best possible education and training for the areas we serve and those receiving awards this evening are shining examples of the fantastic achievements of CWA students.” The overall 2015 Student of the Year Award went to Level 3 Sport and Exercise Science student, Dayna Kingshott, who has secured a full scholarship to Owens Junior College, Ohio, USA where she will continue her education while playing for the college football (soccer) team.
Full list of Student of the Year award winners: Technology: winner – Anthony Reeve; runners-up – Matthew Lawrence and Kestutis Jokubaitis Creative Arts: Winner – Ema Stonciute; runners-up - Athy Mruz, Kia Whiley Foundation Studies: Winner – Christopher Taylor; runners-up - Sasha Bly and Adam Laws Sport, Caring & Public Services: Winner – Dayna Kingshott; runners-up - Chloe Hogermeer-Stevens and Danielle Davies Business, Humanities & Science: Winner – Abigail Maxwell; runners-up –Antanas Skiudulas & Alex Wyke Landbased Studies: Winner – Eleanor Eddy; runners-up – Adam Golden & Marianne Knight Apprenticeships: Winner – Jai Atkinson; runners-up – Deborah Candeias & Jason Munden Serving the Community: Winner – Jemina Rae; runners-up – Sam Robinson & Early Years Educators (level 3 group) Personal Achievement: Winner – Wayne Griffiths; runners-up – Alice Presnell & James Thorpe
STUDENTS DISPLAY ARTISTIC CREATIONS
Students from the King’s Lynn and Wisbech campuses showcased their artistic creations at end-of-year exhibitions. Visitors were able to admire pieces including paintings, 3D sculpture, textiles, drawings, graphic design, animation and photography. First and second year Wisbech campus fashion students spent the last 9 months working intensively and professionally to produce inspired and creative collections. This year’s show, called Contrasts, featured garments including architecture-inspired winter coats, pictured above, twisted tweed and tartan dresses as well as butterly-inspired surface pattern wraps.
Above: Wisbech Mayor David Hodgson, accompanied by Mayoress Judy, opened the Wisbech campus exhibition Below: Jade Spalding with her work at the King’s Lynn campus exhibition
SPORTS AWARD SUCCESS
Sports students turned out in style for the annual highlight of the CWA Sports year, their Sports Awards night, which saw 200 guests celebrate a highly successful year at the sports campus. The focus of the awards was to recognise and celebrate student achievements over the year, which included: • Elite Womens Football Programme winning the AoC Sport Cat 2 League, winning the regional 7-a-side and finishing 5th at the National Tournament. • Elite Mens Football Programme winning the AoC Sport Cat 2 League and making the semifinal of the National Under 18 England Schools Cup. • 3 male and 2 female football players achieving scholarships in America • 39 students progressing to university next year • Students supporting a range of community events including: o Adapted sports day o Community football cup o High school athletics o Primary school gymnastics o Primary school badminton o Primary school indoor athletics • Charity work raising money for charity #DoitforKev • Working on projects with national governing bodies of sport including the LTA, RFU, UK Footgolf and Sport England
The awards highlighted individuals for sporting success, their contribution to development, sports leadership and to their academic performance. Principal David Pomfret said at the awards: “The winners tonight are an absolute inspiration to others and in turn should be inspired by our former students, who have shared their success and what is achievable after leaving CWA.” Hosted by Gavin Caney, sports journalist and former CWA sports student, the event also welcomed special guests and former students including professional kite surfer Danielle Durrant and Jack Friend, professional footballer at Peterborough United. Both spoke of their lives since leaving CWA and encouraged the students to take full advantage of the opportunities available to them while at college. Both Dannielle and Jack were entered into CWA’s sports hall of fame on public display at the campus and each received their framed recognitions.
MEDIEVAL RENOVATION HELP
CWA construction students gained an insight into blending modern and traditional construction techniques through the renovation of a medieval church in King’s Lynn. Students studying construction subjects including brickwork, carpentry and painting and decorating were lucky enough to get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with traditional skilled craftsmen throughout the works currently taking place at St Nicholas’ Chapel in St Ann’s Street. The renovation is a £2.7M project to carry out works including recovering the roof, nave and south aisle, repairing two doors at the side, taking away concrete steps, and mending door hoods.
