The Splash framework encourages a young child’s increasingly independent and guided discovery of the aquatic environment to develop water confidence, specifically aimed at children aged 3+.
Our Splash classes are delivered with a teacher in the water teaching up to 4 children. There are 6 levels of progression in Splash, with aquatic skills progressively developing throughout each level, with the child being increasingly independent in the water. Children will learn through guided discovery of the aquatic environment to develop water confidence.
Splash 1
Aims
1. Child is safe while in the water, and when getting in and out of the pool
2. Child develops their confidence in the water
3. Child develops physical literacy skills and aquatic specific skills of buoyancy, aquatic breathing,
streamlining, rotation and orientation.
4. Child develops early swimming skills enabling them to move in the water using their arms and legs.
Splash 2
Aims
1. Child develops ability to kick through the water on their front and back
2. Child further develops early swimming skills enabling them to move in the water using their arms and legs.
3. Child is increasingly independent in the water
4. Child further develops physical literacy and aquatic specific skills
Splash 3
Aims
1. Child independently safely enters the water
2. Child is able to kick increased distances on their front and back
3. Child can confidently put their face in the water
4. Child develops streamlining skills on their front and back
Splash 4
Aims
1. Child can enter and exit the water independently
2. Child can kick using alternating and simultaneous movements
3. Child can move through the water on their front and back
4. Child can perform rhythmical breaths
Splash 5
Aims
1. Child can jump into the water
2. Child can move through the water using alternating and simultaneous actions with aids
3. Child can submerge under the water
4. Child can complete a full longitudinal rotation in the water
Splash 6
Aims
1. Child is confident in the water without an adult
2. Child improves floating, gliding and breathing techniques
3. Child can paddle through the water using alternating and simultaneous actions
4. Child can submerge their face in the water without goggles