These Awards are designed to help children over the age of 18 months enjoy learning to swim and boost water confidence.
Depending on the lesson provider adults may continue to accompany the child in the water as they work towards five grades of colourful awards. Each grade of the Duckling Awards contains six components that must be passed before the Award is given.
Children can use buoyancy aids such as armbands or floats for the first four grades as the child learns to float and gets used to the water. The fifth and final grade has young swimmers jumping into the water, submerging, blowing bubbles, floating and swimming five metres without aids as they grow in confidence.
