PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
Despite the harshest winter for many a year Scottish Swimming, the governing body for swimming in Scotland has been reaching out to its distant shores and islands and is undergoing an exciting revival
FUNdamentals stage to assist aquatic les- son providers to provide a wide range of swimming lessons to engage young chil- dren and to keep them in the wonderful sport of swimming for as long as pos- sible, whether for leisure, health or fun. Cartoon mascots, Splish and Splash
have been around since 2005 to guide children through the challenges and pleasures of learning how to swim and to motivate them as they progress. As if by magic, the charming duo bounced into
Swimming in Scotland is S
cottish Swimming’s Learn to Swim and Awards Scheme has been revised and a raft of new awards have been created at the
life at their first outing in East Dunbar- tonshire where a whole week of fun, aquatic activities were taking place at their three facilities, organised by David Walker, swimming development officer. More than 500 children had a great
time and had the chance to meet our aquatic double act and have their pho- tograph taken as they were presented with their Kellogg’s Scottish Swimming Awards. David Walker said: “East Dunbartonshire Council are extremely proud to be in partnership with Scottish Swimming. The large range of awards now available has enabled us to widen the scope of our lessons and motivate our
alive and splashing!
swimmers by rewarding them for their hard work; while parents are reassured that we offer a quality programme backed by the NGB. In addition, our staff have become more confident and have learned new skills as a consequence of the support and encouragement from Scottish Swimming. “ More recently, we introduced a cute
toddler Splish and Splash duo through our AquaFun Awards, aimed at our younger swimmers. Scottish Swimming, in partnership with Glasgow Life, Glasgow Community Health partnerships and local nursery schools, piloted a programme to encourage young children to learn to
“Highland Council’s (HC) relationship with Scottish Swimming
has really developed at a fast pace. By revising our swimming provision to make use of the enhanced SS L2S structure, our teachers are much more confident in their approach to lesson delivery and progression. This has enabled HC lessons to evolve into a structured Swimmer Pathway that assists each centre to cater for a broad range of customers while encouraging individuals to progress and develop a wider variety of skills.
Jeff Tavendale, swimming development officer, Highland Council
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