Preparation, problems, pool. BY TAYLOR ROBINSON

A POOL FOR THE SCHOOL

Money

Preparation is needed to build a swimming pool, and that costs a lot of money. You could easily say “Well, the school already has heaps of money!”, which is true, but we need to think deeper into it. Where do they get that money from? Some of it comes from the money families pay for their children to have swimming lessons at Copthall. So if the amount of money that the families pay and the amount of money that is needed to build the swimming pool is equal, it would be fair for the children and the school.

Location Where? We need to think about that too. Where are we going to have the swimming pool? We can’t just build it wherever we want, can we?

Out or in . That’s what we need to decide first. We need to get the pro’s and con’s for outdoor and indoor so we can compare them.

OUT IN

pro con pro con it is fun for the kids it can get cold can use in winter walls cost money

The final decision is outdoors in the school field because it would cost a lot less than building it indoors with all of the walls, the ceiling and floor.

DesignWhat is the pool going to look like? Will there be a changing room somewhere? Will there be a way to make sure that there is no chance of anyone falling in? We need to think about that before we move any further with the organisation of the pool. It would be best to sketch it out, but we can also explain it in words. My idea was to have a door (teachers keep the key!) leading to a room underneath the swimming pool, which would be the changing room with lockers and pool equipment such as floats, armbands and wobbles.

Help and encouragement Building a pool could not only let the children have some fun, it could help the children spend more time in the water and give them a chance to learn to swim better if they aren’t so good at the moment. Classes would all take turns to have their swimming day, so it would encourage the poorer swimmers by being with their friends. Teachers could sometimes hang around the swimming pool and cheer the children on, which will make the children want to get better and better at swimming. Cheering on would certainly encourage the kids, but the swimmers must make sure that nobody is jeering at them, or laughing at them, because that would hurt the children’s feelings a lot.

Conclusion

We need to know all of the subjects above to plan the swimming pool because if we don’t, we can’t decide anything or keep anything organised. Being organised when you are planning things is one of the most important things, because without being organised, there’s a high chance you’ll get muddled up. It’s also important that if anything goes wrong at the swimming pool, somebody tells a teacher straight away, and the teachers know what to do, whatever happens. It’s difficult stuff, but if we carry on like this, we’ll get there eventually!