Learn To Swim Framework Stage 3 | GoggleSquad Swim School (2024)

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What do you have to do to pass stage 3 swimming? ›

Learn to Swim Stage 3 Outcomes

Push and glide on the front with arms extended and log roll onto the back. Push and glide on the back with arms extended and log roll onto the front. Travel 5 metres on the front, perform a tuck to rotate onto the back and return on the back. Fully submerge to pick up an object.

Here in Level 3, we will teach kids some arms strokes while swimming; how to do the pop-up breath; how to kick and swim on their back; how to retrieve deeper objects in the pool; how to jump into the pool, turn, and swim back to the edge; and how to tread water.

The Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards are divided into progressive stages. They make up the core, national syllabus of learning to swim for primary school aged children. They are designed to reward your child for their development of the essential aquatic skills they need to be confident, competent and safe in the water.

As participants gain ease and confidence with a skill, you can introduce the next skill in the progression. COLA (Check–Organize–Lead–Assess) is an approach that can help you plan effective lessons that meet the needs of your participants and help them to achieve their goals.

Aim for a pH level of between 7 and 7.6. If the water pH is higher than 8, anyone who swims in the pool is at risk of skin rashes, while a pH of lower than 7 can sting swimmers' eyes. Some of the many factors that can affect your pool's pH level include heavy rain, the number of swimmers in the pool and chemicals.

AAA: Top 6% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. AA: Top 8% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. A: Top 15% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. BB: Top 35% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. B: Top 55% of swimmers in your age group, nationally.

During their swim lessons, children will spend time on the following six levels: Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills: Students will learn how to feel comfortable in the water and safely enjoy it. Level 2: Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills: Children will learn basic swimming skills.

LEVEL 4 COMPETENCY AWARD BASED UPON ABILITY OF PUPIL TO:

Push, kick and glide into transition of front crawl stroke and continuous swimming for 25 metres. Demonstrate good breathing technique and timing throughout. Push, kick and glide on back crawl, demonstrating good transition into stroke for 25 metres.

During Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 5, swimmers will develop their skills in treading water, learn the correct arm pulls for all four strokes and learn how to do handstands and somersaults. Learn to Swim Stage 5 is part of the core Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards.

With consistent participation in early years swimming lessons, most children can be fully water-confidence before age 4. For most children, if they started with formal lessons at least as a toddler (2 years), it is realistic to expect a 5 years old child to do all the basic skills of swimming.

How many weeks does it take to learn how to swim? ›

Recent research suggests that in order to learn to swim & feel comfortable on the water, a person has to go through 8 to 12 weeks of formal swim lessons.

At what age can I expect my child to achieve that swim? Now as you know, all children are unique therefore often do it at different times, however what we can say is on average a child that has started swimming at a year old or less is likely to be swimming independently between 3 & 4 years of age.

To be recertified as a Water Safety instructor, instructors must: 1. Teach or co-teach at least one qualifying course of record during their certification period. 2. Successfully complete the Water Safety Instructor Recertification Assessment within 90 days prior to their expiration date.

Lesson plans should always be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound. Start with identifying what you want your students to learn and identify different ways to achieve that at the end of class. The lesson objectives will guide the teaching method, learning activities, and assessment.

COLA is an annual cost-of-living increase that begins the second calendar year after retirement and helps your retirement benefit keep up with the rate of inflation. Eligible retirees, including survivors and beneficiaries who receive a monthly benefit, receive COLA on their May 1 retirement check.

Zone 3: Tempo

Breathing will be deeper and more frequent. Recovery from training sessions in this zone takes more time than after Zone 2, but consecutive days of training are still possible. Intensity in this zone corresponds to middle distance triathlons, like IRONMAN 70.3.

3rd Class Swimmer. A 3rd Class Swimmer is described as a person who can stay afloat and survive without the use of a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) in open water under optimum conditions long enough to be rescued in a man-over-board situation.

Learn to Swim Stage 5 Outcomes

Perform a feet first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back. Perform a sculling sequence with a partner for 30-45 seconds to include a rotation. Tread water for 30 seconds. Perform three different shaped jumps into deep water.

Stage 4. Developing an understanding of buoyancy through a range of skills, refining kicking technique for all strokes. The swimmer has to start to swim to the Swim England expected stroke standards. Awards achieved on completion are Swim England Stage 4 and 5m Rainbow Distance in all four stokes.