Swimming
At St. Augustine’s, every year, we have an amazing opportunity of an on-site swimming pool. All children will take part in intensive swimming lessons, delivered by qualified swimming teachers in order to improve children’s swimming ability and knowledge of water safety.
Swimming Kit
Please ensure for the swimming sessions children bring:
- Girls will need a full swimsuit (no bikinis or 2-piece sets).
- Boys will need swimming trunks or swim shorts that are above the knee.
- A pair of flip flops and a dressing gown to travel around school and to and from the pool outside.
- A towel.
- No goggles
- Long hair needs to be tied up (boys and girls if it is long enough to enter your child’s eyes when wet).
- Swimming cap (boys and girls)
- Jewellery (including earrings) to be removed.
Swimming Data
Please see below for the Swimming Data related to Year 6.
Data from the Year 6 class of 2016/2017
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Number of Children |
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Reached the required standard by the end of Year 6 (National Curriculum Award) |
13 children - 57% |
|
Length Certificate - Swim 25m continuously and in a confident manner |
14 children - 61% |
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Elementary Certificate - Swim 25m continuously in a recognised prone stroke and 25m in a supine stroke. |
7 children - 30% |
|
Proficiency Certificate – Swim continuously for 100m using two different strokes. |
3 children – 13% |
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Can perform safe self-rescue in a range of situations. |
7 children – 30% |
Data from the Year 6 class of 2017/2018
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Number of Children |
|
Reached the required standard by the end of Year 6 (National Curriculum Award) |
19 children - 63% |
|
Length Certificate - Swim 25m continuously and in a confident manner |
19 children - 63% |
|
Elementary Certificate - Swim 25m continuously in a recognised prone stroke and 25m in a supine stroke. |
10 children - 33% |
|
Proficiency Certificate – Swim continuously for 100m using two different strokes. |
3 children – 10% |
|
Can perform safe self-rescue in a range of situations. |
10 children – 33% |
Data from the Year 6 class of 2018/2019
| Reached the required standard by the end of Year 6 to swim 25m, use a range of strokes and perform self-rescue. (National Curriculum Award) | 89% |
Unable to collate data from 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to the pandemic
