Mail - Ferntree Gully Mail - 22nd August 2017

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Ferntree Gully

Belgrave

Mail Covering the Dandenongs in the Yarra Ranges & Cardinia Shires

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Tegan Foden with baby Theodore, who is getting a head start on becoming comfortable in water. 171832 looking forward to creating the opportunity for young children to develop a love of the water.” Ferntree Gully adds to the growing list of swim schools that are already teaching the fun life skill

to over 16,000 children and babies across Australia. The need for water safety is reiterated with the lead-up to Learn2Swim week at the end of September, where both Jump! Ferntree Gully and Mon-

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Teaching babies to swim is quickly becoming the new norm with parents flocking to Jump! Swim Schools Ferntree Gully since opening in July. After spending the majority of her life in Ferntree Gully, Jump! Swim School owner, Danielle Hodges, saw the need for a swim school that offered a more structured swim program for infants. The mother of two witnessed firsthand the struggles her children and other parents faced in Melbourne’s busy metro swimming facilities, particularly after working in the aquatic industry for over 12 years. “I have worked in places where there are eight to 10 classes going at once - at Jump! we only have two classes running at once.” This gives us the opportunity to really get to know each and every student,” she said. Many of the programs cover water safety and Danielle said the earlier the better when teaching children and infants to react correctly if they fall in the pool. In 2015-'16 children aged 0-4 represented 13 per cent of drowning deaths in Victoria, despite making up only six per cent of the Victorian population. Through the programs run at Jump! Danielle hopes to prepare children and educate parents about water safety. “It’s really water play and familiarisation and the parents are in the water with them until they are three. “We teach them to get comfortable in the water, water over the face and other type activities - it’s very progressive.” “We want children to learn early; because where we live in Australia we’re surrounded by water so we want children to be safe and water aware ... when they jump into the pool, we teach them to swim back and grab onto the edge of the pool,” she said. Having grown up in Ferntree Gully, Danielle is glad to be back and even happier to be able to teach swimming to infants in her home town. “Learning to swim is something I am really passionate about and I am


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