Swimming and Water Safety

We provide swimming instruction in Key Stage 2. The National Curriculum requirement is for pupils to be able to: swim competently, confidently, and proficiently over a distance of at least 25m; use a range of strokes effectively; perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

2019 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 93.3% (28/30 pupils) 

2020 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 92% (23/26 pupils) 

2021 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 90% (27/30 pupils) 

2022 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 73% (22/30 pupils) 

2023 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 70% (21/30 pupils)

2024 % of Y6 pupils who met the NC swimming requirements = 67% (20/30 pupils)

Achieving 60 Active Minutes

Government Guidance says that:

• Children and young people should engage in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity for an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the week. This can include all forms of activity such as physical education, active travel, after-school activities, play and sports.

• Children and young people should engage in a variety of types and intensities of physical activity across the week to develop movement skills, muscular fitness, and bone strength.

• Children and young people should aim to minimise the amount of time spent being sedentary, and when physically possible should break up long periods of not moving with at least light physical activity.

At St. John's we support the children in achieving this by:

- 15 minute morning and afternoon break time - During these break times the children have access to the MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area), football goals, Trim Trail, Concrete Playground, Path, Field (in dry weather) and Playground Pals games delivered by Year 5 children. All these activities are placed on a rota. 

- Active Lunch Time - During lunch times the children have access to the Concrete Playground, Path, Field (in dry weather), Fleetwood Town come and deliver sessions on the MUGA, Bollywood Club, sporting equipment trolley. All these activities are placed on a rota. 

- After School Curricular Sporting Activities - e.g. dance, netball, football

- Competitions and Sporting Opportunities - e.g. football league, netball league, dance competition, tag rugby competitions 

- 2 hours of P.E. taught during curriculum time each week

- Active Mile - Classes attempt to achieve as many times during the week as they can the active mile (7 laps of the path) or get out onto the path for 10 minutes.