Swimming
SWIMMING AT ROBIN HOOD
At Robin Hood, Year 5 pupils go swimming once every week for the whole year. Swimming lessons take place at Rothwell Leisure Centre and last 30 minutes. The children are taught by a mixture of the Leisure Centre staff and also Robin Hood Primary School staff (all are qualified swimming teachers).
The National Curriculum requirement for all children leaving Year 6 is to:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Children who have not met the National Curriculum requirement at the end of Year 5 attend intensive top up lessons in Year 6.
2019 / 2020 Cohort Swimming Data
- Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres = 86% of our pupils
- Use a range of strokes effectively = 80% of our pupils
- Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations = 97% of our pupils
2018/19 Cohort Swimming Data
- Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres = 89% of our pupils
- Use a range of strokes effectively = 89% of our pupils
- Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations = 100% of our pupils
2017/18 Cohort Swimming Data
- Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres = 84% of our pupils
- Use a range of strokes effectively = 84% of our pupils
- Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations = 80% of our pupils
Additional Swimming Guidelines:
From 2017, the national curriculum requirement is for children at the end of KS2 to be able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, using at least two recognised strokes effectively as well as performing safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Below is an example of how children’s swimming attainment will be reported at the end of the year 4. Pupils in year 6 who are still unable to swim 25m with effective stoke technique will be offered top-up swimming lessons.
Below are some examples of effective stroke techniques to be used by the end of KS2:
