Kids Aquatic Survival School in Figtree sparks upset

Kate McIlwain
Updated February 21 2017 - 9:44pm, first published 7:00pm
Ben Cornwell, pictured with his kids Emma and Kenneth, says the swimming school being run from a home next door "sounds like they’re torturing kids". Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Ben Cornwell, pictured with his kids Emma and Kenneth, says the swimming school being run from a home next door "sounds like they’re torturing kids". Picture: Sylvia Liber.

An unconventional Figtree swimming school which uses simulated drowning scenarios to teach children to swim has sparked complaints from neighbours, who say listening to hours of “cries, screaming and gagging” is having a “disastrous effect” on their lives.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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