should I pull dd1 out of school swimming?

[geekgirl]

Dd1 (8, Y4) is a good swimmer and has been doing weekly school swimming for over a year now, with another year to go.
She used to go to council-run lessons before for years and always enjoyed those.

Unfortunately, school swimming seems to have driven all the fun out of swimming lessons for her, and she absolutely loathes them. It's a battle every single Monday morning (really shite timing, they have to be at school for 8:05) and I do feel aggrieved that they have somehow managed to turn swimming lessons from a fun thing to do into an activity that is dreaded and endured.

Dd1 can be a bit lazy at times and is on the slightly podgy side, so TBH a sport needs to be fun for her IMO (talking as someone who was put off exercise for a good 10 years as a result of school sport). She is in the most competent group, and apparently all they do is lane swimming .

If I was to pull her out of school swimming I'd enrol her for council lessons again, so she wouldn't miss out in that respect. On the other hand, I appreciate that swimming is part of the curriculum, and that it is a major thing to pull her out of what is effectively a school lesson.

Any ideas?

I'm afraid i'd still make her go. As you say, it is part of the school curriculum, and there is always going to be something that she doesn't like and I'd be worried she might try and get out of other stuff.

Surley the lesson isn't that long once they have got changed anyway ??

Dd2 has been going this year and was moaning about the short amount of time they actually spend in the pool.

What would you ask the school to do with DD whilst she was not swimming but others were? And who to supervise her, and where?

TBH I would still have her do them, but do the outside lessons as well. It's part of the curriculum and you say yourself that she could do with the exercise as can be a bit lazy.

By doing the outside swim lessons as well she'd be remembering the fun bits as well.

I am afraid I agree. You wouldn't pull her out of Maths lessons if she didn't like them would you?
Perhaps you can talk to the teacher about the fact that she is bored and could they do anything a bit more interesting than lane swimming maybe? Not sure what though ....

I agree about leaving her in the lessons.
Can you offer to go along as a helper and see what actually happens? Maybe then you could talk to her about the sessions and help her to find a way to enjoy them more. If you can't go regularly can you go along on your own one week, maybe after clearing it with the teacher.
Hope things get better soon

DDs school and out of school lessons are lane swimming, nothing else. Only the last day do they spend 15 mins with floats and hosing them down and things.

thanks, I think you've confirmed what I am thinking really - she'll have to put up with it...

If she was to not do it, she would be supervised because they have mixed classes anyway, so not all of her class goes swimming. I can't help out at swimming because I don't have anyone who can look after dd2 & ds.

But you're right, I can't just pull her out of a school lesson just because she doesn't like it. It probably would be maths next that she starts complaining about!