At this stage children learn safe entries to the water, jumping in, basic floating, travelling on front and back to 5 metres, rotating the body and regaining an upright position in the water – children can use swimming aids.

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Before they can progress to the next stage they must. 

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• Jump in from poolside safely, submerge, scull and swim back to wall

• Blow bubbles a minimum of three times rhythmically with nose and mouth submerged

• Regain upright position from the back without support

• Regain an upright position from the front without support

• Push from wall and slide on the front

• Push from wall and glide on the back

• Travel on the back from 10m

• Travel on the front for 10m

• Perform a rotation from the front to the back to gain an upright position

• Perform a rotation from the back to the front to gain an upright position

• Swim for 5m on the front and back