Acquatics - primary school

thesimpsons

can someone pls give me true story on school swimming - is it compulsory by the Dept of Ed or is it a school thats making it compulsory. some schools don't do it at all and some schools insist it has to be done - at cost to parents.

I'm not in any way seeking advice or words on why they should or shouldn't do it, great exercise, bla bla, just want to understand the curriculum on it.

If parents can't afford to pay and girls have periods, why should they and their parents be subjected to constant harrassement from the school.

In saying all of the above I should confirm that my kids can all swim lengths of pools no problem so I'm not just looking for excuses to get them out of it. I'm on P/A and BOM of school and constantly being asked for the "true" story.

pooch90

Aquatics is a strand in the PE curriculum. However not all strand units relate to the ability to swim or doing it practically. The curriculum is available Online for you to check. Some schools go swimming,some don't. You can do the theory part of the subject and leave it at that. It's being scrapped in my school after this year as only half of students are going.


http://www.curriculumonline.ie/en/Primary_School_Curriculum/Physical_Education/Physical_Education_Curriculum/Aquatics_for_infant_to_sixth_classes/

See here for details of aquatics strand.

thesimpsons

thanks for that. I'd found a much smaller (ie one sentance version) when I search for curriculum on line (same web site as you linked me to but I didn't see the extra details).