Waterwise Cumbria is the opportunity for students from local schools to transfer their swimming skills from the swimming pool environment to the open water environments of our lakes, rivers and tarns in Cumbria. We aim to develop their confidence around open water with the use of fun and games but with an underlying message about water safety.

The building blocks of learning will come in the form of 3 water based sessions with some classroom work aswell. This will lead into a final challenge to be decided by the school. For example the challenge could be a swim across a small tarn or across Coniston Water. This challenge will obviously be dependent on the students swimming ability.

The swim session will be based either on Lake Windermere or Coniston Water unless you have a specific venue in mind.

Head teachers need to use whichever approved system the school uses to quality and assure the water safety session based on my qualifications and experience and the quality of my Risk Assessments.

The session will be managed by myself and a lifeguard/spotter (supplied by the school) with a maximum group size of 28 with up to 14 children in the water at a time. If there is someone willing to assist in the water that would be great but not essential. I would also need you to bring a teacher/parent who is happy to lead a classroom-based session for the students who are not in the water. It would also be advisable to have 1/2 other parents/teachers who are happy to assist with the students changing.