Entries & Exits

• Develop more advanced entry skills through a controlled crouching dive.

• Build confidence entering deeper water safely and with greater control.

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Sculling & Body Control

• Develop body control through backward somersaults in the water.

• Practise maintaining position in the water while putting on a personal flotation device (PFD).

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Underwater Skills

• Build confidence performing underwater skills in deeper water.

• Practise a feet-first dive and swimming through underwater obstacles without goggles.

• Improve breath control and underwater coordination.

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Swimming & Movement

• Develop stronger swimming technique, speed and endurance across multiple strokes.

• Improve front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke over longer distances.

• Develop survival backstroke and sidestroke skills.

• Introduce dolphin kick to develop stronger body movement and coordination in the water.

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Water Safety & Survival Skills

• Practise a sequence of survival skills while wearing everyday clothing.

• Develop the ability to enter deep water safely, submerge, swim underwater and return to the surface.

• Build the ability to swim quickly when responding to a water emergency.

• Practise signalling for help and safely retrieving and putting on a PFD while staying afloat.

• Learn the Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP) to help conserve body heat while waiting for assistance.

• Practise swimming with a PFD and exiting the water safely.

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Rescue Skills

• Develop basic rescue awareness by learning how to throw a PFD to someone in the water from a safe distance.

• Practise giving clear instructions to help the person reach the pool edge safely.