Swimming Lessons at West Craven Leisure Centre 2025-2026

Dear Parent / Carer,

This academic year, your child will be having swimming lessons! We are very excited about this and I’m sure the children will be too.
Swimming lessons are an important part of your child’s continuous learning throughout their school life. It is compulsory that your child participates in the swimming lessons in order to improve their confidence in the water and help give your child essential water safety survival skills. Swimming is also a statutory requirement of the National Curriculum, so your child will be expected to swim each week, unless it is for a valid reason.

• Each Facility has been individually Risk Assessed
• Additional signage has been displayed throughout the facility
• Additional hand sanitization stations have been placed at key points throughout the building
• Chlorine levels have been increased in line with Pool Water Treatment Advisory Groups  Recommendations
• PH of the pool has been reduced in line with Pool Water Treatment Advisory Groups Recommendations
• Mechanical Ventilation has been increased to maximum
• Maximum numbers displayed in key areas of the facility
• Disinfection of all Water Tanks Following and legionella Recommissioning following lockdown of facilities

We will be walking to and from the leisure centre, so please ensure your child has a coat in school.

During this swimming lesson block, your child will learn a range of different swimming techniques and lifesaving skills, as well as gaining confidence in the water to give them the maximum opportunity to achieve the National Curriculum swimming standards by the time they have finished Year 6.

Appropriate swimming kit:-

Boys:

• Swimming trunks or cycling shorts
• Towel
• Swimming cap (optional)

Girls:

• Swimming costume (NOT bikini)
• Swimming cap (optional)
• Towel

GOGGLES – Swimming goggles, including those with ophthalmic prescription lenses, may be worn at the wearers own risk.