Swim England Stage 7 Certificate

Congratulations! Your swimmer has achieved their Swim England Stage One!

If we have emailed you to ask you to buy a Stage One badge and certificate, please add this product to your cart and checkout. We will bring your badge and certificate to the next lesson for you to present to your child. Please ensure you have added your child’s name in full as you would like it to appear on the certificate when prompted to do so at checkout.

The Swim England Learn to Swim scheme is an inclusive syllabus for delivering structured and progressive swimming lessons for all ages. The activities are designed to be effective and engaging for children with a key focus on water safety. Swimmers who have achieved Stage One will have demonstrated the following skills:

1. Push and glide and swim 25 metres backstroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
2. Push and glide and swim 25 metres front crawl (performed to Swim England expected standards).
3. Push and glide and swim 25 metres breaststroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
4. Push and glide and swim 25 metres butterfly (performed to Swim England expected standards).
5. Perform a movement sequence (linking skills with strokes and sculls) of one minute duration, in a group of three or more, incorporating a number of the following skills:
   Sculling: head first, feet first
   Rotation: forward or backward somersault, log roll
   Floating: star on the front or on the back, tuck float, create own
   Eggbeater: Moving, lifting one or both arms out of the water
6. Perform a sitting dive or dive.
7. Push and glide and swim 50 metres continuously using one stroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
8. Push and glide and swim 100 metres, using a minimum of three different strokes (performed to Swim England expected standards).
9. Tread water using eggbeater action for 30 seconds.
10. Complete an obstacle course (using minimum of four objects) with feet off the pool floor throughout.

Please note: certificates are only available for purchase by Next Level Swimming Academy swimmers