In Weeks 5 and 6 (9th November to 20th November) of Term 4, students in Year 1 and 2 will be participating in swimming lessons at Scarborough Pool.
Attached to this communication is an enrolment form that parents are asked to fill in as accurately as possible (please complete one form for each child). Please consider this a starting point for the swimming teachers – more precise grading will occur on day one and two of lessons. Could you please hand these in to your child’s classroom teacher by Monday the 2nd of November. We will also send a hard copy home with the students.
Details of swimming lessons are as follows:
What to bring
- Bathers- school bathers preferred, but if school bathers not available then please ensure girls have one-piece bathers and boys have speedos or jammers (knee-length racing bathers)
- Rashies- in the interests of keeping our students safe from the harmful effects of the sun, all children must also wear a rashie over their swimming bathers. Sunscreen will of course be available, however, parents are strongly advised to send their child to school with sunscreen already on.
- Goggles- these are actually essential and will make your child’s experience of swimming in a chlorinated pool far more pleasant!
- Towel and thongs.
- Dry underwear!
Bus travel
- Students will be travelling to and from Scarborough Swimming Pool by bus. Students in Years 1 and 2 will be departing school at around 10:00am and will return to school by approximately 11:30am. Lessons run from 10:30am to 11:10am.
Changing – before and after
- It is recommended that students wear their bathers underneath their school uniform when they come to school in the morning. Please ensure students have dry underwear, socks, etc. so that they do not have to stay in wet bathers for the rest of the day!
- As students will get changed back at school, NOT in swimming pool change rooms, it might also be a good idea to bring an extra warm jumper, or equivalent, for the bus trip back.
- We hope your child enjoys two weeks of swimming in this beautiful Spring weather!
The final day of swimming lessons, Friday the 20th of November, will be a games day. Currently, we are finalising details of this with Scarborough Pool. We will send further information out once all details are locked in.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Enrolment Form
Alex Paljetak
Assistant Principal/ Physed Teacher