Article: Playground experiments pave way for Rainey pupils' success

TWO pupils from a school in Co Londonderry could influence how roads are designed in the future thanks to experiments in their school playground.

Students from Rainey Endowed in Magherafelt carried out experiments on their school's playground and car park, built using Hydropave, a permeable paving system designed by paving and walling specialist Tobermore.

Sixth form pupils Ross Campbell and Joshua Smith made a presentation about their experiments to the Paveworld Conference in Argentina last month.

Professor John Knapton, conference chairman and world authority on sustainable drainage systems, said their presentation "will live long in the memory".

Professor Knapton has monitored the Rainey ...

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