The new 11 Victorian Child Safe StandardsThe new Victorian Child Safe Standards will commence on 1 July 2022. The Victorian Government passed the Child Wellbeing and Safety (Child Safe Standards Compliance and Enforcement) Amendment Bill in June 2021. The Bill includes changes to the Child Safe Standards, replacing Victoria’s current 7 standards and […]
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Laurie’s Learn to Swim Principles Part 1
Introduction to Learn to Swim PrinciplesFrom the age of 4, children start to gain control over their fine motor skills. Therefore, Laurie believes that we need to instill in children good neuromuscular patterns from their very first Learn to Swim lesson. In addition, even in the under 4 year swimming […]
Benefits of Parental Participation in Swim Classes
Introduction to Parental ParticipationWorld Wide Swim School recommends parental participation in the swimming lesson until the age of 4 years. A good swimming teacher will impart knowledge to the parents in the lesson and use them as an assistant to their teaching where possible. The more knowledge a parent has, […]
Learning Breaststroke in Swimming
Introduction to Learning Breaststroke in Swimming The breaststroke is one of the four professional swim strokes used in competitive swimming. It’s often viewed as the hardest stroke to learn because it requires the chest and torso of the swimmer not to rotate. Despite the breaststroke being hard to learn, it was […]
What is Trauma-Informed Practice in Aquatics and Why is it Important?
In the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all more aware than ever before of the devastation caused by situations that threaten our sense of personal safety, freedom and survival, potentially leading to trauma. Here we share a little about the concept of trauma-informed practice and its application in aquatics […]