SwimSafer Stage 2
General skills development will include unassisted step entry into water, sculling, feet-first surface dives, personal water safety skills and water safety awareness in an aquatic environment. Your child will be encouraged to achieve 25 metres of continuous swim.
What you will learn
Entries & Exits
Perform a step-in entry
Sculling & Body Orientation
Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), 10 seconds, recover to a standing position
Back float, 10 seconds, recover to a standing position
Swim 5m on front, rollover and continue swimming 5m on back
Scull, float or tread for 30 seconds (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills)
Underwater Skills
Search for and recover an object in chest deep (student’s) water
Demonstrate a feet-first surface dive in chest deep water
Movement/Swimming/Strokes
Movement on front 25m – front crawl or breaststroke
Movement on back 15m – backstroke or survival backstroke
Survival & Activity skills
Scull, float or tread water for 30 seconds
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:
1. Swim 15m using any survival stroke
2. Swim to pool edge and climb outPut on an appropriately sized PFD and jump into the water (at least 1.4m deep), swim 25m with PFD, then climb out of the water
Knowledge
Rules of behaviour in, on or near the water
Water safety knowledge at a swimming pool
Water safety rules in various aquatic environments
Principles of personal safety and survival
Principles of watercraft safety
Recognising an Emergency
Principles when performing a rescue
SwimSafer 2.0 Stage 2 Assessment
Swim:
Swim 25m on front crawl or breaststroke
Swim 15m on back
Sequence 2A: (w/o goggles)
Step-in Entry into water
Front float for 10 sec
Swim 5m on front, rollover and continue
Swim 5m on back
Back float for 10 sec
Scull, float and tread water for 30 sec
In chest-deep water, perform feet-first surface dive and recovers an object
Resurface and exit safely from water
Sequence 2B: (w/o goggles)
Dress in swimwear, t-shirt and shorts:
Swim 15m using any survival stroke
Swim to pool edge and climb out
Fit a PFD and jump into 1.4m deep water
Swim 25m with PFD and climb out of water