Site Manager Nicky Brayshaw said: “It has been a pleasure having the students on site; they have shown a genuine interest in the traditional methods and the responsibility of working on listed buildings such as St Nicholas’ Chapel.” In contrast to the traditional building techniques, the students have also gained experience of solar installation through state-of-the-art solar panels, which are being installed on the site to help improve the energy efficiency of the church. Programme manager for construction at CWA Dermott Brennan said: “We are very grateful to the contractor William Anelay and site manager Nicky Brayshaw for affording our students this opportunity. It has given them some fantastic experience of traditional building methods which are difficult to replicate in our college workshops.”
CWA HOSTS MEDIA WORLDSKILLS SEMI-FINAL
King’s Lynn campus hosted the national heat for the Worldskills UK video moving image competition on 18th June. Entrants from all over the UK arrived to an awards ceremony-style reception, complete with limo and red carpet. They were required to submit an idea for a new community television channel based on a given brief along with a ten second video trailer to promote their concept.
Two teams of students from CWA, including team 2 pictured above, secured a place in the heat and successfully achieved a place at the finals, to be held at the Birmingham NEC in November. “It was a great privilege to host the competition heat and we wanted all of the competitors to leave CWA having had a ‘wow’ experience, especially now we have state-of-the-art facilities,” said media lecturer James Fox.
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE AT WORLDSKILLS
Above: Julia Saunders, Molly Ryan, Nathania Kilkarni & Ann Compton
Two students from the health and social care and nursing and paramedic courses at CWA competed in the finals of the World Skills event in Birmingham recently. Nursing & Paramedic student Nathania Kilkarni from King’s Lynn and Health & Social Care student Molly Ryan from Walpole St Andrew were both selected to represent CWA for the Eastern region in this prestigious competition, with the national winners potentially going forward to represent the UK in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2015. The competition consisted of a number of rounds with judges scoring scenarios with actors to assess the capabilities of students for the provision of personal care, dementia and an adult with learning difficulties.
Curriculum support manager Ann Compton said: “Whilst we do not yet know the final outcomes from the event, we are incredibly proud of our two students for the professionalism they have shown in a highly competitive arena. The event tested their practical skills, theoretical knowledge and their understanding in challenging circumstances.” She went on to say: “We would particularly like to highlight the support from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and Julia Saunders, the Practice Development Nurse, for her time and dedication to support our students. It is a reflection of the fantastic relationship that is fostering between the college and our local hospital.” At the time of writing, the college was waiting to hear whether the girls had won through to the finals.
COLLEGE CHEFS IN CULINARE SUCCESS
Our catering and hospitality students achieved great success recently at one of the UK’s largest live culinary competitions. The Wessex Salon Culinare, which took place at Brockenhurst college in the New Forest, Hampshire, saw CWA whisk away competitors with their cooking skills and collect a batch of medals. The popular event, which is held in association with The Craft Guild of chefs, has grown in stature over the years and is a fantastic platform for all chefs, but especially student chefs, to get a first taste of competition experience. It was the first time the college has taken on a competition of this size with 11 students competing over 18 different events.
Events ranged from afternoon tea to novelty cake making, risotto challenge to pork main course and cupcakes to fish filleting. In the restaurant class of the competition, competitors were required to show their napkin folding and cocktail making skills. In total CWA picked up 2 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze medals plus 11 certificates of merit. “This is a fantastic achievement, as this was a competition that we hadn’t taken on in such magnitude before and we are already making plans of how we become more successful at next year’s event” said catering & hospitality tutor Jonathan Boyall. The college is waiting to hear whether it has been successful in progressing through to the World Skills eliminator which will take place at Colchester later this month. Winners from this will proceed to the World skills national finals which will be held in Birmingham during November.
STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR DROP IN CENTRE
King’s Lynn campus childhood studies students raised £310 in support of new shower and laundry facilities for a local charity by packing bags at Morrisons supermarket. The students decided to raise money for the Discovery drop-in centre located off Columbia Way in North Lynn, which focuses on getting young people between the ages of 16-24 into employment. Accepting the check was Jessica Rudd, a youth worker at the centre, who said: “The money will go a long way towards making a difference to so many people’s lives. Providing showering facilities will hopefully remove the need for time credits, which the deprived and homeless are currently using to shower at St James swimming pool.
“The new facilities will benefit young people who want to look their best for job interviews and hopefully improve their chances of employment.” Childcare Tutors Helen Waters and Teresa Johnson, who attended the presentation with the students, both said how proud they were of their students. “The students really got behind the fundraising event, so it was fitting for them to come down to the centre and deliver the cheque together” said Helen Waters at the presentation.
