World Wide Swim School Partner with Child Safeguard World Wide Swim School and Child Safeguard have partnered to provide the Aquatics Industry Child Safe Training. Child Safeguard is an award-winning firm that helps organisations prevent harm to children and keep them safer. Child Safeguard provides legal, training, and audit advice to organisations to build a […]
Resources & Baby Swimming Tips For Parents
These articles are invaluable resources for parents. They include baby swimming tips and educational tips and techniques we recommend on implementing towards your child's development.
Benefits of Swimming – An Infant Aquatics Study
Research Study This Early-Years Swimming Research Project was conducted over four years. It centred on an examination of the possible benefits that may accrue for under-5s who participate in swimming lessons. The study used a number of research techniques to explore the benefits of swimming in the early-years. The study focused on answering these questions: […]
Kids Alive Couch Concerts
Kids Alive Couch Concerts in June – Join us for our daily couch concerts at 2pm AEST Welcome to our Kids Alive Couch Concerts series! We are going to have so much fun together learning about water safety. Throughout June, we will host loads of virtual events to share ways to be safe in your […]
Responsible Pool Person 2020
Poolwerx recruits Responsible Pool Persons this summer Drowning is the silent killer that claimed 276 Australian lives last year and with 34 water-related deaths already reported this summer, Poolwerx is calling on Australians to nominate a Responsible Pool Person to supervise those in and around the water at every poolside event. From the 20th to […]
Is your fence ready to save a life?
December is National Check Your Pool Gate Month We know that kids who drown in backyard pools most commonly gain access to the pool through faulty fences and gates. So, on December 1 we are urging all pool owners to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection of their swim zone as part of National Check-Your-Pool-Gate Month. […]
April Pools Day
Laurie and the team at World Wide Swim School strongly believe that water safety is a crucial part of all learn to swim programs, and that everyone should be equipped with CPR skills. The incredible team at Poolwerx think so too, and have teamed up with Red Cross Australia to create April Pools Day, providing […]
Swimming & Summer Fun
The weather is warming up here in Australia and as a result families are looking to cool off in their local watering holes. Whether it’s the beach, backyard pool or other favourite water ways to go swimming for some summer fun. Children are also looking to cool off and they are drawn to any water they can […]
Baby Crying During the Swimming Lesson – It Happens!
Crying During the Swimming Lesson Learning to swim should be a positive experience for both parent and child. No child should be subjected to a fearful or intimidating environment when learning to swim. Aggressively forcing children to perform learn to swim activities while they are crying and in distress is totally inappropriate. Crying during the […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport because of health benefits particularly the cardiovascular system, however, recent international studies on movement education and a longitudinal study on early years swimming by professor Robyn Jorgenson in Australia shows that swimming has many more benefits. In professor Jorgenson’s study, she concludes that early […]
Commit to Consistency with your Child’s Swimming Course!
Winter is here – in Australia that is! And when the temperatures start to drop, so do the number of swimmers participating in learn to swim programs nationwide. Many mums, dads and carers decide to hang up their swimsuits for the season and look for other sports and activities to entertain and engage their children. […]