Swimming
Higher Bebington Junior School
Swimming
Information for Parents
We provide swimming instruction in Key Stage 2 to our children in Years 4 and 5. Additional swimming lessons are then provided in Year 6 to those children who have not met the National Curriculum standard in the previous years. We do this because we recognise that swimming is an important life skill and we want all children to be confident and safe in the water.
The National Curriculum requirements for swimming states that pupils should be taught to:
swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Lesson Organisation
Our lessons are provided by Edsential and delivered at the Oval Leisure Centre. All children must have either swimming trunks or wear a one-piece swim suit which fully covers the stomach area. The pool instructors will prevent children from swimming if they do not have the correct swimwear.
