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.
We AGREE that children should not be thrown or dunked into any body of water or taught bubble blowing from a young age. In the latest SMH article “Swimming champion urges rethink on the ‘traumatising’ way we teach children to swim”, Journalist Julie Powers references a survey of the parents of 14,000 children enrolling in […]
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 […]