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6.2

What can we do?

IDEAS

Count your flushes! Pupils are requested to monitor the number of times the toilets are flushed in a day. Investigate how many litres of water
are in each flush and work out the amount used in a school day.

Investigate ways to save water. Has your school got any water saving devices? (e.g. water butts, hippo bags). Work out how much water these
items are helping you save.

Ask pupils to think of all the ways they use water each day. Create a water diary to be filled in for a week. This could include indirect uses (bottled
drinks, food, manufacturing processes) as well as direct uses (washing, flushing toilets and so on). The amount they use may surprise them.

Pupils can be challenged to think and write about life where water is a scarce resource, perhaps as part of a comparative study with another
country. Your school could link your Day of Action to global organisations such as Water Aid or Toilet Twinning.

If your school has a pond, investigate the creatures in it. If your school hasn’t got a pond research how to make one and the benefits it brings to
nature.

Does your school flood or have large areas of surface water at times of heavy rain? Research ways of collecting or redistributing this rain –
could you increase the areas of grass, plant more trees, install water butts or create extra planters?

Ask pupils to think of ways they will be able to conserve water at school and at home. Create a top tip fact sheet and tell the school and wider
community about it.

Collect water conserving pledges – be creative and write them on a water drop template to create a collage.

Ask pupils learning about the water cycle to create a presentation and share the information during your Water Day of Action.