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ANNUAL REPORT ON SWIMMING INSTRUCTION EN THE
SCHOOLS. SEASON 1931.
The swimming season opened on the 4th May and provided
for 48 classes per week, 28 for boys and 20 for girls. Of these, 45
classes were held in school hours, whilst one boys' class and two
girls' classes were held in periods immediately following morning
or afternoon school. All the instruction was given by the teaching
staff of the schools concerned.
The time table was somewhat disturbed by the incidence
of promotions at the commencement of the school year in August,
but certain of the times were re-distributed and provision made for
the newly promoted scholars to continue instructions in their new
schools for the period from the summer vacation to the closing
of the season on the 30th September.
As in previous years, one small class of boys is continuing
to attend the Baths during the winter months for instruction and
practice in life-saving.
The Acton Education Committee award certificales to boys
and girls who can swim 25 yards down the length of the bath without
interruption, pause or rest, and Acton scholars also compete
for the certificates of the London Schools Swimming Association as
under:—
Swimming:
1st class, 100 yards (conditions as for the Acton (certificate.)
2nd class, 50 yards
Life Saving:
Elementary and Advanced.
There are in the schools at the present time 723 scholars
(393 boys and 330 girls) who can swim, and of these, 315 boys and
205 girls have learned to swim during the 1931 season.
The following is a statistical return relating to the season's
work:—