Largest hand hygiene lesson (multiple venues)

- Who
- Germ's Journey
- What
- 4,492 people
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- 15 October 2024
The largest hand hygiene lesson (multiple venues) consisted of 4,492 participants and was achieved by Germ’s Journey (UK) in schools across the United Kingdom, on 15 October 2024.
Germ’s Journey’s aim was to raise awareness and encourage correct hand-hygiene to prevent illness for as many children as possible across the UK. Germ's Journey develops hand-hygiene educational resources, free-at-the-point-of-access, for children all around the world.
The lesson lasted 40-minutes and took place on Global Handwashing Day. The 'Germ Busting Washathon' was lead by Professor of Microbiology Katie Laird, Professor of Education innovation Sarah Younie, and Dr. Sapphire Crosby, all faculty at De Montfort University. Primary school students across the UK took part.
The schools that participated were:
Abbey CE VA School, St Albans
Abbey Village Primary School, Chorley
All Souls Catholic Primary School
Anstey Junior School
Ashton-under-Hill First School
Barton Clough Primary School
Belmont School
Beulah Junior School
Bo'ness primary school
Brading CE Primary
Bransgore CE Primary School
Breamore Primary School
Broadheath Primary School
Brook Primary School
Bryn Offa CE Primary School
Catshill First School and Nursery
Chandlers Ford Infants School
Cobden Primary School
Colley Lane Primary Academy
Cossington CE Primary School
Crookham C of E Infant School
Fossebrook Primary School
Holy Redeemer RC Primary School
Houghton on the Hill Primary School
Hugo Meynell Primary School
John Keble C of E Primary School
Kinnerley Primary School
Lime Tree Primary Academy
Medway Community primary school
Meriden Primary School
Micheldever C of E Primary School
Moss Park Primary School
Pendock CE Primary School
Perton First School
Peters Hill Primary
Quarry Bank Primary
Quarry Hill Academy
Queensmead Primary
Rednal Hill Infant School
RGS Springfield
Saint Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Salford Priors CofE Academy
Sandfield Close Primary School
Shaftesbury Junior School
Shifnal Primary School
Sketchley Hill Primary School
Slater Primary School
Spinney Hill Primary School
St Alban's Catholic Primary School
St Joseph’s Catholic Preschool
St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Mary's CE Primary School
St Mary's Evesham
St Matthew's CE Primary School
St Peter's School
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
St. Edward's CE Primary School
St. Paul's Church of England Primary School
St. Peter's Droitwich C of E Academy
Stafford Leys Primary School
The Orchards School
The Phoenix Learning Centre
Walmley Junior School
Weeth CP School
Wyvern Primary School