NI Water’s Travelling Classroom Rolls into St Patrick’s Primary School Legamaddy

Pupils from St Patrick’s PS Legamaddy beside the NI Water waterbus.[/caption] During the visit, the children were introduced to H₂0, a water drop figure and mascot for the programme to help them learn about water and to understand the importance of water conservation. The children also learnt what should and should not be put down the toilet through a ‘bag it and bin it’ activity, what NI Water does to clean the water and how sewage is treated. NI Water’s Environmental Education Manager, Jane Jackson said: ‘‘NI Water places great importance on educating young people in the vital role water plays in our lives.  The Waterbus is a fun and interactive way for children to learn about the water cycle, why water is essential for good health and how they can help to conserve this precious resource. “The Waterbus is very popular with schools and is booked up until 2015! We are delighted with requests from schools to return year on year as it highlights the value of the programme to today’s pupils and our future generation of water users.” The programme is aimed at Key Stage 2 and designed to complement a key element of the Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum – the ‘World Around Us’. A teachers’ learning pack, with further classroom activities is available to download from www.niwater.com/education.]]>