Little Lilies - Discovery Duckling program
Little Lily 1
- Enter the water safely and comfortably, with full adult support.
- Bob up and down in the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
- Float on the back and return to an upright position, with full adult support.
- Be at ease with water being poured on the back of the head.
- Move smoothly through the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
- Exit the water safely with full adult support.
Little Lily 2
- Enter the water safely and comfortably, with full adult support.
- Float on the back, with full adult support.
- Splash hands in the water.
- Complete a 360 degree turn, with full adult support. (The adult should hold the child close to them at first and then at arm’s length, the child should be facing away from the adult).
- Move through the water in a streamlined position on the back, with full adult support.
- Be at ease with the face being washed or splashed.
- Move smoothly through the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
- Travel on the front or back, with full adult support.
- Make progress towards holding the side of the pool, with full adult support.
- Exit the water safely, with full adult support.
Little Lily 3
- Enter the water safely, with full adult support. Swimmers should be encouraged to sit on the side and wait for adult instruction.
- Float on the back, with full adult support behind the head, shoulders and hips.
- Reach and grab toys on the water surface.
- Rotate 180 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position, with full adult support.
- Move through the water in a streamlined position on the front, with full adult support.
- Be at ease with water being showered over the face.
- Travel on the back using flotation equipment, with full adult support.
- Hold the rail or side of pool and move towards the step or ladders using flotation equipment, with full adult support.
- Exit the water safely with adult supervision.
Little Lily 4
- Enter the water safely from a seated or standing position and return to the wall or pool side, with full adult support.
- Float on the front using flotation equipment, with full adult support.
- Reach and grab toys on top of and under the surface of the water.
- Rotate 180 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position, using flotation equipment and with minimal adult support.
- Push away from the wall in a streamlined position, with full adult support.
- Be at ease wetting or splashing the face and putting the chin in the water.
- Travel on the front using flotation equipment, with full adult support.
- Hold the rail or side of pool and move towards the steps or ladders using flotation equipment, with full adult support.
- Exit the water safely with adult supervision.
Bloom Buddies - Duckling program
Bloom Buddy 1
- Make a supervised safe entry with adult support if required.
- Float on back with adult support behind the head without flotation equipment.
- Blow bubbles at the water surface.
- Wet the head without submersion.
- Kick 5 metres on back with adult support.
- Travel without adult support for 2 metres to a floating object.
- Enter the pool, rotate and return to the side with adult support.
- Exit the water safely with minimal adult support.
Bloom Buddy 2
- Make a sitting entry with adult support if required.
- Rotate 180 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position, using flotation equipment and without adult support.
- Submerge the face with confidence and without force under adult supervision.
- Blow an object for a distance of 2 metres.
- Travel 3 metres using arms and/or legs without adult support.
- Move 5 metres along the rail or wall without adult support.
- Enter the pool, rotate and return to the side with minimal adult support.
- Exit the water safely with minimal adult support.
Bloom Buddy 3
- Make a supervised jump to an adult with or without support.
- Float on the front or back without adult support.
- Push off on the front or back in a streamlined shape from a supporting adult.
- Blow bubbles with the mouth and nose underwater.
- Travel 5 metres on the front to the side of the pool without adult support.
- Kick 5 metres on the front holding a float (the adult may hold the other end of the float).
- Enter the pool, rotate and return to the side without adult support.
- Climb out of the water with adult support if required.
Bloom Buddy 4
- Jump into the water unaided, but supervised.
- Perform a mushroom or star float.
- Rotate 360 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position.
- Push and glide achieving a streamlined position on the front or back.
- Submerge completely.
- Travel 10 metres on the front or back, without adult support.
- Jump into the water, turn around, swim back to the point of entry and hold on to the side or rail.
- Climb out of the water with adult support if required.
Lily Legends - Learn to Swim program
Lily Legend 1
- Enter the water safely.
- Move forward for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
- Move backwards for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
- Move sideways for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
- Scoop the water and wash the face.
- Be comfortable with water showered from overhead.
- Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing.
- Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing.
- Push and glide in a flat position on the front from a wall.
- Push and glide in a flat position on the back from a wall.
- Give examples of two pool rules.
- Exit the water safely.
Lily Legend 2
- Jump in from poolside safely.
- Blow bubbles a minimum of three times rhythmically, with nose and mouth submerged.
- Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing without support.
- Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing without support.
- Push from a wall and glide on the back – arms can be by the side or above the head.
- Push from a wall and glide on the front with arms extended.
- Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the back for 5 metres, without the use of flotation equipment.
- Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the front for 5 metres, without the use of flotation equipment.
- Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the front, to a back floating position, then return to standing.
- Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the back, to a front floating position, then return to standing.
- Perform a log roll from the back to the front.
- Perform a log roll from the front to the back.
- Exit the water without support.
Lily Legend 3
- Jump in from poolside and submerge.
- Sink, push away from wall and maintain a streamlined position.
- Push and glide on the front with arms extended and log roll onto the back.
- Push and glide on the back with arms extended and log roll onto the front.
- Travel 5 metres on the front, perform a tuck to rotate onto the back and return on the back.
- Fully submerge to pick up an object.
- Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the back.
- Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the front.
- Perform a tuck float and hold for three seconds.
- Exit the water without using steps.
Lily legend 4
- Perform a sequence of changing shapes (minimum of three) whilst floating on the surface and demonstrate an understanding of floating.
- Push and glide from the wall towards the pool floor.
- Kick 10 metres backstroke (one item of equipment optional).
- Kick 10 metres front crawl (one item of equipment optional).
- Kick 10 metres butterfly on the front or on the back.
- Kick 10 metres breaststroke on the front (one item of equipment optional).
- Perform a head first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back.
- Travel on back and log roll in one continuous movement onto front.
- Travel on front and log roll in one continuous movement onto back.
- Push and glide and swim 10 metres, choice of stroke is optional.
Lily legend 5
- Perform a flat stationary scull on the back.
- Perform a feet first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back.
- Tread water for 30 seconds.
- Perform three different shaped jumps into deep water.
- Push and glide and swim 10 metres backstroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
- Push and glide and swim 10 metres front crawl (performed to Swim England expected standards).
- Push and glide and swim 10 metres breaststroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
- Push and glide and swim 10 metres butterfly (performed to Swim England expected standards).
- Perform a handstand and hold for a minimum of three seconds.
- Perform a forward somersault.
- Demonstrate an action for getting help.