Life-Saving Skills
Water Safety
•Year 9
•9 Lessons
This unit equips Year 9 students with essential water survival and rescue techniques that could save their own life or others' in emergency situations. Moving beyond recreational swimming, students develop a critical life skill set including safe entry, survival swimming whilst clothed, and non-contact rescue methods. The emphasis on real-world scenarios and progressive skill application makes this unit both highly engaging and genuinely life-preserving.
Lessons in This Unit
9 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can developing water survival skills potentially save your life in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop essential water survival skills while wearing clothing in water
- • Master safe water entry techniques to prevent injury
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can developing water survival skills and rescue awareness help save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Improve treading water duration to 1 minute while maintaining calm breathing
- • Master arm signalling techniques while treading water to attract attention
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can you save someone's life in water without putting yourself at risk?
Key Objectives:
- • Master reach and rescue techniques safely and effectively
- • Demonstrate rope rescue skills over distances of 5 metres or more
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can mastering safe water entry and clothed swimming techniques save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Learn and demonstrate safe straddle entry technique for deep water access
- • Develop continuous swimming ability while wearing clothing to understand real-world challenges
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can advanced swimming skills and rescue techniques help save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Complete 200m continuous swimming in clothing to understand survival swimming conditions
- • Master reaching rescue techniques with clear instruction giving to aid casualty communication
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can mastering advanced water safety skills save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Perfect treading water for 2 minutes with regular signalling every 30 seconds
- • Complete surface dive and recovery challenge in deep water
Lesson 7
Big Question:
How can mastering different swimming strokes save your life in real water emergencies?
Key Objectives:
- • Begin 400m continuous swimming using multiple strokes
- • Learn lifesaving backstroke and sidestroke techniques
Lesson 8
Big Question:
How can advanced water rescue techniques save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Master 3-minute treading water whilst wearing clothing
- • Execute safe clothing removal techniques in water
Lesson 9
Big Question:
How can mastering advanced water survival techniques save lives in emergency situations?
Key Objectives:
- • Complete 400m continuous swimming in under 15 minutes using three different strokes
- • Demonstrate clothing flotation and HELP position techniques for extended periods