DEAR EDITOR -- As schools in this area are to embark on a huge rebuilding programme, I would ask all people involved to consider including swimming pools for the provision of adequate swimming lessons for Bromsgrove school children.

At present, teaching of swimming is severely limited, due to shortage of time slots for lessons at the Dolphin Centre. Many children cannot swim at all, and many others cannot stay afloat for more than a few minutes.

I need hardly say that this is a skill, which might one day save their lives not to mention a form of healthy exercise.

Ms B D Hallett

Teeswater Close

Stoke Heath

Bromsgrove