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Seals
Level Three of the Swim School for Kids program.
There are seven levels in our Swim School for Kids.
As your child's skills grow, they move through the ranks, tackling bigger and better challenges, and growing their confidence in the water.
In Seals, your child will learn important skills to:
- Swim 20m freestyle with bilateral breathing
- Swim 20m backstroke with straight arm recovery
- Perform 20m breaststroke kick with symmetrical technique with kickboard
- Swim 20m survival backstroke
- Float 20 seconds motionless without swimming aids
- Experience somersaults
- Swim through a submerged object in chest deep water
- Discuss water safety
Once your child has mastered these skills, they move into Platypus.
Fun Facts about Seals
Seals are known to travel widely and visit all areas of the SA coast.
Seals move their hind flippers from side to side to propel themselves forward, and use their fore flippers to help them steer.
They are marine mammals, meaning they are warm blooded and air-breathing.
