Spinlock recently hosted 75 pupils from Lanesend Primary School at their production site on Three Gates Road in Cowes, as part of the school’s term topic, ‘Made on the Isle of Wight’.
The children followed the flow of materials from stores and components, kitting and assembly, quality control and packaging through to despatch. They met the Spinlock team who answered the children’s questions about the products, the company, their roles and where Spinlock’s finished products are shipped to. The children also got to see the products being made, including a lifejacket and a rope clutch.
Caroline Senior, Spinlock Operations Director said:
“Spinlock are keen to support local schools and community groups and we enjoyed being able to show off the facility and the processes we have in place to be able to produce and ship over 300,000 products worldwide every year.”
During the visit each pupil received a Spinlock Junior Adventurers Handbook containing further information about Spinlock, a quiz and design challenges to complete when back at school. James Hall, Spinlock Sales & Marketing Manager and Ash Holmes, Technical Sales, also gave a presentations and demonstrations to Key Stage 2 pupils at Lanesend Primary School.
Lanesend pupil Emma Rice, 9, said:
“It was fun to learn about how you can assemble pieces of metal to make different things. I have walked past this building but didn’t know what they did. I can’t believe our small Island has a business that sells all over the world”
Lanesend Headteacher Caroline Sice said:
“Many of our children pass Spinlock everyday and had no idea what inventive and fabulous things are made inside. The children thoroughly enjoyed the visits both to school and the factory. They were engaged and really interested, asking questions and being amazed with the answers. It is really important our children learn about where they live, but also be inspired by the possibilities of different careers and job opportunities on the Island.”
Chris Hill, Spinlock CEO, added:
“It is a great opportunity for the children to see an Isle of Wight manufacturing company in action, where we design and produce our own products and to see all the different activities required in the process. The team enjoyed the visit as much as the children and we look forward to offering this to other local schools again in the future.”
