SWIMMING PATHWAYS Swimming and water safety are lifelong skills. In order to retain these skills, students need continued participation and practice. Achieving the Victorian Water Safety Certificate opens the door to a range of aquatic activities and further education opportunities. Open water programs • Open water learning experience • Open water swimming/ triathlons • Surf sport • Canoeing, Rowing, Kayaking Pool based water sports • Water polo • Aqua aerobics • Diving • Underwater hockey • Synchronised swimming Fun days • Waterslides • Wave pools • Water safety scenarios • Inflatables • Games Link Programs with Other School Initiatives Lifesaving training • Frist aid and CPR • Aquatic rescues • Basic emergency response • Meet a Lifeguard • Links with Life Saving Clubs • Bronze Awards Competition swimming • Time trials • Endurance • Race dives • Training and stroke development • Preparation for school carnivals Competition swimming • Time trials • Endurance • Race dives • Training and stroke development • Preparation for school carnivals Employment pathways • Swimming Teacher • Pool Lifeguard • Beach Lifeguard • Swimming Coach Healthy eating Do you have a café on site that can provide healthy snacks? Can the students pack their own healthy snack to eat after lessons? Walk to School Week Is the school close enough for the students to walk to the pool? Or can the bus stop a short distance from the pool for students to walk? Bike education Is the school close enough for the students to ride their bike to the pool? Create alternative aquatic programs Utilise other centre facilities Can you link with a gym or group fitness room to use equipment such as exercise bikes to offer alternative programs? E.g. Triathlon Victorian school organisations • ACHPER • Outdoor Education Victoria • Health and PE Tertiary Advisory Group Aquatic industry organisations • Local Surf Clubs • Play It Safe By The Water • Water Polo Vic. Relevant programing Other organisations Local drowning statics & waterways Create relevant programming by offering open water classes at local waterways. Utilise current drowning statistics to make water safety classes relevant. School needs Communicate with schools to gain an understanding of what other initiatives they are participating in. Create relevant programs based on school needs. Extended learning opportunities Keep students engaged by offering a range of alternative programs which extend their skills: Day 1: Water safety scenarios & CPR Day 2: Water polo Day 3: Boat safety and PFDs Day 4: Aqua aerobics Day 5: Meet a Lifeguard Dry Programing Programs such as the Water Smart Award can be offered in school – Saving the cost of transport. Dry programming can be included as part of an alternative program.

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Page 1: 19179 LSV Survival Swimming POSTER v2 copyskills. In order to retain these skills, students need continued participation and practice. Achieving the Victorian Water Safety Certificate

SWIMMINGPATHWAYS

Swimming and water safety are lifelong skills. In order to retain these skills, students need continued participation and practice.

Achieving the Victorian Water Safety Certificate opens the door to a rangeof aquatic activities and further education opportunities.Open water

programs• Open water learning experience • Open water swimming/ triathlons• Surf sport• Canoeing, Rowing, Kayaking

Pool based water sports

• Water polo• Aqua aerobics • Diving• Underwater hockey• Synchronised swimming

Fun days• Waterslides• Wave pools• Water safety scenarios• Inflatables • Games

Link Programs with Other School Initiatives

Lifesaving training

• Frist aid and CPR • Aquatic rescues• Basic emergency response • Meet a Lifeguard• Links with Life Saving Clubs• Bronze Awards

Competition swimming

• Time trials• Endurance • Race dives • Training and stroke development• Preparation for school carnivals

Competition swimming

• Time trials• Endurance • Race dives • Training and stroke development• Preparation for school carnivals

Employment pathways

• Swimming Teacher• Pool Lifeguard• Beach Lifeguard• Swimming Coach

Healthy eating Do you have a café on site that can provide healthy snacks?

Can the students pack their own healthy snack to eat after lessons?

Walk to School Week Is the school close enough for the students to walk to the pool?

Or can the bus stop a short distance from the pool for students to walk?

Bike educationIs the school close

enough for the studentsto ride their bike to the pool?

Create alternative aquatic programs

Utilise other centre facilities Can you link with a gym or group fitness room to use equipment such as exercise bikes to offer alternative programs? E.g. Triathlon

Victorian school organisations• ACHPER• Outdoor Education Victoria• Health and PE Tertiary Advisory Group

Aquatic industry organisations • Local Surf Clubs• Play It Safe By The Water• Water Polo Vic.

Relevant programing

Other organisations

Local drowning statics & waterways Create relevant programming by offering open water classes at local waterways. Utilise current drowning statistics to make water safety classes relevant.

School needs Communicate with schools to gain an understanding of what other initiatives

they are participating in. Create relevant programs based on school needs.

Extended learning opportunities Keep students engaged by offering a range of alternative programs which extend their skills:

Day 1: Water safety scenarios & CPR

Day 2: Water polo

Day 3: Boat safety and PFDs

Day 4: Aqua aerobics

Day 5: Meet a Lifeguard

Dry ProgramingPrograms such as the Water Smart

Award can be offered in school – Saving the cost of transport.

Dry programming can be included as part of an alternative program.