Swimming and Water Safety 2023 – 2024
Children at Henry Whipple Primary School are required to learn how to swim which is a valuable life skill. At Henry Whipple we assess and enhance the children’s levels of water confidence and ensure they are confident to take the plunge. During the summer term, ALL children in years 2 and 6 will attend Southglade Leisure Centre to participate in swimming lessons from qualified instructors.
National Curriculum Requirements
Water safety is a vital life skill, and therefore it is a mandatory part of the curriculum for PE at Henry Whipple Primary School.
All children should be able to swim 25 metres unaided and use a range of strokes effectively by the end of KS2.
In addition, the National Curriculum states that all pupils should be taught to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations by the end of KS2.
Our Aims
By the end of year 2, we hope that ALL children will be able to swim unaided for at least 10 metres. We aim for children to be confident in the water, even when they are out of their depth and develop a range of basic swimming strokes.
By the end of year 6, ALL children should be able to swim unaided for at least 25 metres on their front and their back. Children will have an understanding of water safety and understand safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.