Kangaroo Beach Series 2 Resource

About this resource

The Kangaroo Beach Series 2 learning resource is a classroom-based water safety education tool for Foundation – Year 2 students and teachers. The resource contains eight lesson plans to use alongside school swimming lessons, as part of class inquiries into health and safety, or to address Health and Physical Education curriculum content in an engaging way. Each lesson identifies a relevant Kangaroo Beach episode and water safety message and provides opportunities for students to strengthen their understanding of foundational water safety concepts, skills and behaviours empowering them to contribute to their own safety. Lesson plans correspond to key learning areas in the National Swimming and Water Safety Framework, addressing Hazards and Personal Safety, Entries and Exits, Flotation, Swimming, Underwater, Lifesaving, Rescue, and Survival Sequence. Incorporating curriculum content drawn from English, Science, and the Arts, the resource includes comprehension questions with corresponding time stamps, along with activities related to the themes and target skills.