- onlinecalendar view - onlinecalendar subscribe (mac users)Please don’t forget that local Swimming Pools (this may not include London Fields Lido so check beforehand)will have FREE sessions for all under 18’s during the half term holiday. Please check with swimming pools for times of free sessions. Information is also available on www.gll.org/freeswimming
Grasmere won a very close Hackney Swimming Gala by 4 points. Betty Laywood were second and Gayhurst third. It was a great day and a great atmosphere with lots of great swimming from every school. See the pics here
Grasmere boys and girls also won the Boys/Girls competitions.
Grasmere came second in Tuesday’s Hackney Primary School Swimming Gala selection rounds. Well done to the whole team who represented the school fantastically! Grasmere will now go through to the finals on June 3rd.
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The Swimming Gala at Clissold leisure Centre will be held on Tuesday 21 April. The team is still to be decided. If you feel that your child needs more experience of swimming or is a good swimmer who has not yet been recognised please speak to Ian.
As you may know all children from Reception to Year 6 go swimming during the course of the school year at Clissold Leisure Centre. However, there are more opportunities for your children to learn how to swim, improve their skills, learn 4 different strokes and ultimately swim against other clubs.
By joining Clissold Swimming Club your child will have the opportunity to be trained by excellent and inspirational coaches in Hackney. There they will learn to swim gain the confidence to enter competition, play waterpolo and maybe one day swim the channel as four ex-Grasmere children did with the club this year.
If you would like further information about this please speak with Ian or Greg McNeill or visit www.clissoldswimmingclub.org.uk
We are pleased to announce that from January Grasmere will be using the Clissold Leisure Centre again for swimming lessons. This is good news for us as not only does it mean we can cut down on unnecessary travel time (which cuts into learning opportunities for children) but also offer swimming on the curriculum to more year groups.
From January the following year groups will be going swimming Year 4 and 6 on Thursday mornings (until half term) and Year 2 on Thursday afternoon. Sessions will start Thursday 10th January 2008.
Please remember that these lessons are to teach your child vital survival skills as swimming is a life-skill that will enrich their whole lives. Your children will not fall in a pool, lake or canal wearing goggles and will need to have the presence of mind to get themselves to safety. They will inform you that their eyeballs will pop out if they wear goggles so read this before supporting their pleas to wear goggles.
Well done to Max, Tom and James who will be representing Hackney in the swimming event at the London Mini Youth Games this summer.
The Grasmere Swim Team finished one point behind Rushmore who are this year’s Hackney swimming champions. Grasmere swimmers were brilliant with almost everyone ’swimming up’ at least a year and having a great time into the bargain. We were undone when our disqualification was, rightly, demanded in one event by another school, congratulations to Rushmore. Children from Grasmere and all the schools were great competitors with outstanding performances from every swimmer and everyone had a great time at what was a wonderful event - we will be back!
Grasmere competitors were Alice Bedford, Matilda Cornwall-Jones, Alex Peters, Callum Poland-Smith, Riley Bowden, Lily Ashton, Tom Patel, Hannah Miller-Brunton, James Kinch and Millie McNeill.
With Alice, Matilda (both two-times winners) and Alex leaving we will be looking to our year fives this year to deliver the goods next year.
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Last term local swimmer Elaine Barrett presented members of the Grasmere Swimming Team with awards.
Last week in the Para-Olympics Elaine won the 100 Metre gold medal in Athens. Congratulations Elaine
Year 5 and 6 will start swimming lessons from Thursday 16th September. Please note that boys will be required to wear swimming trunks and not shorts as previously allowed.
A letter detailing all of the information for swimming will be sent out shortly.
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For the second year running Grasmere primary school are the holders of the Hackney Swimming Shield. In a tough event with a lot of new swimmers the team fought off tough opposition from arch rivals Rushmore to retain the shield. Everyone did a great job. Special mentions to Joe, Katherine, Rowan, Alex and Abigail who are leaving for secondary and to Millie McNeill, Max Orange and James Kinch the youngest members of the team. At Friday’s assembly Hackney’s own swimming Olympian Elaine Barrett gave out the team medals.
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A team from Grasmere will be competing at James Allen’s Prep School in Dulwich in the divisional heat of the UK Primary Schools swimming competition. All swimmers should have had their info. Minibus will leave the school at 15:00 and we hope to have everyone home just after 20:00. If you have any questions speak to Greg via the school office.
After delays dealing with the management at the leisure centre to get permission to start and waiting for the boilers to be fixed and get the water temperature back up we had our first session at the pool this morning. One thing for parents to remember is that with goggles you get what you pay for. Speedo, Win and Nike are among the best with the best bands and buckles and are cheaper in sports shops than they are at a leisure-centre. Be sure to ask for junior goggles if your child has a small head and try to get goggles made with as much soft rubber as possible in case of collisions. Thanks. Greg
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We are looking for children to join the Grasmere Primary School Swimming Team which will be made up from 4 children from each class from Year 2 to Year 6.
Training sessions take place at the Clissold Leisure Centre from 7.15 to 8.15 every Thursday Morning. Following the training session children can eat a packed breakfast and then will be walked to school for a 9.00 start. <more….>
Please see Greg McNeill for more details or pass details of interest to Liz or Patsy in the School Office.
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Junior Swimming classes begin from next week. All children will need to bring a swimming costume, towel and swimming hat. Please note the following days for swimming.
Year 3 Tuesday Afternoons
Year 4 Monday Afternoons
Year 5 Tuesday Afternoons
Year 6 Wednesday Afternoons
