Hertfordshire School Wins BMA Competition

A class from St Margaret’s School in Hertfordshire has beat more than 20 other South East and Home County infant schools to win the Bathroom Manufacturers Association’s (BMA) How To Wash competition.

The BMA teamed up with Three Valleys Water as part of its ongoing water efficiency campaigns to teach infants from the water stressed areas about the importance of maintaining hygiene while using water wisely in the bathroom.

As part of the campaign, the BMA and Three Valleys Water ran a colouring competition with a prize for the winning class.

The proud class from St Margaret’s has won garden equipment for the school to create a water efficient garden area the whole school can enjoy. The children will also receive tokens to purchase a book of their choice.

BMA Chief Executive Yvonne Orgill says: ‘It was a tough competition to judge as the number and standard of entries was so high, which is very pleasing.

‘Primary school children across the most water stressed areas of the UK now understand the importance of maintaining hygiene without wasting water. Now they will no doubt pass the message on to their parents!

‘Being water efficient is not about restricting use, but reducing waste. That’s what we wanted to teach them. We believe it’s important to work with primary schools, as by changing behaviour we can make a real difference to the way we use and regard water.'

To enter the competition class teachers had to download the How To Wash pack - supported by the National Home Improvement Council Educational Trust – from the BMA website and teach the contents of the fact sheet to the class using the lesson aid and supplementary notes provided by the BMA.

Each class member then had to colour a line drawing taken from the fact sheet and send it in to the BMA for judging.

The BMA and Three Valleys Water delivered the wheelbarrows, garden tools, pots, plants, seeds and book tokens to St Margaret’s on Friday 6th June 2008.

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