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The Times reports: Children should be encouraged to enjoy “wild” swimming in rivers, lakes and reservoirs to learn about risk, according to an education expert. Sandra Leaton Gray, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, University College London, said young people were being deterred from dipping into waters that were safe by unnecessary “no swimming” signs. She said the growing aversion to risk was not always backed by accident statistics: “We are banning swimming

Gabby Hinsliff of The Guardian reports: School’s out, and the boys explode through the gate like corks from a popgun. After a day of being forced to sit still, my eight-year-old son and his friends tumble over each other like puppies in a basket, fizzing with the need to run, jostle and fight. But what they really want is to play a game called Old Granny. The rules are sketchy but it broadly consists of rugby tackling each other to the ground at high speed – and they’d play a

Risk is essential to childhood – as are scrapes, grazes, falls and panic The Guardian reports: Water, too, is an essential healthy risk. Let them climb in streams and fall over in the sea wearing all their clothes, let them slide in mud on a salt marsh or go wild swimming in a river. You can even discover and crawl through tunnels below rural roads, where streams pass under. Your job as an adult is to manage the risk – checking the tides before venturing on to a salt marsh or

Read this article from The Hindu and see swimming lessons through the eyes of another culture. In Europe and America even babies are taught to swim, yet advice from medical and sports professionals in India highlight risks and precautions that we might not consider. More… #Sports #Chlorine #India #Children #swimminglessons

The scheme is to be introduced at North Walsham in Norfolk next month. It will reward youngsters who set a good example in the community; by helping their neighbors, and disposing of litter responsibly. Those seen to be good citizens will know that their actions do not go unnoticed when they are rewarded with a swimming voucher… more. #swimminglessons #children