Platypus
Our Platypus class commences the journey for your child, of learning swimming strokes. We start with freestyle in this level, with children practicing their freestyle arms and starting to learn the concept of side breathing. This level also develops your child’s skills on their back through sculling and kicking which form the very basic skills for backstroke. Water safety elements become more advanced with children learning to tread water and roll onto their back and perform more advanced safety falls. By the time your child is ready to move out of this class, they will be swimming basic freestyle independently, and be comfortable while floating on their back.
Platypus are
- Skill based progression
- Confident in the water
- Group class of 2 to 4
What do our Platypus learn?
- Introduction to Freestyle and side breathing
- Development of independent swimming on your child’s back - including sculling and kicking.
- More advanced water safety skills including treading water, independent safety falls and recovery.
When I graduate from Platypus
- I am a reasonably confident swimmer
- I can float on my back with little support comfortably for a minimum of 5 seconds I can keep my eyes down whilst blowing bubbles for a minimum of 5 seconds while moving through the water
- I can comfortably kick on my back with a kickboard
- I have a strong kick which alone can propel me through the water I can do a safe entry and exit independently
- I can competently produce freestyle arms through the water
- I can do a safety fall in and turn back to the wall independently
- I am capable of swimming basic freestyle for 7m independently
- I can tread water for 10 seconds independently