Welcome to the first edition of the Life Saving Victoria (LSV) ‘Education from Anywhere’ newsletter for the 2018 school year.
It has been an interesting summer period to date with some extraordinary hot weather and thousands of visitors to Victorian …
We are pleased to advise that the new online ordering system for the Victorian Water Safety Certificate (VWSC) is now available for use. Please visit http://vwsc.lsv.com.au/ to order certificates. To watch a preview of the system, please click HERE.…
LSV’s Open Water Learning Experience (OWLE) and Sink or Swim (SorS) program deliver vital water safety information to Victorian students, increasing their awareness of the potential dangers found in and around their local aquatic environments.
The OWLE and SorS programs …
The Facts:
The Swimming and Water Safety component of the Victorian Curriculum Health and Physical Education requires students to have the opportunity to develop water safety understanding and skills, ensuring personal and group safety when in, on and around water. …
2018 will see two key updates to swimming pool safety standards, which all schools with their own pool or using a local pool should be aware of. The first change is the newly released RLSSA Guidelines for Safe Pool Operation …
A total of 126 rescues were performed across Victoria by volunteer lifesavers and paid lifeguards from Monday 22nd January to Sunday 28th January, including the Australia Day long weekend when Melbourne’s temperature peaked at 38.1 degrees on Sunday.…
Young athletes from around the state will meet on the beach at Torquay’s Cosy Corner for the second Junior Carnival of the season on Friday 5th January.
Nippers from 27 lifesaving clubs are expected to compete in the carnival, …
Life Saving Victoria is issuing an urgent plea for the public to exercise care after 9 reported drowning deaths in Victoria since the start of summer (9 coastal, 7 inland waterways, 3 pools and 1 unknown location), the highest in …
Life Saving Victoria is urging beachgoers to swim between the red and yellow flags this holiday season, following the tragic drowning of a 41-year-old father at Skenes Creek on the Great Ocean Road last week.
Extra lifeguards will be on …
Westpac’s recent Water Safety Survey revealed that more than half of Australian parents with children aged two to eight (55.8%) would not know the lifesaving CPR instructions needed to take action if they were faced with an emergency.
Some parents …
