Swimming and the national curriculum

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Swimming and water safety is a statutory element of the national curriculum for physical education in England. This means that every child should leave primary school with the skills to keep themselves safe while enjoying swimming.

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At Wickhambreaux all children in Key stage 1 participate in swimming lessons and water safety lessons delivered by qualified instructors to enable them to develop the following skills:

• Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.

• Use a range of strokes effectively, for example, front crawl, back stroke and breast stroke.

• Perform safe self-rescue in water based situations.

 

Wickhambreaux School give children the opportunity to continue with swimming lessons  to develop required ability where appropriate.