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Services

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| Parent & child classes |
15 METRE POOL ACTIVITIES
‘Parent and Child’ lessons for babies under 2 years of age teach basic water awareness, acclimatizing
even the youngest child for fun and hassle-free learning, familiarising them to the swimming environment whilst providing
fun time with other babies. Babies learn to put their face in the water and blow bubbles, bob under the
water, kick on their tummy, lie on their tummy and their back, which all leads to confidence to be able to learn to swim when
they get a bit older. These classes also help parents to have the confidence to be able to take their baby
swimming themselves. The
minimum age for students to undertake lessons is 2 years of age. Lessons for 2 - 4 year olds are conducted every weekday
morning, weekday afternoons and on Saturday for pre-school age children or younger. Lessons are of 30 minutes duration
with a maximum of 4 to a class. Most students will be acquiring the skills for our Tommy Turtle Certificates Pink, Blue, Green and Orange. Lessons for older children
are conducted every weekday commencing at 4pm. Lessons are of 30 minutes duration with a maximum of 5 to a class.
Students are taught the skills relevant to our Swimming and Water Safety Awards Levels 1 through 4.

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| Deep Water Classes |
25
METRE POOL ACTIVITIES
This is a water safety course designed to teach children to survive
and have fun in deep water. This course is equally important for anyone timid about deeper water.
The course teaches safe diving and entry techniques, how to execute an ‘unexpected entry’, under water
swimming, survival strokes and survival skills and much, much more. It is a pre-requisite for children
who have passed Swimming and Water Safety Level 4 before joining Level 5 Group.
Level 5 Group is for students who have achieved Level 4 and wish to obtain
Level 5. Students in this Group will develop the fitness to enable them to achieve the Level 5 citeria
through swimming longer distances than can be achieved in lessons. Level 6 & 7 Group is for students who have achieved Swimming and Water Safety Awards Level 5. Members of this Group practise the skills required to achieve Levels 6 and 7.
Endurance and stamina are developed through swimming longer distances than can be achieved in the 15 m. pool.
Pro Squad members are required to attend 2 sessions per week. The Squad focuses on 3 outcomes:
swimming FAST, swimming LONG, and swimming SAFELY.
Ø swimming FAST Pro squad is
aimed at school level swimming with the emphasis being on 50 m. swims. Strokes correction, starts, turns,
relay change-overs, are a few of the competitive skills which are taught and practised in this squad. Members
of the Squad are randomly assigned a “House” when they commence Pro Squad, and twice a year the three “Houses” compete
against each other (at SWIMMERS) in a relay based competition which encourages team loyalty, proficiency in fast swimming
and FUN.
Ø swimming LONG Apart from proficiency in sprints,
Squad members also train to complete, non-stop, 1 km., 3 km. and 5 km. swims. Twice a year, they have
the opportunity to undertake these swims, under supervision, to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement.
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swimming SAFELY The water safety and survival skills learnt in Levels 1 to 7, are regularly practised to ensure
squad members retain these skills which may, one day, prevent a drowning tragedy. The Certificate
Levels are not tested in Pro Squad, but members who want to acquire and be tested on the water safety skills of
higher awards (up to Level 7), will have the option of attending a weekly Level 5 or Level 6/7 Group lesson either as an alternative
to the second Pro Squad session or as an additional class.
Senior Squad is generally for students who have achieved Swimming and Water Safety Awards Level 7 and students who wish to swim in a squad structure for fitness and stamina. No testing
takes place within this squad, the emphasis is on general training and social interaction.
SWIMMERS conducts Life Saving Victoria Bronze Star, Bronze Medallion and Resuscitation courses each year. Awards up to Distinction can be examined.
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