Experience Of The Uni Train
A engineering visit had been set in Coventry University at 31st of July 2012 to 2nd of August 2012 which had been set by The Smallpeice Trust. Dr Cosby D P Smallpeice - a brilliant, self-taught engineer who invented the Smallpeice Lathe and founded Martonair Ltd. to specialise in pneumatic equipment for the machine tool industry - founded the Trust.
After the flotation of Martonair, Dr Smallpeice put his energy and £1.6m of his personal fortune to set up The Smallpeice Trust in 1966 to encourage youngsters to take a career in engineering.
A lot of people all around Coventry in Leamington, Kenilworth, Hillfields and Foleshill had attended.
The views of the people who had attended were all positive. Here two of the view of the children who attended;
Anmol Arora from Newcastle Upon Lyne School: This course was really fun and I enjoyed it and was a good experience for when we come to university.
Monazzam Khan from Sidney Stringer Academy: This course was really good as we got to meet new people and share ideas and skills of engineering and we had felt how it was for when we go university. Also the Smallpeice trusts have been grateful for doing this and hope a lot of people attend this course afterwards.
Monazzam Khan from Sidney Stringer Academy and his team The JLR6 had made a car called the Discovery12. They had made the car the Discovery into a better model so it would be more modern and had to think of how they could have done it. Here is the car that they had made.
This is all from Monazzam Khan.
Thank you.
After the flotation of Martonair, Dr Smallpeice put his energy and £1.6m of his personal fortune to set up The Smallpeice Trust in 1966 to encourage youngsters to take a career in engineering.
A lot of people all around Coventry in Leamington, Kenilworth, Hillfields and Foleshill had attended.
The views of the people who had attended were all positive. Here two of the view of the children who attended;
Anmol Arora from Newcastle Upon Lyne School: This course was really fun and I enjoyed it and was a good experience for when we come to university.
Monazzam Khan from Sidney Stringer Academy: This course was really good as we got to meet new people and share ideas and skills of engineering and we had felt how it was for when we go university. Also the Smallpeice trusts have been grateful for doing this and hope a lot of people attend this course afterwards.
Monazzam Khan from Sidney Stringer Academy and his team The JLR6 had made a car called the Discovery12. They had made the car the Discovery into a better model so it would be more modern and had to think of how they could have done it. Here is the car that they had made.
This is all from Monazzam Khan.
Thank you.
City Council spends £3million repairing Coventry's city's roads.
Almost 300 roads in Coventry are set to be repaired by the end of next year - at the cost of more than £3m.
The £3m will be spent on tackling a backlog of road repairs and fixing streets with a pothole problem across the city. This means that about 180 roads will be resurfaced while the remaining 120 roads will be patched up. The £3m fund comes from a total of £5million from the West Midlands Local Transport Plan and a further £6million will be spent to clear a backlog of repairs to pavements and other footways in Coventry.
The city council says since 2010 fixing roads, such as, Deedmore Road, Foleshill Road, and Holyhead Road has ploughed more than £15million into a road resurfacing programme. According to a survey form Asphalt Industry Alliance it could probably take seven years and an average of about £4.4million to clear a backlog in road repairs in the West Midlands.
.The AIA is now calling for the government to provide more funds for highways departments and get their roads back into a more reasonable condition.
Alan Mackenzie, who is the chairman of the AIA, said: “For the third year in a row, respondents to the survey have reported significant amounts needed to be spent on repairing winter damage.
The £3m will be spent on tackling a backlog of road repairs and fixing streets with a pothole problem across the city. This means that about 180 roads will be resurfaced while the remaining 120 roads will be patched up. The £3m fund comes from a total of £5million from the West Midlands Local Transport Plan and a further £6million will be spent to clear a backlog of repairs to pavements and other footways in Coventry.
The city council says since 2010 fixing roads, such as, Deedmore Road, Foleshill Road, and Holyhead Road has ploughed more than £15million into a road resurfacing programme. According to a survey form Asphalt Industry Alliance it could probably take seven years and an average of about £4.4million to clear a backlog in road repairs in the West Midlands.
.The AIA is now calling for the government to provide more funds for highways departments and get their roads back into a more reasonable condition.
Alan Mackenzie, who is the chairman of the AIA, said: “For the third year in a row, respondents to the survey have reported significant amounts needed to be spent on repairing winter damage.
Coventry charity collects books
A Dyslexia charity has collected many unwanted books to help individuals who have reading difficulties.The staff at Dyslexia Action Coventry have given the used books to teachers in support of ITV'S Get Britian Reading Campaign.
The aim of this is to offer support and build confidence for those people who have problems reading.
Moya Kirton, of Dyslexia Action Coventry, said: “We are really grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign by donating their unwanted books. Those with reading difficulties will have significantly reduced opportunities at school and throughout life. Therefore, having access to books is a crucial part of building reading skills.
“We specialise in helping individuals of all ages with dyslexia and literacy difficulties and we hope that the book drive will also encourage those with difficulties to get in touch with us.”
If you would like more information, please, call Dyslexia Action on 024 7625 7041.
The aim of this is to offer support and build confidence for those people who have problems reading.
Moya Kirton, of Dyslexia Action Coventry, said: “We are really grateful to everyone who has supported the campaign by donating their unwanted books. Those with reading difficulties will have significantly reduced opportunities at school and throughout life. Therefore, having access to books is a crucial part of building reading skills.
“We specialise in helping individuals of all ages with dyslexia and literacy difficulties and we hope that the book drive will also encourage those with difficulties to get in touch with us.”
If you would like more information, please, call Dyslexia Action on 024 7625 7041.
BBC School News report interviewed DJ T at Hillz FM
Three lucky BBC school reporters had the chance of meeting DJ T (aka: Tanya Hayman Stringer 16+) at the Hillz FM Studio on Primrose Hill Street to interview her and the replies were shocking!
This interview took place on Thursday 13 October 2011. The question we asked were 'if you had the chance to return to your childhood and school or stay in the present which would you?' Tanya said her present because of all the fantastic experiences she is having now as a radio DJ. We also asked what her childhood was like and how different it was from anyone else-catch our video for more information.
The studio was packed with fascinating software that pumped up the music and got the party started. We heard some fantastic nicknames buzzing round the studio, for example we adored the receptionist Brown Sugar. One of many friendly and welcoming workers at Hillz fm. it was a great afternoon, super exciting (so much so one of the reporters was sweating with happiness when he left the room ). We learnt a lot about how to conduct a good interview and a lot about the fantastic world of radio broadcasting. Thanks DJ T!
You can listen in to DJ T in the afternoons on Hillz fm.
Monazzam Kham reporting for BBC School Report.
This interview took place on Thursday 13 October 2011. The question we asked were 'if you had the chance to return to your childhood and school or stay in the present which would you?' Tanya said her present because of all the fantastic experiences she is having now as a radio DJ. We also asked what her childhood was like and how different it was from anyone else-catch our video for more information.
The studio was packed with fascinating software that pumped up the music and got the party started. We heard some fantastic nicknames buzzing round the studio, for example we adored the receptionist Brown Sugar. One of many friendly and welcoming workers at Hillz fm. it was a great afternoon, super exciting (so much so one of the reporters was sweating with happiness when he left the room ). We learnt a lot about how to conduct a good interview and a lot about the fantastic world of radio broadcasting. Thanks DJ T!
You can listen in to DJ T in the afternoons on Hillz fm.
Monazzam Kham reporting for BBC School Report.