Classes move to stream to allow pupils to stay cool

The warm weather has caused disruption to learning for many pupils around the country - but one school has taken it in its stride.

Children at Grasmere Primary School in Cumbria have moved their classes to the local beck, where they have been using the stream for lessons in maths, physics and water safety.

Head teacher Jo Goode said: "Nobody's brain works sitting in a hot classroom, so we take our brains outside and cool them down - and have a lovely time."

Various age groups have been learning different subjects while immersing themselves fully-clothed in the stream.

The older ones moved data collection for a maths project to the outdoors, Goode said.

"They're out there measuring drops from the bridge, the width of the beck and so on, and they're coming up with all sorts of questions to ask each other."

Another class, which was studying forces and air resistance, moved to learning about water resistance.

Goode said: "They're working out how they can place their bodies in the water and make the least water resistance and the most water resistance."

Record temperatures for June were broken twice this week in the UK.

Goode said all the children had been pleased to be able to continue their learning while keeping cool and having fun.

"They will remember these lessons, definitely," she said

While the weather allows, they have also taken the opportunity to learn how to float to live - a potentially life-saving technique.

Goode said: "We're making sure they all know how to be safe in water - it's a really good opportunity to do that.

"We've got deeper pools where we can practise 'float to live', but it's still shallow enough for it to be safe to practise it."

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