Water and it's part in learning

Schools are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of frequent intake of water to enhance learning and many schools now have formal school hydration policies

Mental performance can fall by 10% when your pupils are thirsty and it will also add to tiredness, headaches and irritability. Having water readily available to children links well with learning programmes as well as promoting healthy lifestyles in your school. Frequent small intakes of water are better for learning than limiting drinks to breaks and lunchtimes, with children needing to drink a total 8 glasses of water during the day.

The importance of water on brain activity

Brain Hydration

By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.

Your brain is made up of 60% water and many of us may not be drinking enough of the clear wet stuff to keep our thinking “juicy”.

Not drinking enough water has detrimental effects on our brains. When your body lacks water, brain cells and other neurons shrink and biochemical processes involved in cellular communication slow. A drop of as little as 1 to 2% of fluid levels can result in slower processing speeds, impaired short-term memory, tweaked visual tracking and deficits in attention.

Legionaires disease Newbury

Family to make formal complaint after wrong diagnosis kept her from hospital

A WOMAN died from Legionnaires’ disease after her symptoms were mistaken for swine flu, the Newbury Weekly News can reveal.

Carol Rowe, of Thatcham, died on Sunday, August 2, aged 46.

B&Q -Permutit

B&Q, along with Tesco seem bent on ruling the world, they just seem to want to get in on anything they can!! I don't suppose it will be long before you can wheel out your very own flat pack coffin, well they do seem to want a piece of every part of our lives.

Enough rambling!