Watch Around Water
YOUR CHILD YOUR FOCUS
WynActive has in place a ‘Watch Around Water’ policy which applicable at AquaPulse and Werribee Outdoor Pool.
Watch Around Water (WAW) is a campaign educating the public about active supervision, and encouraging parents / guardians to take on the responsibility of this role while visiting aquatic facilities.
The campaign aim is to reduce the number of fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents and associated injuries in public aquatic facilities in Victoria within the 0-14 year age group.
For FREE online learning, click here to redirect to the online learning portal for Parents & Guardians of children accessing WAW facilities. Watch Around Water (WAW) is an education campaign about the importance of active supervision around water and encourages parents / guardians to work with lifeguards to make sure their kids stay safe around water.
Supervision policy:
Children aged 0 to 4 must be accompanied into the centre by a responsible adult over the age of 16 years and over and be supervised within arm’s reach at all times while in the centre.
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Children ages 0 to 4 will be issued a pink wrist band which must be worn at all times. If children are not within arm’s reach of their parent or guardian at all times, they will be removed from the water.
Children aged 5 to 9 must be accompanied into the centre by a responsible adult over the age of 16 years and over and actively supervised at all times while in the centre.
Children ages 5 to 9 will be issued a yellow wrist band which must be worn at all times. If children are unsupervised they will be removed from the water.
Please be aware of these additional important aspects of the “Watch Around Water” policy which applies at WynActive’s aquatic sites:
Groups won’t be admitted where the number of parents/guardians supervising a group of children aged 0 to 4 exceeds 1:2.
Groups won’t be admitted where the number of parents/guardians supervising a group of children aged 5 to 9 years exceeds 1:4.
Children aged 0 to 4 years won’t be admitted without a fee paying parent/guardian, (or a responsible parent/guardian card holder in the case of swim school members) who is accompanying the children into the water.
Children aged 0 to 9 years entering through the Members entrance will need to visit the services desk to be issued with a wrist band.
For children 10 years and older, parents must use knowledge of the child’s ability and development to determine supervision level.