STA’s Rochdale Swim Academy recently invited year 3 and 4 children from local primary schools in the area to design a new swimming hat for their swimming lessons.

STA’s Louise Raines said: “It was a great way to engage the children and we had lots of entries to judge.”

The winning schools have now had their hats printed and paid for by their local academy leisure centres at Middleton, Rochdale and Heywood.

The competition’s winning designs