Archive for January, 2010
Open Day at Howell’s school 30th January.
Posted by Jean in Howell's pool, No Category on January 25th, 2010
HI
On Saturday the 30th January Howell’s school are holding an open day.
Expect a build up of traffic at the entrance, where helpers will be directing drivers to the car park within the grounds.
In past years parking has not been a problem on these occasions but when entering the grounds of the school let the helpers know that you are using the pool and you should be able to travel to your normal parking area.
We may have parents visiting the pool while we are there, so please ensure that any non swimming children are sitting with you, and keep push- chairs and baggage clear of the surrounding area.
Saturday the 30th I hope to bring along some Resusci-Annies to introduce the children to water rescue and resuscitation practice. We will us very brief sessions over the next 10 weeks, this will be as addons to swimming classe s, and by the end of the course, a basic understanding will have started to be established. Awards for these learned skills will be presented when the children have reached the standards set.
We have had a good response from the children who say that they are looking forward to the new activities which they should fnd enjoyable
Kind Regards
Jean
Howels pool re opens 16th January
Posted by Jean in No Category on January 15th, 2010
Hi There
Thankfully the grounds at Howell’s school are now accessable with all pool booking back on track and will start tomorrow Saturday the 16th January 2012 –Same time same place! Make sure the children are wrapped up warmly as there still seems to be a considerable wind chill factor.
Remember coaches have moved to new groups –
Richard is taking Class four The Improver/ advanced 6 +
Pat is taking Class Three The improvers stage 4/5
Zoe taking class Two Beginner stage 2/3
Gloria taking class One Beginner stage 1/2
Please note there will be vacancies in some of the classes so feel free to pop in between 10.00 and 11.30 if you are looking for classes for your child
We look forward to welcoming all our parent old and new !
See you there :0)
Jean
Saturday 9th January 2010 –Howels pool closed
Posted by Jean in No Category on January 8th, 2010
Howel’s school had been promised a supply of salt for the grounds but this has been utilised elswhere. The school is open and safe supervision for the school children is supplied; This service however cannot be extended to our members and after inspection by the groundsman, a decision has been made to close the pool to bookings as the ice and snow covering the grounds may be too dangerous for us to access .
Hopefully the ice and snow will all be cleared by next Saturday when we can re start the classes
Kind regards
Jean
Water Dragons. Start up 9th January 2010
Posted by Jean in No Category on January 6th, 2010
Happy New year to one and all. I do hope your Christmas and New Year break went as well as mine.
A new 10 week course will start on January 9th 2010
As usual we start our classes at 10.15 and at 11.00. A place in each of the four ability classes will be given on a first come first served basis on the day. Hopefully the snow will have cleared by then, but as there is the possibility that we may be unable to get to the pool and the conditions appear to be poor, it would be best to phone me on 20 253784 to confirm before 9.30 am on Saturday morning.
New for this year: This will see the introduction of Basic Resuscitation- taught to all ability groups with the exception of the beginners, who are a little too young; The introduction and practice of the skill will be short and brief during most sessions. This is not intended to distrupt the main practices of swimming strokes, but help expand their knowledge further; By the end of the ten weeks we should see that the children will have good understanding of the skills of saving a life.
Any adult wishing to learn the Basics and practice of Resuscitation, are welcome to join in, and if I am free will willing lead you through the practice of saving a life instead of just sitting and watching the children doing all the work :0)
Please note that parents must not talk to the teachers during the lesson but must wait until the class has finished.
However all quiries must come through me, when I will do my best to rectify any problems you may encounter.
We aim to please!!
I look forward to seeing you and your children for this new year.
Kind regards
Jean