Laurie Lawrence: Teach Your Baby To Swim Analysis

1. Discuss what you learned from the film about teaching babies and children to swim. (At least 250 words)
The film “Laurie Lawrence: Teach Your Baby To Swim” educates viewers on how to train their child/children to swim at a young age. It explains in detail how children should be handled with care in the water, allowing them to be familiar with the environment, which may help to prevent the risk of drowning. The documentary shows how children at certain ages should be taught to swim. Those who are newly born (only a few weeks old) should be conditioned to allow them to be familiar with the water. This can be done by repeatedly saying “[name], ready, go!’ in a rhythmical and constant tone. It is important for the water to be warmed; the phone
During his upbringing in the Queensland city of Townsville, he suffered from bronchiectasis (an abnormal widening of the bronchi), which had caused the surgical removal of a part of his lungs. He took on swimming in order to improve his condition. Later in his life Lawrence become a Physical Education teacher, in which he gained a scholarship for his education. He then became a swim coach and took over Don Talbot at the Hurstville Club, as his father suggested he do so. He established his own ‘Laurie Lawrence Swim School’ in Queensland in 1966. He had coached some of Australia’s leading and world-breaking swimmers such as Steven Holland, Duncan Armstrong and many others. In 1988, he launched the “Kids Alive” campaign in an attempt to reduce the numbers of children drowning. Funding for the campaign come from the Federal Government and local
Use the Life Saving Victoria website. Detail their approach to work with the CALD community/ies. (At least one paragraph)
The Life Saving Victoria organisation has a very holistic approach to working with the CALD community. They provide a wide range of lessons and programs to these communities. They are delivered in a wide variety of diverse groups. These include refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and international students. Additionally, the programs ensure that there are no language barriers between the instructors and individuals.
For one, they provide an Educational Programs that addresses water safety education with the use of ‘practical and theoretical’ activities. The programs/activities within the Education Program include: Multicultural Beach Programs, Multicultural Meet a Lifeguard and Multicultural Resuscitate a mate.
Another example is that they provide swimming lessons, specifically targeting those who have newly arrived to Australia. To ensure that many CALD groups are provided with these swimming lessons, Life Saving Victoria works with many organisations and