At this stage children learn safe entries into the water including submersion, travelling on front and back to 10 metres, water safety knowledge and rotation skills.

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Before they can progress to the next stage they must be able to: 

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• Jump in from poolside and submerge (min depth 0.9m) and swim off

• Sink, push away from wall on side 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 on the front, tuck to rotate around the horizontal axis to return on the back.

• Fully submerge to pick up an object

• Answer correctly three question on the Water Safety Code

• Swim 15m on the back

• Swim 15m on the front

• Swim 25m arms out of the water with face in water

• Introduce breastroke/butterfly kick