Swimming

At The Meadow Primary School, we are fortunate to have a heated swimming pool on our premises. This fantastic facility allows all our children to enjoy swimming lessons during the summer term, providing them with an invaluable opportunity to develop essential water safety skills, improve their physical fitness, and build confidence in a fun and supportive environment.

The National Curriculum States:

Swimming and water safety

All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.

In particular, 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