Many of our nipper activities involve being in and around the water. To ensure that each of our nippers has the suitable swimming ability to participate in these activities, Life Saving Victoria requires that each nipper complete a Junior Preliminary Swim Evaluation before commencing nippers.
Swim school teachers are qualified to assess your child’s ability to competently complete the swim evaluation. If your child attends swim classes, their swim teacher will be able to complete the evaluation; otherwise, you can request for an assessment to be done by speaking to the swim school coordinators at your local public pool.
Completed swim assessments need to be emailed to nippers@sandringhamlsc.org.au by Saturday, November 22nd. If you are unable to have the swim assessment completed at a pool, please get in touch with us as soon as possible to organise an alternative.
If your child is unable to complete the assessment or does not have the requisite skills for their age level, they are still welcome in the nipper program. However, they will be unable to participate in water-based activities without a parent or guardian accompanying them into the water for each activity. If this is not possible, they will be unable to participate in the water-based portion of our program.
Please note that any missing information will make the form invalid.
If you have any challenges in having this form completed, please contact the Nipper team at nippers@sandringhamlsc.org.au for discussion of an alternate approach.