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Save Springfield School Pool, Portsmouth

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Jenny Reed
9 years ago

Don't take away our pool, swimming is a valuable skill and we need space to teach it.

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Sianne moseley
9 years ago

Went to thus school 17 years ago

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Helen reynolds
9 years ago

Swiming is an important life skill, please don't take the opportunity to learn it away.

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Helen Morris
9 years ago

My son was loving his first swimming lessons at this pool. I feel it would be a great loss for the school and north of the city

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Julie Bishop
9 years ago

This seems so shortsighted. There are few enough pools in the area and with health and fitness issues hitting the news almost every day, why would anyone consider closing down this one? I hope it's not too late to stop this happening.

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Debbie Kelso
9 years ago

Swimming is not only a fantastic way to keep fit and healthy but also a life skill. Many children are lucky to have private lessons but some don't have this luxury. For them school lessons are even more valuable. As more and more pools close, children have to travel further afield taking more time out of their school day. The swim schools you let the pool to also do an invaluable job. School provision of lessons is minimal and these classes other children the opportunity to become more proficient swimmers and safer around water. Please don't close yet another pool.

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Stephanie Spires
9 years ago

I used to love swimming lessomns at school even if you did have to walk around eith wet hair sll day

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Save the pool

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Maria House
9 years ago

This swimming pool has been used for many years by swimming clubs to teach people to swim - I can't think of a better reason to keep a pool.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

More pupils doesn't make any sense. Schools are too over crowded anyway. Swimming is too important to the community.

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sarah windsor
9 years ago

What a terrible short sighted decision. With sea and rivers nearby teaching our children to swim is an essential lifeskill. Local pool means it is more likely parents will access lessons. This needs to be reconsidered.

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Samantha Godley
9 years ago

I swam here when I was little. It's such a shame they want to close it and build a sports hall. Complete waste of resources!!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Ex-pupil. Is a huge asset to the school and vital for many. Will be a very sad loss.

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Hannah Quade
9 years ago

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April
9 years ago

This has been a great pool and it will be better staying as a pool then a gym. Portsmouth is starting to lose all their pools!!!

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Ryan Duffy
9 years ago

I would have died from drowning without this pool

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Sam Wilson
9 years ago

Would be a huge loss to the school and the community.

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Kay McFarlane
9 years ago

Such a valuable resource. ....the community fought hard before to keep it open.....

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Maisie-Jill Robinson
9 years ago

Gaining a whole 65 pupils in comparison to losing one of the best gym options at that school, stupid decision.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Swimming will be more accessible and enguage more pupils than a gym or sports hall would