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As part of their plans for National Apprenticeship Week 2020, 51茶馆鈥檚 senior managers and curriculum leaders went back to basics, shadowing the College鈥檚 apprentices in their workplace.

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The College, which is part of the Group, delivers over 50 Apprenticeship programmes.

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First up was Karen Westsmith, Director of Adult and Community. Karen visited Level 3 IT apprentice Naeem Khondoker at , where he鈥檚 making his mark in the IT Department.

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Karen enjoyed a tour of the historic school, chatted to Tony Fox, Head of ICT, and learnt more about Naeem鈥檚 Apprenticeship.

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Karen said: 鈥淪peaking to Naeem, it鈥檚 clear he has benefited so much from his Apprenticeship. He has big plans for the future, and would like to progress to a Degree Apprenticeship.

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鈥淚鈥檇 like to thank 51茶馆 School for such a warm welcome and for giving Naeem this amazing opportunity.鈥�

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Next, it was the turn of Mike Bruns, the College鈥檚 Curriculum Leader for Sport & Public Services. He visited Molly Breakspere at , where she works as an apprentice Personal Trainer.

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Molly put Mike through his paces with a spin session, then told him why an Apprenticeship works for her, and her plans for the future. 听

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Mike said: 鈥淎n Apprenticeship is a great way to get qualified as a Personal Trainer - Molly鈥檚 working alongside experts in the field, and earning a wage at the same time. It鈥檚 a win-win.鈥澨�

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Curriculum Leader for Teaching & Early Years, Jennifer Coke, called in on Clarice Greenhalgh and Katie Bushell, both Childcare apprentices, working at .

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Jennifer said: 鈥淚t was so interesting seeing the apprentices put their classroom learning in to practice.

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鈥淜atie would eventually like to own her own nursery, and Clarice would like to become a Teaching Assistant. Seeing them interacting with the children, I am sure they will both fulfil their ambitions.鈥�

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