Molesworth Primary School
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540 Molesworth Road
Molesworth TAS 7140
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Email: molesworth.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6261 2091

SWIMMING AND WATER SAFETY PROGRAM (SWSP) AND MARINE AND SAFETY TASMANIA (MAST) VISIT

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During weeks 4 and 5 of this term, our Year 3, 4 and 5 students were busy learning important Swimming and Water Safety skills at the New Norfolk Pool. The program went swimmingly! This program supports our students to become competent swimmers and be water safe. The program has a strong emphasis on; water safety, including boat safety, using personal floatation devices, survival swimming, reach to rescues, entreating aquatic environments safely, stroke development and building swimming stamina.

If you have a swimming and water safety questions and see one of our Year 3, 4 or 5 students you should ask them and they will be able to share their knowledge with you!

Here are some of the activities our swimmers have learnt and enjoyed:

  • Dennis - I enjoyed jumping into the deep water and doing float with our clothes on.
  • Ziva – I learnt what to do when you abandon ship. I really enjoyed freestyle and when we huddled with life jackets on.
  • Jack R – I learnt to torpedo with the pool noodle.
  • William – I learnt how to swim survival backstroke.
  • Alexia – I learnt that you have to be streamlined to freestyle
  • Oliver – I have enjoyed it! I can swim for longer now and do a torpedo.

It has been so lovely to see all our students’ progress in the pool. Thank you to our Swimming and Water Safety instructors, Babs, Fran, Carolyn, Nikki, Renee and Terry from the New Norfolk Pool.  

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    To tie in with our Swimming and Water Safety Program, on Tuesday 16th November our classes had a visit from Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST). They developed their skills and knowledge of many important boating skills; what you need to think about before and during any boating activity, how to use inflatable jackets, how to check life jackets to make sure they work and are the new standard life jacket, what is required to take with you when boating and what these look like and how to use them, how to check fire extinguishers, how to use flares and how an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) works.
    We would like to pass on many thanks to MAST for visiting our school for a second consecutive year! If you are interested in further information check out the MAST website: https://www.mast.tas.gov.au/