5 Reasons to Keep Your Child in Gymnastics and Swimming as they enter Primary School!
The transition to Prep is an exciting milestone, but it’s also a time of big change for children and families. New routines, longer school days, and higher expectations can make this stage both rewarding and challenging.
Read on for the 5 key reasons to keep your child in gymnastics and swimming when they enter Prep:
1. Provides Comfort and Continuity
Keeping your child in familiar activities like gymnastics and swimming gives them a sense of stability and comfort. These are activities they know and love, helping them feel confident and secure during a time of big change.
2. Eases the Transition to Full School Days
Being in a classroom all day can be a big adjustment for young children. Gymnastics and swimming offer a healthy outlet to move, stretch and release energy after long periods of sitting and focusing.
3. Continue to build Strong Foundations for Learning
Gymnastics and swimming are fundamental movement sports that lay the foundation for all physical activity. Through climbing, balancing, jumping, rolling, and floating, children develop strength, coordination, and agility while learning to control and understand their bodies.
4. Boosts Confidence, Resilience, and Social Skills
Whether mastering a cartwheel or swimming a lap, children learn to set goals, keep trying, and celebrate their progress. Working with coaches and classmates also builds teamwork and social skills that help children learn how to make friends and thrive in both the playground and classroom.
5. Further Supports Healthy Development
Nearly half of all Australian children are not meeting key developmental milestones with only 52% of Australian children on track across the 5 key developmental areas when they start school (2024 Australian Early Development Census). Gymnastics and swimming help build physical skills such as coordination and strength, while also supporting emotional, social, and cognitive development, providing children with a stronger foundation for learning and overall wellbeing as they start school!