PARC Swim Vision
PARC Swim Vision
PARC Swim Vision a partnership between Deakin University and Peninsula Leisure.
Here at PARC we have a vision that “every child in Frankston can swim” by the time they leave primary school.
With 60% of children completing primary school unable to swim 50m, we have developed a strategy to ensure children in Frankston are not only safer around water but are equipped to enjoy the magnificent aquatic environments of the area, such as PARC and our beautiful beaches.
Whilst there has been research previously around perceived swimming ability, no formal research has shown what the best method is to teach children how to swim so that they retain their skills and stay safer around water.
Anecdotally we know that the more consistently children practise certain skills, the better they become. We believe that this practice needs to be all year round as breaks in practice lead to lack of skill retention. However, with a range of short term, intense and longer-term programs in place together with an ongoing acceptance of kids not swimming through winter, Peninsula Leisure seeks to help the Aquatic Industry determine best practice methods for skill development and retention.
PARC Swim Vision a partnership between Deakin University and Peninsula Leisure.
Here at PARC we have a vision that “every child in Frankston can swim” by the time they leave primary school.
With 60% of children completing primary school unable to swim 50m, we have developed a strategy to ensure children in Frankston are not only safer around water but are equipped to enjoy the magnificent aquatic environments of the area, such as PARC and our beautiful beaches.
Whilst there has been research previously around perceived swimming ability, no formal research has shown what the best method is to teach children how to swim so that they retain their skills and stay safer around water.
Anecdotally we know that the more consistently children practise certain skills, the better they become. We believe that this practice needs to be all year round as breaks in practice lead to lack of skill retention. However, with a range of short term, intense and longer-term programs in place together with an ongoing acceptance of kids not swimming through winter, Peninsula Leisure seeks to help the Aquatic Industry determine best practice methods for skill development and retention.
Over the course of 2018 and 2019 we partnered with Deakin University to produce a world first study on the best program method that enables children to retain their swimming skills – whether that is through weekly lessons; school intensive swim programs; a combination of both as well as children who do not participate in lessons. The report is available here
Within the study Four groups of students were studied and data captured:
1. Children who swim in weekly private lessons;
2. Children who participate in a one week per year school swimming program;
3. Children who do both 1 and 2 above; and
4. Children who do no form of swimming lessons.
Prior to the commencement of the study, Peninsula Leisure determined the base line of Frankston children’s swimming ability, with over 600 primary school students in Frankston having their swimming ability tested at PARC, competencies tested included:
• Swim 50m
• Pick up an object from the pool floor in water that is above head height
• Enter deep water and tread water or float for 5 minutes
The study was widely anticipated and has been well received by the aquatic industry stakeholders and will no doubt inform best practice methods for learning swimming for years to come.
Over the course of 2018 and 2019 we partnered with Deakin University to produce a world first study on the best program method that enables children to retain their swimming skills – whether that is through weekly lessons; school intensive swim programs; a combination of both as well as children who do not participate in lessons. The report is available here
Within the study Four groups of students were studied and data captured:
1. Children who swim in weekly private lessons;
2. Children who participate in a one week per year school swimming program;
3. Children who do both 1 and 2 above; and
4. Children who do no form of swimming lessons.
Prior to the commencement of the study, Peninsula Leisure determined the base line of Frankston children’s swimming ability, with over 600 primary school students in Frankston having their swimming ability tested a
• Enter deep water and tread water or float for 5 minutes
The study was widely anticipated and has been well received by the aquatic industry stakeholders and will no doubt inform best practice methods for learning swimming for years to come.
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