Access to Water
Hydration is particularly important for children as they have higher water requirements in relation to their body weight than adults.
Children don’t always recognise the early stages of thirst, which can make them particularly vulnerable to becoming dehydrated, especially during times that can drive up their body fluid losses, for example when they are playing sport or during warm weather.
All children have access to drinking water during lessons, when having their lunch and at morning and after school clubs. As a school we encourage drinking water and staff members’ role model drinking water and keeping hydrated as one way to help keep healthy.
