We teach children aquatic survival skills not just water familiarisation.
Children from 6 months old learn vital swimming skills to save themselves.
Designed to help with the step between survival lessons and stroke lessons.
At KASS we have and always will focus on learned breath control as a priority in all lessons. Before any child moves through the path of lessons, they are taught to take a breath and hold their breath before being submerged. This is done through physical, non-verbal prompts to assist in the process. Everything we […]
Barbara is a 3.5 year old girl from the Philippines. She is from a non-English speaking family and came to Australia only six months ago. Back home, Barbara experienced a non-fatal drowning incident which involved falling into a body of water. Her mother watched helplessly as she herself could not swim and was unable to […]
Floatation devices such as swim vests, arm bands, puddle jumper, water wings or swim trainers are NOT a substitute for supervision. They can give a child a false sense of security in water and create dependant behaviour of being vertical in water. Unfortunately, the child is not able to stay vertical in the water without […]