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Major safety milestone reached at FEP
Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran has begun the new year by achieving a major accomplishment – 10,000 days without any on-site workers suffering a Lost Time Injury (LTI).
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Beath, Lochgelly and St Columba’s High School in Dunfermline each received the donations from
ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant.
The money will be used to help in the teaching and promotion of STEM subjects within the schools which are the main link schools to the Mossmorran plant.
Beath High School has used its funding to buy and install six new smart boards to help teachers make lessons more fun and interactive for the pupils.
At a recent visit to Beath High, Tom Antram, Community Liaison at FEP was shown the smart boards in action and thanked by the staff and pupils.
Martin Darling, principal teacher of business and IT, said: “As a school we were absolutely delighted to receive such a significant investment from FEP.
“We want our young people to learn in the best environment with the best resources that prepare them to go on to a positive destination that is right for them.
“These SMART panels will allow a more interactive learning experience for our young people.”
Lochgelly High has used its donation to help towards the costs of STEM related school trips which were put on hold during the pandemic and to buy equipment for its new plastic moulding machine.
“ExxonMobil’s funding of these STEM trips for our young people will help them to engage in activities at places like science fairs and museums with various partner companies,” said Steven Heggie, Principal Teacher of STEM.
“The aim of these trips is to try to engage more of our young people in STEM subjects and they will be targeted at pupils aged 11-14.”
And St Columba’s, which is the link RC school to the Mossmorran site, they are using their share of the cash to enter two teams into the LEGO schools challenge competition to design and build a robot. T
he funds will enable them to buy kits for the teams and to cover the entry costs for the competition. They will also use some of the funding to buy a plastics’ granulator machine as part of a project on recycling.
Nicola MacKinnon, principal employability teacher at the school, said: “Our school is Fife's only Scottish Attainment Challenge Secondary, with many of our young people living in our most deprived communities.
“The donation will make a significant impact to our student's STEM capital. The commitment FEP has shown us will help to close the STEM skills gap in the school and we will be able to build capacity in STEM education.
“The money has allowed us to purchase equipment to participate in First Lego Tech Regional Competitions. It also has allowed us to work towards reducing our plastic waste by recycling the plastic in school to be reused in the Technology Department.”
Martin Burrell, Plant Manager at FEP added: “We are always looking to encourage more pupils to consider engineering as a career and we hope these will help with the subjects which promote such careers.
“Who knows, maybe some of these pupils could become our engineers of the future.”
The money will be used to help in the teaching and promotion of STEM subjects within the schools which are the main link schools to the Mossmorran plant.
Beath High School has used its funding to buy and install six new smart boards to help teachers make lessons more fun and interactive for the pupils.
At a recent visit to Beath High, Tom Antram, Community Liaison at FEP was shown the smart boards in action and thanked by the staff and pupils.
Martin Darling, principal teacher of business and IT, said: “As a school we were absolutely delighted to receive such a significant investment from FEP.
“We want our young people to learn in the best environment with the best resources that prepare them to go on to a positive destination that is right for them.
“These SMART panels will allow a more interactive learning experience for our young people.”
Lochgelly High has used its donation to help towards the costs of STEM related school trips which were put on hold during the pandemic and to buy equipment for its new plastic moulding machine.
“ExxonMobil’s funding of these STEM trips for our young people will help them to engage in activities at places like science fairs and museums with various partner companies,” said Steven Heggie, Principal Teacher of STEM.
“The aim of these trips is to try to engage more of our young people in STEM subjects and they will be targeted at pupils aged 11-14.”
And St Columba’s, which is the link RC school to the Mossmorran site, they are using their share of the cash to enter two teams into the LEGO schools challenge competition to design and build a robot. T
he funds will enable them to buy kits for the teams and to cover the entry costs for the competition. They will also use some of the funding to buy a plastics’ granulator machine as part of a project on recycling.
Nicola MacKinnon, principal employability teacher at the school, said: “Our school is Fife's only Scottish Attainment Challenge Secondary, with many of our young people living in our most deprived communities.
“The donation will make a significant impact to our student's STEM capital. The commitment FEP has shown us will help to close the STEM skills gap in the school and we will be able to build capacity in STEM education.
“The money has allowed us to purchase equipment to participate in First Lego Tech Regional Competitions. It also has allowed us to work towards reducing our plastic waste by recycling the plastic in school to be reused in the Technology Department.”
Martin Burrell, Plant Manager at FEP added: “We are always looking to encourage more pupils to consider engineering as a career and we hope these will help with the subjects which promote such careers.
“Who knows, maybe some of these pupils could become our engineers of the future.”