SwimSafer Bronze Award:
The Bronze award stage is the recognition of a more advance swimmer. Students will be taught in coordinating breathing while swimming in deeper water. Further development of knowledge and skills in terms of water safety, rescue and individual survival skills will also be highlighted in lessons.
| Entries & Exits | Enter water using a compact jump. |
| Sculling & Body Orientation | Demonstrate a backward and forward somersault in the water. |
| Underwater Skills | Search for and recover an object in 1.5 m of water depth. Demonstrate a feet-first surface dive. |
| Movement/ Swimming/Strokes | Swim 100m continuously 25m Front Crawl 25m Breaststroke 25m Backstroke 25m Survival Backstroke/Sidestroke |
| Survival & Activity skills | Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate three minutes swimming slowly using any appropriate swim stroke, changing each minute |
| Rescue Skills | Perform a throw rescue using an unweighted rope over a distance of 6m. Wade to a person and deliver a flotation aid in deep water. Approach in Ready position. |
| Knowledge | Principles of water craft safety |
Find out more about the different stages of SwimSafer by clicking on the links below: