Student Diaries

Click one of the pictures below to display a PDF document of your own swimming and water safety program diary for printing out

Grade 3 [PDF 964KB]	Grade 4 [PDF 650KB]	Grade 5 [PDF 833KB]
RLSS Level 6 [PDF 1.3MB]	High Needs [PDF 701KB]

Teacher resources

The following learning sequences have been written for primary classroom teachers.  They have been designed to complement the Department of Education’s Year 3 – 5 Swimming and Water Safety Program and updated swimming diaries.

Each learning sequence:

• is designed for teachers using the Tasmanian Curriculum
• focuses on Health and wellbeing, Society and History, English-literacy and Mathematics-numeracy
• is linked to standards, stages and years of schooling

How can I have fun in aquatic environments?

In this unit students will explore a range of aquatic environments and develop an understanding of personal responsibility when participating in water-based activities. They will learn some basic safety rules and be able to describe some ways of avoiding harmful situations.  Students will identify people who support fun, participation and safety in aquatic environments. They will make connections between the swimming and survival skills from the Swimming and Water Safety Program to their own personal safety in different aquatic environments.

Year 3 Standard 2 (Stages 4 ? 6)

http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/45d01df2-7dc8-1dc1-4518-d98f0a85b95d/1/HowcanIhavefuninaquaticenvironments.doc

How can we have fun together in aquatic environments?

In this unit students will investigate what is involved in being a responsible participant in groups.  Students will plan and prepare for a fun excursion to an aquatic environment including recognising safety measures to overcome potential hazards.

Year 4 Standards 2 ? 3 (Stages 5 ? 9)

http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/3e0d1906-7db6-07f4-273d-676df8581e52/1/Howcanwehavefuntogetherinaquaticenvironments.doc

How can we share the water safety message?

In this unit students will create a communication strategy to inform an audience of the importance of water safety and provide advice on how to participate safely in an aquatic environment. Students will research water safety issues, analyse effective messages and create a presentation to deliver an effective safety message to a target audience.

Years 5 ? 6 Standards 3 ? 4 (Stages 7 ? 11)

http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/5e78c940-1a42-848e-b38e-d114ec46f534/1/FINAL+Year+5+How+can+we+share+the+water+safety+message.doc