Is swimming certificate compulsory at Sec level ?

[ChiefKiasu]

heutistmeintag:

I suspect it varies from school to school. In my son's sec sch, all sec 1 must go thru swimming lessons to attain bronze. He had bronze already but the school requires him to attain silver. I am not sure what happen to those with gold though...maybe water polo or life guard training. :roll:

Got such thing arh? :? So if got silver then must go for gold? Got gold go for Gold Star? Where does it end?

[mother_teresa]

joconde:

Hi,


I was told by my friends recently that MOE new policy now is at secondary level, every child must have at least a Bronze cert in swimming, otherwise, they will need to undergo compulsory swimming lessons.

My friends also feel it's better to get a cert b4 entering sec sch, as going for swimming lessons at sec 1 will be hectic (need to cope with many subjects) and troublesome (own transport to swimming complex), and may be bad for child's morale esp if most of his classmates need not attend.

Anyone with can verify this info and share experience ?

yes most schools (auto/indep schools may have their own policies) but most of them have their own swim programmes and students are made to take a test to determine their swimming ability before joining the swim program. so do train ur kids when young so that they have confidence in water...no running away from that!

[hockey_blue]

That’s what my daughter (16yo) told me that her school is also coming up with swimming programme. And she thanked me for forcing her to get to "Gold" standard during primary school days. Well, kids are kids, they won’t understand what do we parents mean "for your own good" until one day… they understand.

[hockey_blue]

ChiefKiasu:

heutistmeintag:

I suspect it varies from school to school. In my son's sec sch, all sec 1 must go thru swimming lessons to attain bronze. He had bronze already but the school requires him to attain silver. I am not sure what happen to those with gold though...maybe water polo or life guard training. :roll:

Got such thing arh? :? So if got silver then must go for gold? Got gold go for Gold Star? Where does it end?

perhaps it never ends... government is government... I think they implemented these kind of stuff is to prevent MORE drowning incidents although a handful of those drowned ppl can swim. That's ridiculous.

[NdHelpParent]

hockey_blue:

ChiefKiasu:

[quote=\"heutistmeintag\"]I suspect it varies from school to school. In my son's sec sch, all sec 1 must go thru swimming lessons to attain bronze. He had bronze already but the school requires him to attain silver. I am not sure what happen to those with gold though...maybe water polo or life guard training. :roll:

Got such thing arh? :? So if got silver then must go for gold? Got gold go for Gold Star? Where does it end?

perhaps it never ends... government is government... I think they implemented these kind of stuff is to prevent MORE drowning incidents although a handful of those drowned ppl can swim. That's ridiculous.[/quote]U know what...my yr 2 son has attained a Gold few yrs ago alrdy and still is compulsory for him to go for lesson every Mon ... i wonder why.

[Courage]

NdHelpParent:

hockey_blue:

[quote=\"ChiefKiasu\"]
Got such thing arh? :? So if got silver then must go for gold? Got gold go for Gold Star? Where does it end?

perhaps it never ends... government is government... I think they implemented these kind of stuff is to prevent MORE drowning incidents although a handful of those drowned ppl can swim. That's ridiculous.

U know what...my yr 2 son has attained a Gold few yrs ago alrdy and still is compulsory for him to go for lesson every Mon ... i wonder why.[/quote]My friend showed her girl's swimming certificate to the teacher and she was exempted from the school's 'Learn to Swim\". I remembered she said a 'Bronze' cert will do.

[NdHelpParent]

My son told the teacher but was told that he will b learning some advance stuff…so it’s compulsory…wonder what sort of advance stuff…thot gold cert is sufficient that was why didnt let him continue gold star last time.

[Swimtutor]

Nowadays most pri 3 students need to go for swimming class. Is complusory and they are usually attached 20 student to 1 coach for an hour. And interestingly, some primary school even have triathlon or biathlon for primary 4 onward.


Anyway.. learning to swim is more of water survival and able to save himself when in danger. At least it give most parent a peace of mind when they know their children know how to swim. We never know when we need it and our planet are surrounded with 75% water.

[starlight1968sg]

My girl will be p5 next year in Rulang. She has yet to have any swimming lesson from her school.

[workingmom]

Yes. P3 is good for taking the survival training courses, but too late if you want to train the kid for competitive swimming.[/quote]


Chief,

Is P3 really too late for competitve swimming. My hubby says that all u need is 6 mths training and if the child is good enough…can get up to speed! That was during his time 30 yrs ago - he only started to learn swimming in P1 and by P3 he was swimming for school n club - he was in PA club…famous for their Junie Sng.