Classes
Saturday 8:30 am - 12:30 am
Our light, bright and spacious pool at Ocklynge Junior School is the perfect setting for swimmers to move from beginner to advanced, building strong technique in all four strokes.
Stages 1- 7
DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN THE WATER
Stage 1
By competing this Stage, your child will be able to:
Enter the water safely.
Move forward for a distance of five meters, feet may be on or off the floor.
Move backwards for a distance of five meters, feet may be on or off the floor.
Move sideways for a distance of five meters, feet may be on or off the floor.
Scoop the water and wash the face.
Be comfortable with water showered from overhead.
Move from a floating position on the back and return to standing.
Move from a floating position on the front and return to standing.
Push and glide in a flat position on the front from the wall.
Push and glide in a flat position on the back from the wall.
Give examples of two pool rules.
Exit the water safely.
Stage 2
By completing this Award, your child will be able to:
Jump in from poolside safely.
Blow bubbles a minimum of three times rhythmically, with nose and mouth submerged.
Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing without support.
Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing without support.
Push from a wall and glide on the back – arms can be by the side or above the head.
Push from a wall and glide on the front with arms extended.
Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the back for 5 metres, without the use of floatation equipment.
Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the front for 5 metres, without the use of floatation equipment.
Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the front, to a back floating position, then return to standing.
Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the back, to a front floating position, then return to standing.
Perform a log roll from the back to the front.
Perform a log roll from the front to the back.
Exit the water without support.
Stage 3
By completing this Award, without floatation equipment or support, your child will be able to:
Jump in from poolside and submerge.
Sink, push away from wall and maintain a streamlined position.
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.
Correctly identify three of the four key water safety messages.*
Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the back.
Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the front.
Perform a tuck float and hold for three seconds.
Exit the water without using steps.
Location
Ocklynge Junior School,
Victoria Dr, Eastbourne
BN20 8XN, United Kingdom
East Sussex