Category: Learn To Swim
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Education Queensland to Audit Every State School’s Swimming Program | 7NEWS
Every Queensland state school’s swimming program will be reviewed after it was revealed the compulsory lessons are failing some children. There’s now a fresh hurdle to keeping students safe in the water: a lack of instructors.
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Swim Lessons in Honor of Malik Ramirez | WMFY News 2
A Greensboro mother is taking action to teach kids to swim. Her son, 15-year-old Malik Ramirez, was a student at Page High School when he drowned in a private lake. He was swimming with two other students when he went under. His mother told said, Malik never learned to swim. See WMFY News 2
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LEN Learn to Swim Commission Report Released – Major Conference Planned for the Summer of 2023
The LEN Learn to Swim Commission has published its first report sharing the results of a major consultation process into the issue of Learn to Swim and the prevention of drowning.
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A Grandma Learns to Swim | Float | The New Yorker Documentary
Before she dies, the 82-year-old Bubbe wants to learn how to swim, as chronicled in a short documentary by her granddaughter, Azza Cohen.
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Water Polo Coach Teaches Underserved Students How to Swim | CBS 8 San Diego
Generations of goodwill are colliding at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. In this Zevely Zone, I caught up with a Coronado water polo coach who is helping underserved students thousands of miles apart. Last August, I introduced you to Asante Sefa-Boakye. The Coronado water polo coach introduced the sport he loves to the people of Ghana.…
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Swim Safety Advocate Laurie Lawrence Calls for Better Swimming Lessons in Queensland | 7NEWS
Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17. It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled. “Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing…
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Tenoch Huerta on Playing Namor in Black Panther, Not Knowing How to Swim & His Tiny “Shame Shorts” | Jimmy Kimmel Live
Tenoch talks about being cast in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, not knowing how to swim before he shot the movie, his friend giving him pages of research about his character, and his tiny costume.
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Experts Urge Swim Lessons, Water Safety to Prevent Child Drownings | Eyewitness News ABC7NY
As more local pools and parks are re-opening from pandemic shutdowns, the American Academy of Pediatrics is urging families to provide swim lessons. Read more on Eyewitness News
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Summer Safety: Teaching Kids to Safely Swim Indoors, Outdoors | Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
One of the most fun summer activities for children poses some of the most dangers to them. It’s important to teach kids how to swim properly, and how to recognize and understand their limits when it comes to swimming in pools or in live bodies of water. Here are some tips from professionals.