EAGER apprentices installed a water feature at a primary school to celebrate women in engineering.

Female Sellafield staff decided to mark Women in Engineering day by giving something back to the local community.

They used their skills to engineer a water feature and create murals in Lowca Community School's gardens and playground.

"The school asked for something that they could show the children to teach them about flow, pressure, forces and engineering – essentially to show how fun engineering can be," said Hannah McKain, a second year electrical and instrumentation apprentice.

"I designed the feature, it was difficult at first because we were not sure if it would work. But after discussing the idea with the mechanical tutors we came up with a solution so the design was adapted and the water feature would work."

She added: "We were all very pleased to see the feature installed and running; it was nice that the children were really excited to see it working and the teachers seemed really pleased with it too."

Women in Engineering day is dedicated to raising the profile and celebrating the achievements of women.

It was set up in 2014 by the Women's Engineering Society to celebrate its 95th anniversary and encourages girls to enter engineering.

And Hannah said: "Getting out into local schools during Women in Engineering day is a great opportunity to show younger children that girls can enjoy engineering and be really good at it.

"It is perceived as a really 'male' thing to do but I find it great fun and think it opens up lots of career opportunities."

"We are proud to be able to put something back into the local community where we live and work, and it was a great learning opportunity for the team."