FRAMEWORK
| Aqua Fun | Aqua Stars 1 | Aqua Stars 2 | Aqua Stars 3 | Aqua Stars 4 | Aqua Stars 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enjoy the Water | Move Independantly | Develop Front Crawl & Back Crawl | Develop Breaststroke & Butterfly | Refine Strokes & skills | Build Stamina & Stay Safe | |
| Enter using swile entry & by the steps | Jump in unaided | Head first surface dive to retrieve an object from 1.2m and kick on back to the side | Demonstrate a standing dive | Dive & transition to stroke | Know the Water Safety Code | |
| Enter by jumping in, with an aid | Demonstrate 5 continuous bobs, blowing bubbles | Push & glide for 2m, face in water & rotate onto back | Tread water for 20secs, catch a rescue aid and swim to the side | Perform a straddle entry & tread water for 45secs, catch a rescue aid and be pulled to the side | Perform a straddle entry & tread water arms only and eggbeater kick only for 1 min. | |
| Fully submerge & blow bubbles | Push & Glide with noodle, face in water | Flutter kick 15m on back, without an aid | Rotate on horizontal axis | Push & glide into forward roll | Jump in clothed, swim 25m and exit the pool | |
| Demonstrate a streamlined position, with a noodle | Demonstrate star, pencil & mushroom floats for 5 seconds, unaided | Flutter kick 15m on front, without an aid | Flutter kick 15m on back, streamlined | Flutter kick 25m on back, streamlined | Throw & catch a Water Polo ball with 1 hand | |
| Float on front for 5 secinds, without an aid | Demonstrate a vertical sculling action, with a noodle | Scull 7m, without an aid | Flutter kick 15m on front, streamlined | Flutter kick 25m on front, streamlined | Swim 25m Water Polo BC | |
| Float on back for 5 seconds, without an aid | Flutter kick 7m on back, without an aid | Swim 15m Back Crawl | Demonstrate 4 different sculls, with/without an aid | Scull 50m, showing 4 different sculls | Swim 25m Water Polo FC with a ball | |
| Travel 5 m on back or front without an aid | Swim 7m Back Crawl | Swim 15m Front Crawl with regular breathing | Swim 25m Back Crawl | Swim 50m Back Crawl | Swim 100m Back Crawl | |
| Flutter kick 7m on front, without an aid | Kick 7m Breaststroke on back or front, with legal kick | Swim 25m Front Crawl | Swim 50m Front Crawl | Swim 100m Front Crawl | ||
| Attempt to swim 7m Front Crawl | Kick 7m Butterfly, with legal kick | Swim 4 strokes Butterfly, with correct timing | Swim 25m Breaststroke, with legal technique | Swim 50m Breaststroke, with legal technique | ||
| Demonstrate circling leg action, sitting at edge of pool | Demonstrate a sitting dive* | Swim 15m Breaststroke, with legal technique* | Swim 15m Butterfly, with legal technique | Swim 25m Butterfly, with legal technique | ||
| Demonstrate Butterfly wiggling action, with arms extended onto a noodle | Understand lane discipline and use of pace clock | |||||
| *This must be done at the deep end of the pool | *Swimmers may be promoted provided the kick is legal and it is the final criterion to pass |
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