WISBECH GARDEN OPEN Students at CWA are now able to sow the seeds of their own success, following the opening of a new garden area at the Wisbech campus. Executive Director Mark Reavell officially opened the newly constructed horticulture area, which was designed and built for use by students on Bridge courses run by the foundation studies department. The new garden area includes a growing tunnel, potting shed and raised plant beds, which will provide a range of learning opportunities for the campus’s foundation students. It will allow students to work together to keep a continuous supply of flowers, fruit and vegetables growing throughout the year.
In addition to the new garden area, CWA’s foundation department officially opened their new kitchen facilities where students can learn more about becoming independent and cooking for themselves. Programme manager for foundation studies at the Wisbech campus, Margaret Goman said: “We are really proud of the wonderful new resources we now have. The aim is for the students to use some of the produce to prepare meals in the new kitchen area and to sell the surplus in the college shop to fund some of their own projects and activities.” The faculty will also be moving into specially designed teaching classrooms within the £5.5m teaching centre opening in September 2015.
CHALLENGE DAY
Uniformed Services students at CWA have marked the end of their year with their annual ‘Challenge Day’. Students from all pre-uniform service courses at both King’s Lynn and Wisbech campuses came together at Plaxtole House to battle it out against each other in a tournament that’s not for the faint hearted. The events which included cross country, log run, tug of war, assault course and a gun run, were all set to sort the best from the rest on a day which also celebrated the faculty’s charity work during the year. The uniformed services department presented representatives of the Fire & Rescue Service with a cheque totalling £2069.66 for
The Fire Services Charity. The money had been raised by the students at various events during the year for the charity which was selected at the start of the year. Invited guests from many of the uniformed services were in attendance as a thank you for their support during the year which has seen them give talks, demonstrations, mock interviews and physical testing to the students as part of their course. Programme manager for uniformed services Lee Mallott said: “Everyone looks forward to the challenge day, which represents a year of hard work by the students, as it gives us a chance to reflect on how far the students have developed
physically and mentally. The groups are all tightly-knit and give each other support throughout their course and they work well as a team just as they would need to when they start a career in any of the uniformed services.” Group1139 Foxtrot were the overall winners and lifted the trophy at the end-of-day award ceremony, during which the department awards and certificates were presented to the deserving student winners.
CWA GETS RAF PLATINUM PARTNER AWARD
Above: Sergeant Matt Scott, Flight Lieutenant Bruce Pettit, Squadron Leader Mal Gavin, Mark Reavell & Lee Mallott
CWA has been acknowledged for their partnership work with the Royal Air Force by being awarded their Platinum Partner Award. The Award was given to CWA in praise of their uniformed services courses and the high number of students who successfully progress to join the RAF. The award was presented to CWA’s executive director of partnerships, Mark Reavell, during a visit to the college by Squadron Leader Mal Gavin, Flight Lieutenant Bruce Pettit & Sergeant Matt Scott.
“It’s a great honour for us to be acknowledged by the Royal Air Force, for our close links and work with them. It serves as a great testament to the partnerships we have formed over many years with the uniformed services and their representatives” said programme manager Lee Mallott.
PRAISE PAGE Joanne Chilvers would like to say a big well done to Ros Stapleton and her team for the superb way they planned, organised and smoothly delivered the GCSE examinations over all campuses and coping with all the various needs of the learners. “I would also like to thank her team for the training given to us ’volunteer invigilators’ to prepare us for this task. Well done!”
Michelle Blake would like to thank Richard Heron for going above and beyond to help at the Wisbech campus taster day.
Gary Rostron would like to thank Amanda Marshall for all the hard work and dedication, grafting all day Saturday 20th June to facilitate hair and beauty’s move at Wisbech. Gary would also like to say well done and thanks to Aaron Nicol & Elliott Sowden for leading on the Bike to work week.
Ian Holyfield would like to thank Alex Evetts for ordering all the urgent items so quickly and Neil Lonsdale for “crowbarring details and essential information out of people. You’re unsung heroes of the process and it would be much harder without your help.”
Jenny Brandham says thank you to Hannah Grainger for successfully managing all of the Equine and Animal Care work experience placements, for launching the online interactive work experience map and for co-ordinating the Level 2 and Level 3 interviews with employers: “a really fabulous job.”
The 14-16 Team at the King’s Lynn campus would like to thank the following departmentsChild Care and Social Care, Engineering, Hair and Beauty, Fresh Start, Foundation and Uniformed Services for their ongoing support and teaching of the 1416 students.
The Uniformed Services staff at Isle Campus would like to highlight the outstanding and dedicated effort of Nicki Gay in keeping the team and students on track to achieve.
