Chesterfield school children promote world’s largest steel bar
During February 2012, United Cast Bar (UK) have broken another production record by successfully casting a 635mm diameter bar using the continuous casting process. This increases above the current largest size of 600mm produced a competitor.
To support the presentation of this success, UCB engaged students from Parkside Community School, Chesterfield to produce a digital publication to celebrate the Company’s world record breaking production.
Over fifty students attempted to create a digital publication, ranging from a traditional newspaper article to an animated web publication. Seven students were shortlisted and treated to a tour of the working foundry, where they saw raw materials being melted and cast through the fascinating and truly engaging industrial process.
Lina Green and Rachel West, Year 10 students at the school commented “thank you for your tour of the foundry, it was really interesting to see the work put into making something that is useful for people and businesses around the world”.
The winning entry, a website publication created by Year 9 students Lauren Gaynor, Natasha Cope and Eve Hobson, impressed the judges for its professional quality. The publication can be viewed on the United Cast Bar Limited Website.
James Brand, Group Sales Director for United Cast Bar commented “We are really impressed with the high level of quality and complexity of all of the publications the students have created. We are so pleased to be engaging with Parkside School today, who have a heritage of producing quality students with an industrial related bias.”
Mr Mills, Leader of ICT Innovation and Development, commented “What a marvellous opportunity for our students to be part of this ground breaking venture. This initiative has blurred the edges of education and business development and showed our students how local business and education partnerships can make their mark on a global scale”.
Mrs Gould, Y11 Progress and Transition Leader organised the visit. It is hoped that the advanced ICT skills that have been developed at Parkside School can be utilised to influence the Company’s marketing strategies around the world.
Source:United Cast Bars
