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Your Swimming Journey

Stage 1:

Let’s get wet
Develop basic safety awareness
Learn to swim, float and glide with aids
Blow bubbles and submerge the face
Work towards swimming without aids
Jump in with assistant

Stage 2:

Let’s swim by ourselves!
Jumping in independently
Swim independently up to 5m
Float, glide and submerge without aids
Develop kick on front and back

Stage 3:

Let’s swim strokes!
Swim front crawl and back crawl up to 10m
Go under and retrieve an object
Push and glide and rotate

Stage 4:

Let’s get kicking
Kick 10 metres backstroke, front crawl, butterfly, and breaststroke
Perform a sequence of shapes

Stage 5:

Let’s get skilful
Develop confidence in the deep end
Perform three different shape jumps into deep water
Push, glide, and swim 10 metres backstroke, front crawl, butterfly, and breaststroke

Stage 6:

Let’s dive in!
Perform a surface dive
Develop coordinated breathing, swim all strokes with at least six rhythmical breaths
Understand water safety, perform a ‘shout and signal’ rescue
Swim 10m with clothes on, swim 25 metres (optional stroke)

Swim England Learn to Swim Complementary Awards