To ask what you think to this school new rule?

Oh FFS. Don’t be bloody dramatic.

It probably IS about trying to control all the little darlings whose parents happily encourage them to do that the hell they want. And I agree with them.
who’d want to be a teacher nowadays.

It’s a massive issue in schools nowadays. If it wasn’t, no-one would be bothered. Are you a teacher?
Go in and teach a class of 30 teenagers all sucking on water bottles, spilling water, spraying each other with water, wanting to fill them up, needing the toilet, scrunching the bottles and making noise…
The average lesson is an hour. There is absolutely no problem with expecting a healthy child to wait an hour to have a drink.

You seem determined to make schools out to be evil prisons. The reality is that schools are there to educate children, it’s not a baby sitting service.
Don’t like the rules of that school? Find a different school.

And you believe access to water is the only thing that will enable disruptive kids to disrupt! Disruptive kids will disrupt regardless.

It’s also about educating children. The education of other children is often ruined by trouble makers or those messing around.
Teachers being unable to do their jobs means children’s education suffers.

Let's be honest, the desire to reduce access to water is nothing to do with the health or environment of the child but all to do with making the teachers job easier.

Judging by how many poorly behaved children there are in classes nowadays, who are completely unable to concentrate/sit still/follow instructions, I’m going to go with the theory that maybe constant access to water isn’t the brain boost some people think it is 😅

As I said earlier-we are so lucky that this,frankly, bonkers debate is one we have the luxury of taking part in.
Incidentally, are today’s well hydrated children better at concentrating and healthier than those of 25 years ago?

If its recommending sipping presumably it's in preference to gulping large amounts. I would recommend bottles that have tops on so they don't spill. Many schools insist on equipment put on the desk immediately at the start of the class. I don't need to fiddle with bluetac thanks, and I have a lovely bottle of water on my desk.
Sipping vs. Gulping: HOW you drink may matter more than HOW MUCH https://share.google/8KGlo4SuNfnHMhpwi

I don’t ever remember having water in lessons when I was a child at primary - we just had a drink at breaks and lunch and then when we got home.
so, they’ll have a drink before starting, break at around 10:30 and then lunch at 12:00 and then another break most likely at around 2:15 and then home at 3:15. If this is correct, they’ll go at most 1.5 hours without a drink? Doesn’t seem like a “prison” to me.
Honestly, some kids really take the biscuit with free tying up for water constantly, and then need the toilet every 30 mins. I don’t see why kids need to be stuck to water bottles constantly now.
I would check the truth in what has been said though.

Your link doesn’t say that sipping water is better, it just recommends it. Having a sip or two of water before the start of a lesson is absolutely fine - leave the bottles at the side of the classroom. There’s barely enough room on the desks as it is, spilled water is bloody annoying when it ruins someone’s work and it’s yet another distraction that kids fiddle with. My kids in class don’t have their equipment out until it’s needed - anyone who finds they need something to fiddle with can have a piece of blu tac. Try it, it’s very therapeutic!

People seem to have confused sipping water as dangerous for the kidney. This is only dangerous for those on dialysis. Sipping water is a better way to stay hydrated and is recommended.

Hydration for kidney health | Dehydration and the kidneys share.google/Oa6SHJdtbXQDfwt0Q

So how? Should they schedule a 5 minute drinking time at the start or end of each lesson? And you are assuming that kids are constantly sipping as opposed to having a drink at a regular interval which happens to be during a lesson. So if you remove the bottle does that guarantee those 'fidgeting' won't do it with their pencil case, ruler, pen, hair (pick any item).

But constant sipping has been found to have a negative impact on the kidneys and the general distraction of the water bottles isnt helpful for focus and retention. A good balance is drinks at regular intervals, which makes sense.

But why? It's not about preventing the extreme of dehydration. It's about drinking as and when a person chooses to. It's about good hydration, improved concentration, prevention of kidney, bowel, bladder, continence issues and promoting good healthy habits. It's about autonomy and learning to make good choices. All these benefits are proven by medical knowledge of these conditions. All referred to by Eric and other bowel, kidney charities and medical experts. Yet you seem to think their knowledge, experience and medical qualifications aren't sufficient.

Science supporting the assertion that normally healthy children in the developed word will become dehydrated without constant access to water.

And whats your point in relation to that apparently being a reason not to change or improve treatment of kids because "we did it in my day".

Desperate people do things to survive.
Child labour exists in many countries today for the same reasons. Hunger, desperation, and survival.

But they still did it.

Of course they knew then that sending kids up chimneys was bad for their health. Do you think rich kids were made to do that?! Of course not, it was only the poor and desperate.

Mmm..I guess they didn't think sending kids up chimneys was bad for their health at the time....but they subsequently realised. And my point was in relation to the response of "we didn't in my day" and we need to learn and change.

You are using hyperbolic examples from the past. Sending children up chimneys or putting them in workhouses is obviously barbaric and bad for their health. Denying them constant access to drinks throughout the day is neither.

How is it going 60mins without water?

Science for what?

So you are able to use other methods to ensure good behaviour and allow toilet access - which is exactly as it should be. Therefore we should also be able to use methods that allow kids to drink when they need it without restricting access.

Still no science, by the way!