All 201 pupils at Raglan Church in Wales Primary School have been presented with free, reuseable water bottles courtesy of an environmentally-friendly local business.

The bottles from Robert Price builders’ merchants, featuring the company’s Bobby the Beaver logo, were distributed to the children at their end-of-week assembly.

It is part of the Robert Price ’Healthy Living for Schools’ scheme, which aims to encourage pupils to lay down firm foundations for a healthier lifestyle.

Teachers will be to encouraging the children to fill up their bottles and drink more water during the school day.

Robert Price marketing manager, Molly Pike said: "It was fantastic to be invited to Raglan Primary School for their end-of-week assembly.

"The children ran the assembly themselves and I was really impressed with their confidence and how eloquently they spoke.

"As a local company, we are delighted to be able to play a part in supporting the school in their efforts to encourage their pupils to lead healthier lifestyles.

"Encouraging the children to drink more water gives pupils a healthy alternative to sugary drinks and hopefully gets them into good habits for later life."

Eve Rowlands, headteacher at Raglan Primary School, said: "We’re really grateful to Robert Price for supporting us with our healthy school initiative.

"It’s so nice to be able to work with local businesses within our community to promote something which will benefit the health of our pupils.

"The children were very excited to receive their new water bottles. We will be reminding them to continually use their bottles and to drink more water."

by Beacon Reporter