Always seemed kinda fucked up to me
You did this?
There were no showers that I recall at school. Think it is a bit different in Australia compared to the UK.
We had to change out of our swimmers into our school clothes in the pool change rooms at primary school. It was like an open area. But there were 2 cubicles I think you could go into, but most girls just changed in the open area of the girls change room.
On swimming days, I used to wear my swimming costume under my uniform, strip down to it, go swimming. Use the cubicle to change out of wet clothes into uniform, and I was happy to wait for the privacy. However, lots of girls just changed in front of each other.
I also remember we used to have physicals, and when I was 6 I had to strip down to my singlet and underwear for one. My mother attended, but I think she was the only mother who did. Not for any other reason than I guess she knew that I would have a problem doing that without her and that she should be there if a stranger was examining me.