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Lessons from
Auschwitz
2 6th formers from Formby
High School, Emily West and Faye Dolan, will be taking part in the 'Lessons
from Auschwitz Project' run by the Holocaust Educational Trust
this autumn.
The history students have both secured their places on the programme
after successfully submitting a selection essay.
Emily and Faye will journey to Poland to see first-hand Auschwitz-Birkenau,
the site where more than a million people died during the Second
World War, they will also have the opportunity to meet a Holocaust
survivor and visit a Jewish synagogue.
Emily said:- "When I started at Formby High School in Year 7
History immediately became my favourite subject. I studied it at
GCSE and I am so enthused by it I chose to study both Modern History
and Ancient History at A Level. I am hoping to study History at
university as well."
Faye said:- "As well as studying History at A Level I also
study Religious Studies. This combination has increased my curiosity
of the subject of World War Two. In my opinion, in order to fully
understand the events of World War Two, in particular the role of
concentration camps, is with primary sources and from witness
testimonies."
Ms Harrison, A Level history teacher at Formby High School said:-
"After taking part in the Lessons from Auschwitz programme myself
I believed that our students would benefit greatly from it. The trip
to Auschwitz itself was one of the most thought provoking and eye
opening experiences of my life. I felt it was necessary for our
students to have the opportunity to take part in such an amazing,
inspirational and life changing programme. It's something which will
remain with them forever."
This innovative 4 part course was established in 1999 and is open
to applications from students at all 6th forms and colleges in the
country.
Karen Pollock MBE, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational
Trust said:- "The Lessons From Auschwitz Project is such a
vital part of our work because it gives students the chance to
understand the dangers and potential effects of prejudice and racism
today."
Emily and Faye will be keeping a diary of their experiences, further
updates will be posted on the school's new
website in the autumn.
MENSA OFFERS FREE PERSONALITY
PROFILE WITH IQ TEST IN SOUTHPORT
MENSA are holding an IQ
test session in Southport offering people the chance to discover
their IQ score. Those interested in finding out their IQ score can
attend a Mensa supervised IQ test session on Saturday, 12 October
2013, from 11.00am at the Southport Bridge Club, for just £22.50.
Plus, Mensa are currently offering a FREE personality profile to all
those that book.
To book visit:-
mensa.org.uk/iq-tests;
alternatively call:- +44(0)1902 772 771 (option 1) or
email
them for more information. Everyone who achieves an IQ score within
the top 2% of the population will be invited to join Mensa.
The Chairman of British Mensa,
Chris Tyler, said:- "If you are curious about IQ then a Mensa
IQ test is an ideal way to discover your potential."
New members would join over 110,000 members of The High IQ Society
based around the world; with 21,500 Mensans based in the British
Isles. Members of Mensa receive a monthly magazine, can join Special
Interest Groups and are invited to the society's excellent events
programme. There are currently 25 Mensa members in Southport. |
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CHEMICAL FIRM
SENTENCED OVER BURSCOUGH EXPLOSION
A chemical firm has been
ordered to pay £150,000 in fines and costs over a major explosion at
a waste management site in Lancashire that caused 3 workers to
sustain serious burns.
Personnel Hygiene Services (PHS) Ltd was prosecuted by the Health
and Safety Executive (HSE) following the blast at Burscough
Industrial Estate in Burscough on 12 October 2010, which occurred
when aerosol cans were put into an industrial shredder.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that 3 employees working near the
shredder were caught in a fireball, and surrounding buildings had to
be evacuated while firefighters dealt with the resulting blaze.
Nearly 60 police officers were deployed to oversee road closures and
control a cordon around the site, and a thick cloud of smoke
developed above the fire and was seen drifting from Burscough
towards Southport. There was also extensive damage to the large
warehouse that housed the shredder.
A joint investigation by HSE and the Environment Agency found the
company had allowed around 150 cans containing extremely flammable
substances to be put into a large shredder at the site on Tollgate
Crescent.
The investigation found that PHS did not have a procedure for
checking the contents of boxes of waste materials delivered to the
site. The company also failed to ensure that a chemical specialist
monitored the waste being put into the shredder to check for
flammable substances.
Finally, a risk assessment carried out in April 2010 was found to be
wholly inadequate after the company wrongly identified the risk of
aerosols being added to the shredder as being 'very unlikely',
and the consequences of this happening as 'moderate' meaning
no action was taken as a result.
PHS Ltd, of Western Industrial Estate, Lon-Y-Llyn, Caerphilly,
Wales, was fined £105,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of
£45,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of the Health and Safety
at Work etc Act 1974 on 3 October 2013.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Principal Inspector Neil Rothwell
said:- "The chemical waste industry has the potential to be
extremely hazardous, and PHS could and should have done more to
protect the lives of its employees and the public. The explosion and
fire led to three workers being seriously injured and caused
considerable disruption in the local area. The issue of waste
materials being wrongly labelled is well known in the industry, so
PHS shouldn't just have assumed it could add cardboard boxes to the
industrial shredder without first checking what was in them. It
could easily have made sure boxes were opened before they were put
in the shredder. If it had, then the explosion and fire could have
been avoided."
Details on how companies can reduce the risk of fires and explosions
are available at:-
hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion.
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