How long should you do swimming in ks2?

[york67]

Ds is in year 3 and was supossed to start swimming today but it was cancelled. Going is also subject to weather as they go to an outdoor pool.
How many lessons is preferable in year 3?
Thank you

Dd did swimming for 1 term - so 11 weeks or so - in Year 3. She will do the same in Year 4. But she also goes to swimming lessons every week, and we take her for fun swims at weekends/in holidays. Don't think it is the school's responsibility to teach children to swim!

DD's school gives lessons in terms 1, 5 and 6 (they only heat the pool in the warmer months) for years R to 4 - 2 lessons each week in YrR and 1 per week in Yrs 1-4. These lessons are in the school pool with their own teacher. Years 5 and 6 go to a bigger pool on the coach and have a specialist teacher, also 1 lesson per week but I'm not sure if that is the same terms or all year round. State primary school - the school pool was built and ongoing costs are funded by the PTA.

dd's Y3 class swim once a week for half a term, every term this year.

Y4 do the same, and I think Y5 and 6 too.

So only half a year per year, iyswim. That said, we are very lucky that the local (well heeled) boys' public school lets us use their state of the art pool, and instructor

Elibean - millions of years ago the primary school I was at had a big fundraising drive for years to fund a swimming pool as we were miles from the nearest one. Imagine our excitement when it was finally finished!

I still remember getting in and swimming across - to rip the skin off both knees (breaststroke) as the pool was soooooooooo shallow (admittedly I am v tall) that my knees couldn't clear the bottom of the pool........

So PTA funded pools not always great, really!

Round here it varies now for swimming - some schools only ever take the children who can't swim. At my DC's school they get 10 lessons a year during Years 3 & 4.

Five x 1 hr sessions in Y3 and again in Y4. Free, but fairly pointless for the majority of the children.