LEVELS
Starfish
Swimmers begin to develop basic safety awareness, movement skills, water confidence and being at ease in the water. Main outcomes include safe entries and exits, blowing bubbles, basic floating and travel in the water up to 5 meters, with buoyancy aids.
Turtle
This second stage sees the swimmers becoming completely “at home” on and under the water and developing control in aquatic breathing. Main outcomes include submersions, streamlining on front and back, rotation and travelling up to 10 meters on front and back without buoyancy aids.
Stingray
The aim of this stage is to build competence in the early stages of swimming strokes, refining kicking techniques for all 4 swimming strokes and introduction of the arm actions. Further development of aquatic skills including streamlining, sculling and treading water.
Shark
Swimmers in the final stage of the awards scheme continue to develop the correct breathing, timing and co-ordination of all 4 swimming strokes in order to complete 25m of frontcrawl, backstroke, breaststroke and 15m of butterfly, demonstrating correct technique. Personal survival skills and diving are also taught at this stage.