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SwimSafer 2.0 · Gold
SwimSafer Stage 6 (Gold)
Goal: 400 m timed
Stage 6 (Gold) is the most advanced stage: a variety of strokes over 400 metres within a time frame, using clothing as a flotation aid, putting on a life jacket in the water, and the Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique.
What your child learns in this stage
| Entries & Exits | Demonstrate a standing dive |
| Sculling & Body Orientation | Scull, float or tread for 5 minutes (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills) |
| Underwater Skills | In 1.8m deep water, perform head-first surface dive (tuck or pike) and perform ear equalisation, if necessary and swim through hoops on pool bottom for 5m |
| Movement/Swimming/Strokes | Swim 100m Front Crawl (3:00 minutes) 100m Breaststroke (4:00 minutes) 100m Backstroke (3:20 minutes) 50m Survival Backstroke 50m Sidestroke 15m Butterfly |
| Survival & Activity skills | Dressed in swimwear, long pants, t-shirt, perform the following sequence: 1. Enter deep water using a compact jump 2. Perform a head-first surface dive to a depth of 1.8m (and perform ear equalisation, if necessary) 3. Swim 5m underwater through hoops and resurface 4. Swim 45m quickly using front crawl 5. Then, swim slowly for a further 50m using any preferred survival swim stroke 6. Remove pants in deep water and make a float with it while treading water for 5 minutes 7. Demonstrate HEat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique with the self-made float for 1 minute 8. Then swim 25m with the self-made float and climb out of the water |
| Rescue Skills | Using a suitable buoyant aid, tow (non- contact) rescue of a person 10 metres from safety. |
| Knowledge | Rules of behaviour in, on or near the water Water safety knowledge at a swimming pool Water safety rules in various aquatic environments Principles of personal safety and survival Principles of watercraft safety Recognising an Emergency Principles when performing a rescue |
Swimsafer 2.0 Gold Assessment
Swim (use standing dive entry for Front-Crawl, Breaststroke):
- 100m Front-Crawl (within 3:00 min)
- 100m Breaststroke (within 4:00 min)
- 100m Backstroke (within 3:20 min)
- 50m Survival Backstroke
- 50m Sidestroke
- 15m Butterfly
Gold Sequence (w/o goggles)
Dressed in swimwear, long pants, t-shirt, perform the following sequence
- Enter deep water using a compact jump
- Perform a head-first surface dive to a depth of 1.8m (and perform ear equalisation, if necessary)
- Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 5m and resurface
- Swim 45m quickly using front crawl
- Then, swim slowly for a further 50m using any preferred survival swim stroke. Remove pants in deep water and make a float with it while treading water for 5m.
- Demonstrate Heat Escape Lessening Posture (H.E.L.P.) technique for 1min with the self-made float
- Then swim 25m with the self-made float and climb out of the water
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How this stage is assessed: a practical in-water assessment (assessed as fully competent) plus an online water-safety theory quiz with a 90% pass mark. Since July 2025 both are managed on the national CAMS platform run by Singapore Aquatics, and e-certificates are issued through FileSG.
Progress through SwimSafer with Happy Fish — our kids swimming lessons follow the SwimSafer 2.0 syllabus in warm indoor heated pools across Singapore.