WHAT'S THE SWIM TO SURVIVE SCHOOLS PROGRAM?
The Lifesaving Society aims to have every Grade 3 student in Ontario achieve the 'Swim to Survive Standard' in an effort to prevent accidental drownings. The Society has a Swim to Survive school grant program to help make this happen and so our class (Grade 2 and 3 students) will have the opportunity to participate in this program along with all the other Grade 3 classes from Little Falls.
The Society defines the minimum skills needed to survive an unexpected fall into deep water. These are expressed in a skill sequence in the Canadian Swim to Survive standard:
Students will learn how to:
ROLL into deep water
TREAD water for one minute
SWIM 50 metres
Swim to Survive is aimed primarily at children, but people of all ages should be able to perform the Society's Swim to Survive standard. Please ask your child about what they did in the pool today and enjoy the pictures which prove we were having fun while learning to be safe in the water!
