Parents' guide To Swimming Lessons - Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

National Teaching Plan
Awards
Other
awards
Stage 1 Alpha 1
Alpha 2
Alpha 3
Puffin
5m
Water skills 1
Stage 2 Alpha 1
Alpha 2
Alpha 3
5m
10m
Water skills 1/2
Stage 3 15m
20m
Water skills 2/3
Stage 4 25m
50m
Water skills 3/4
Stage 5 25m
50m
100m
Water skills 3/4/5
Stage 6 100m upwards
Water skills 4/5/6
Stage 7 100m upwards
Water skills 4/5/6
Aim
Developing basic safety awareness, basic
movement skills and water confidence
skills. Children may use aids such as
armbands, floats, woggles and shark fins.
Developing safe entries, jumping in, basic
floating, travel and rotation unaided to
regain upright positions.
Developing safe entries including
submersion, travel up to 10 metres on the
front and back, progress rotation skills
and water safety knowledge.
Developing the understanding of
buoyancy through a range of skills,
refining kicking technique for all strokes
and swimming 10 metres to ASA
standards.
Developing “watermanship” through
sculling, treading water skills and complete
rotation, also performing all skills to
ASA standards.
Developing effective swimming skills
including co-ordinated breathing,
developing water safety and
understanding for exercise.
Developing quality stroke technique up to
100 metres, incorporating skills learned
and combining them to develop a linked
routine and complete successfully an
obstacle course that combines a variety
or skills accomplished throughout
stages 1 – 7.
Progress
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Rookies
Personal
Survival
Swim
Challenges
Swimming
Club
The National Teaching plan is designed to help a child to learn in an
environment involving fun and games. Games are an ideal way for children to
develop and combine one skill with another to support the process of building
skills and techniques.
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