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School-Age
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The lessons for school age
children have been designed to carry on from the skills taught during the
pre-school program.
Children in these levels have
been introduced to basic swimming strokes such as backstroke and freestyle and
now begin to learn correct stroke technique.
Throughout the program there
continues to be an emphasis on water safety, with all children continuing
to develop their treading water skills and participating in our annual
water safety week.
Outlined below are the levels of the school-age program
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Platypus A Certificate allows your
child to complete the following,
» 20m Freestyle aided with bubble
» 20m unaided Backstroke with arms
» 2 minutes treading water and,
» A kneeling dive
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Platypus B Certificate allows your child to complete the
following,
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25m unaided freestyle
» 50m backstroke
» 3 minutes treading water
» A dive and,
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A duck dive 1.4m
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Crocodile Certificate allows your child to complete the
following,
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100m freestyle
» 25m breaststroke kick on back
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5 minutes treading water
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12.5m butterfly kick
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Somersaults (forward and backward)
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25m freestyle with somersault every 6 strokes
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Each
swimmer is assessed continuously throughout the term. On successful
completion of each level, colourful certificates will
be presented to your child by his/her teacher. Each certificate indicates the
skill level that has been achieved by your child.
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