School Aged Program
Our caring and qualified teachers will help guide students through our structured levels at their own pace. Classes incorporate water familiarisation, water safety skills and stroke development.
The ARC Swim School program is strongly technique based, with distances being kept short until children have mastered the essential skills and techniques.
LEVEL 1: OCTOPUS
Maximum number of students: 5
Duration: 30 minutes
Ability: Suitable for non-swimmers who are 5 years old and above.
Aims:
- Safe slide in entry
- 6 second conditioning pour
- Full underwater submersion
- Submerged kick and paddle with independent recovery
- Basic kicking action on back with minimal assistance
- Assisted front and back star float with independent recovery
- Monkey grip in shallow and deep water
- Jump into deep water with assistance
- Introduction to breathing out underwater
LEVEL 2: FROG
Maximum number of students: 5
Duration: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Octopus level or students who have graduated from Junior Frog class (Preschool level 2).
Aims:
- Push and glide in streamline position
- 5m torpedo with strong kick
- 5m basic freestyle arms (with board & no breathing)
- 5m one arm bubble and breathe with board
- Push and glide off wall on back with no assistance
- 5m confident back kick
- Front to back float with recovery
- Confident sculling arms while floating
- Jump into deep water and swim back to wall unassisted
LEVEL 3: SQUID
Maximum number of students: 5
Duration: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Frog level.
Aims:
- 5m freestyle arms (no board)
- 5m bubble and breathe with board (bilateral breathing)
- 5m backstroke arms
- 5m sculling
- Underwater swim with no goggles
- Front and back float with recovery in deep water
- Jump into deep water and swim 5m to safety
- Be rescued using a floatation aid in deep water
- Perform a reach rescue using a floatation aid in deep water
- Introduction to dolphin kick
LEVEL 4: PENGUIN
Maximum number of students: 6
Duration: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Squid level.
Aims:
- 10m freestyle with unilateral breathing (swapping sides on the way back)
- 10m backstroke
- 10m sculling
- 5m dolphin kick
- Introduction to survival backstroke
- Introduction to breaststroke kick
- Introduction to treading water in deep water with assistance
- Pin drop into deep water and swim 10m to safety
- Perform a throw rescue with floatation aid to partner
- Perform a sitting dive
LEVEL 5: STINGRAY
Maximum number of students: 6
Duration: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Penguin level.
Aims:
- 15m freestyle with bilateral breathing
- 15m backstroke
- 15m freestyle and backstroke in deep water
- 15m survival backstroke
- 15m effective breaststroke kick with correct breath timing
- 10m dolphin kick
- Tread water for 30 seconds
- Duck dive and pick up object
- Perform a throw rescue with a weighted rope
- Perform a kneeling dive
LEVEL 6: SWORDFISH
Maximum number of students: 7
Duration: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Stingray level.
Aims:
- 25m freestyle with bilateral breathing
- 25m backstroke
- 25m survival backstroke
- 25m effective breaststroke with correct breath timing
- 15m dolphin kick
- Treading water for 1 minute
- Introduction to sidestroke
- Forwards somersault
- Perform a throw rescue using an unweighted rope
- Perform compact jump
- Perform a crouch dive
- Perform a stride entry
LEVEL 7: DOLPHIN
Maximum number of students: 7
Duration: 45 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Swordfish level.
Aims:
- Introduction to butterfly arms
- 50m freestyle with bilateral breathing
- 50m backstroke with correct start
- 50m survival backstroke
- 25m breaststroke with correct timing
- 25m effective dolphin kick
- 15m effective sidestroke
- Perform a forwards somersault
- Fit a PFD, perform a compact jump, swim 50m survival strokes, float/scull/tread water for 2min using correct eggbeater technique
- Perform a shallow dive
Maximum number of students: 8
Duration: 45 minutes
Eligibility: Students graduated from Dolphin level.
Aims:
- 100m freestyle (bilateral breathing)
- 100m backstroke
- 100m breaststroke
- 100m survival backstroke
- 25m effective sidestroke
- 15m effective butterfly
- Perform an effective tumble turn
- Swim 200m continuously using survival strokes
- Perform a racing dive