Swimming & Water Safety
We're taking swimming seriously at The Tapscott Learning Trust.
All of our schools are members of the Swim England School Swimming and Water Safety Charter and we are committed to providing high quality school swimming and water safety instruction that covers the national curriculum requirements.
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.
Swim England webinar
Below you will find a link to a recording of a webinar delivered by Swim England looking at school swimming and the water safety charter.
Support Teacher and Teacher of School Swimming
This blended learning course will allow you to complete the theoretical elements of your qualification online through interactive activities.
We will then arrange your practical training day once the leisure centres have reopened. Your practical poolside learning will include teaching school swimming lessons, so you can gain practical experience.
We run courses at leisure centres and schools across England so you can be assured you will never have to travel too far, to complete your qualification.
Who is the course designed for?
This training programme has been specially developed to help school teachers, HLTA, volunteers in a school and PGCE students gain the right skills and knowledge to deliver quality school swimming lessons to meet national curriculum requirements.
This programme will help you to understand:
- How to Identify activities that will positively impact students learning
- Engage with pupils, helping them to progress
- Key Stages 1 and 2 programmes of study
- Health and safety considerations of organising and delivering a school swimming programme
- How swimming and water safety can be delivered to meet school swimming outcomes
Prerequisites
You must be at least 18 years of age.
Water Safety Virtual Lessons
Below are three water safety lessons that can be watched at home or in class.
Click on the picture to begin each lesson...
Water Safety Session 1: Outdoor Water Safety
Water Safety Session 2: The water safety flags and signs
Water Safety Session 3: Planning a trip to the coast or lake
