As my car is now extinct, I got the train to Ashford then was picked up, we dropped back to Craigs house to prep for the day as the school had contacted him and asked if we could do today's lesson in two groups as 12 of them had a drama production to attend, so after checking and packing the kit we left for the first group of 12 and we're ready for them by lunchtime.
The class went very well, teaching the kids how to make a basic water filter using a plastic bottle, cotton wool, coffee filter, charcoal and gravel (we were going to add sand as well but found it discoloured the water).
After the lunchtime club we went into town for our lunch then came back an did Safeguarding Children Training with the deputy head, this was something I had done previously but it's always good to update as although their is a standardisation with this training their is also individual adaptations for the environment such as in this case a whole section for external teachers within the school.
We then did the second half of the club with the remaining children, this also went well, and over the lessons we were able to explain about waterborne diseases etc, and describe other ways to make water safe, also the importance of hydration and dangers of dehydration.
To demonstrate dirty water we used tap water with some twigs in and added glitter this demonstrated very well as when the water had drained through we were able to take the filters apart and look at the glitter and how far it got through.
The only issue with the glitter thing is that glitter is EVIL and I look like a disco queen and probably will for days after.
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