Project activities and results

Through the use of digital technologies, the Waterschool project aims to create a range of innovative, open educational resources that support schools and teachers in communicating messages relating to the importance of drinking water.

The main outcome of the project is the creation of an online learning course that advises users on the appropriate use of tap water in schools and early years settings. As a result of the Erasmus+ Waterschool project, the basic steps of implementing tap water drinking in schools and early years settings will be developed on an EU level, within each of the partner countries.

Project results:

• A set of guidelines and didactic concepts for the Waterschool project.
  • Guidelines (English)
  • Guidelines (German)
  • Guidelines (Czech)
  • Guidelines (Slovenian)
  • Guidelines (Bulgarian)
  • Guidelines (Italian)
• Survey "Drinking behavior, water quality and access to water in partner countries schools"
  • Survey (English)
  • Survey (German)
  • Survey (Czech)
  • Survey (Slovenian)
  • Survey (Bulgarian)
  • Survey (Italian)
• A Waterschool online portal with various resources, good practise examples, and a news-section with up to date research and regulations.
• An English pilot WATERSCHOOL e-learning course.
• National versions of the Waterschool e-learning course, adapted for all partner countries and languages. All materials will be evaluated during a testing phase.
• Dissemination workshops with stakeholders in all partner countries
• International Networking

Target groups

This website will give teachers access to learning resources, as well as providing networking opportunities on a national and international level.

• School authorities will be able to get specific advice on the steps required to establish their schools as Waterschools.
• Local Authorities are provided with best practice examples that will allow them to start thinking about how plastic waste can be minimised in schools, how health can be improved through drinking tap water and how they can work together with water suppliers to improve access to tap water.
• Water suppliers benefit from best practice examples that demonstrate the work that other suppliers have done with schools and pupils. Advice on how suppliers can support Waterschool initiatives, while also taking the messages beyond schools to the wider public, is also offered.