Claire Bellham would like to thank Ross Griggs and the Level 3 music students for making the King Edward VII Academy music taster day a success.
Jenny Norton says a huge thank you to Aaron Nicol and Adam Thompsett for their help during the refurbishment of the MIS offices. “You are all amazing!”
Linda in Exams would like to thank Rachael Carter, reception staff and caretaker at Cambridge for their help with GCSEs. Also a big thank you to Sally Jarrett and Philippa McDonald for assisting with invigilation.
Rachael Carter would like to thank the teams in MIS & CIS for being consistently helpful over the last year.
Dave Speck would like to thank all the ladies from the technology support team at King’s Lynn. “They have done an excellent job for us. Their determined approach in supporting our learners to reach their potential and succeed in completing their courses has been an inspiration to all. To Megan and Beth I hope your plans next year are a great success. Thank you all again.”
PRAISE PAGE Linda Kirby would like to thank Jack Scotney, Fran Cook, Lesley Wilson, Kim Levens and Jessica Fardoe for their hard work in helping make the Lambing Open Day a big success, and also Rhys Wendholt and Heather Polge for their help in preparing for the day. “I would also like to thank the ewe who gave birth on the day to help make the event even more special!”
Paul O’Shea would like to thank all the marketing and student services staff for organising and staffing another successful round of Starting College events, with more than 2,200 people attending events across all campuses. Paul would also to thank everyone involved in making our annual student awards event such a great success - particular thanks go to Louise Frost for the excellent organisation and to Scott Jarvis for fantastic support with the filming.
Ros Stapleton would like to thank all those who assisted with GCSE exams at King’s Lynn and Lynnsport. “Persons too numerous to mention all played a big part in the successful running of these exams.”
Tommy Goode would like to say thanks to Scott Jarvis and his Springboard TV students for a fantastic job for our sports awards and also to Matt Moore from Performing Arts for his help with the awards. Tommy also says thanks to the Sports team for another fantastic year – well done!
Jacqui from the Exams office would like to thank all members of staff at Isle campus who helped the GCSEs run so smoothly at the beginning of June. “Everyone who gave time to help invigilate, property services for setting out the LRC and to the ladies on reception for handling phone calls & students. Thank you”
Rob Petto would like to thank Ros Stapleton, the exams team and everyone who supported the GCSE exams. “It was a logistical nightmare but very well managed.” Rob would also like to thank Yvonne Jones and the MIS team for yet another excellent audit outcome.
Wendy in Employer Engagement would like to say a massive thank you to Clare Buckenham, Colin Robertson and Rachel Breeze for their hard work, support and perseverance over the last year in helping us to achieve direct claims status with the Prince’s Trust.
Cindy Baldry would like to say a big thank you to Susie Massen and a fond farewell and wish her good luck in the future. “I will miss her extensive knowledge and the support she has given me in my work role but I will also miss her sense of humour and our banter. Crack on Susie!”
Paul Gibson would like to say a huge thank you to Hayley Rudd for her amazing contribution to the organisation of the World Skills event. Paul would also like to thank the Creative Arts TSO team for all their hard work on end of term events (Ant, Paul, Guy, Natalie, Matt, Mike, Hayley) and his excellent LSO team for their support and commitment to learners (Becky, Debs, Maria, Tammy, Irene, David, Mandy, Julia).
Tracey Palmer would like to thank her TSOs for all their hard work over the last year. “Enjoy your holidays and here’s to another busy but good year.”
Hayley Rudd would like to say a massive thank-you to Emma Nickerson, Alexandra Reynolds and their students for their support with the Video Moving Image Semi-Finals. “We were very grateful for their 7am start; they created characters from the Wicked Witch of the West to The Joker. Their continued support throughout the day was very much appreciated. Thank you xx”. Hayley would also like to thank “all involved in the event, especially the accommodating Visual Arts staff for allowing the day to take over the building. #teamwork”
Lee Mallott would like to say a massive thank you to Barbara Hurley for all her hard work and commitment to getting a mixed group of Uniformed Services students at Wisbech through their English.
PRAISE PAGE Paul Seaman would like to say a big thank you to Sandra Young for all the help throughout the last year; driving the minibus taking students to both the technology tournament at King’s Lynn Academy and Marshall’s of Cambridge and chasing students for work and checking on attendance and always with a smile. “Sandra, I couldn’t have done it without your help”
Poem to a manager from the Business team at King’s Lynn: Roses are red, violets are blue, What a fantastic manager, Is what we think of you! Thank you, Helen Parker. Brilliant! Keep it up; you are our number 1 leader!
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