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Classes for children at Council's leisure centres this week will focus on teaching how
to stay safe in and around aquatic environments. The classes will provide
plenty of fun with inflatable pool equipment.
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Fairfield
City Council will provide residents with the opportunity to learn water safety
skills, including rescue and CPR techniques, during Water Safety Week 2014.
Water
safety Week also coincides with the start of the 2014-15 swimming season, which
officially started last Saturday. This also means all of Council's outdoor
swimming pools at each of its leisure centres are now open.
Until
Friday, Council's leisure centres will run a range of demonstrations and
classes to help encourage water safety in the community and educate parents and
guardians about their important roles in supervising children. Classes such as
CPR demonstrations and adult learn-to-swim classes aim to teach adults basic
and vital skills to ensure their children's safety.
As
well as lessons for adults and guardians, the week provides opportunities for
children to enhance their water skills and knowledge.
There
will be numerous appearances from ActiveGator, the water safety alligator.
Classes for children will focus on teaching how to stay safe in and around
aquatic environments.
The
classes provide plenty of fun with inflatable pool equipment.
Drowning
is one of the major causes of death in NSW for children under five. The most
effective way to prevent drowning is for children to be adequately supervised
by a responsible adult.
This
year's water safety activities include:
- CPR demonstrations
- Free adult learn-to-swim lessons
- Free disability learn-to-swim lessons
- Mums and Bubs lessons
- ActiveGator 'Open your Eyes, Be Waterwise' presentations
- Rescue and survival demonstrations at Prairiewood Leisure Centre
- Giant Pool Inflatables at Prairiewood and Fairfield
- Aqua Water Park at Fairfield Leisure Centre
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