Junior Swimming Academy Level 11
Swimming and water safety lessons for 5 to 13 year old girls and boys.
Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
Sundays @ 10:00am
Instructors
Maureen Ní Chonchobhair
Course description
This level is for children that are very comfortable and experienced in the water. The distances here get much longer and the techniques are advanced. We will bring awareness to their own ability to signal for help in difficulty. Oral tests around safety and rescue are introduced.
Course Details
Course Length
8 Lessons
Lesson Duration
40 minutes
Class Size
8 Places
Curriculum Levels
15
Course Skills
- Oral test focusing on how to contact the emergency services
- Demonstrate reaching and voice rescues
- Entry by straddle jump
- Entry by simple dive (e.g., sitting or kneeling)
- Swim 25m front crawl
- Swim 25m back crawl
- Swim 25m breaststroke
- Swim 20m inverted breaststroke
- Swim 15m butterfly
- Swim 15m side stroke
- 20m various sculling
- Show ability to signal for help while treading water for 1 min
- Feet first surface dive and swim 2m underwater
Term
Summer 2023
Course Dates
Lesson 1
16 July 2023
Lesson 2
23 July 2023
Lesson 3
30 July 2023
Lesson 4
20 August 2023
Lesson 5
27 August 2023
Lesson 6
10 September 2023
Lesson 7
17 September 2023
Lesson 8
24 September 2023
Break / No Swimming: on 6th and 13th August and also 3rd September
