Teaching children a respect for the water is a very important part in water safety education. Children start to learn a respect for the water as they progress through the learn to swim process and begin to understand their capabilities and limitations in the pool. Children need lots of exploratory play under strict supervision from the parent, as well as formal learning which instils water safety values. This concept of “respect for the water” can even be observed in little b

You’re at your weekly swimming lesson and “Lachlan” is playing up once again. You’ve given him the warning speech before the lesson started but once again it’s gone in one ear and out the other. He’s bobbing underwater while the teacher is talking and he’s distracting the other children in the class. This is when you start to think I’m not bringing him to lessons anymore The teacher thinks I have no control The other parents are getting annoyed that my child is disrupting the