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Message in a bottle to pupils.

Brain power in Kirklees schools is receiving a boost this week, thanks to bottled water.

Pupils are having their appetites "wet" before they sit key stage national tests and GCSEs.

A pioneering initiative by Kirklees Education Authority has seen 120,000 free bottles of water handed out to primary and secondary pupils.

Each bottle carries a label supporting the council's "Together We'll Succeed" campaign and features an image of a girl on a trampoline trampoline

Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline.
 with the words "Believe" written across her T-shirt.

Medical research shows that staying hydrated hy·drat·ed  
adj.
Chemically combined with water, especially existing in the form of a hydrate.

Adj. 1. hydrated - containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)
hydrous
 improves your concentration by making people feel more alert.

Caroline Gruen, head of learning for Kirklees LEA LEA League
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 said: "Giving pupils access to refreshing bottled water in the exam hall is a key element of the campaign. The fact that water is also healthier makes it a winner all year round."
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Title Annotation:Education
Publication:Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Date:May 12, 2006
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