Start your water babies off early - Parent & Baby swimming lessons!

Work through our Duckling Awards with your little ones from just 3 months old.

Aquababies:    3 - 18 months
Aquatots:        18 months - 3 years
Tinytots:          3 - 4 years


Children 4+

For school age children there are 7 stages to work through, each one offering improved water skills and stroke development.

Stage 1 (Seahorses): This stage is concerned with developing basic safety awareness, the 'class' scenario, basic movement skills and water confidence skills. Swimmers may use aids such as arm bands, floats, etc.

Stage 2 (Penguins): This stage focuses on developing safe entries to the water, including jumping in, basic floating, travel on front and back up to a distance of 5 metres, and rotating the body to regain an upright position. Swimmers may use aids such as armbands, floats, etc.

Stage 3 (Polar Bears): Concerned with developing safe entries into the water - including submersion - travel up to ten metres on the front and back, and progressing water safety knowledge and body rotation skills from the previous stage. Stage 3 also sees the swimmer being assessed without the use of aids or supports.

Stage 4 (Seals): This stage aids the learner in developing the understanding of buoyancy through a range of skills. Also covered is refining kicking techniques for all strokes. The swimmer also has to swim 10 metres to a standard directed by the ASA.

Stage 5 (Dolphins): During this stage swimmers develop 'watermanship' through sculling and treading water skills and complete body rotation. They also perform all strokes for a distance of 10 metres to a standard provided by the ASA.

Stage 6 (Whales): Developing effective swimming skills - including coordinated breathing - across all strokes is the focus of this stage. Learners also have to swim a distance of 25 metres using a stroke of the swimmer's choice. Children also learn about aspects of water safety and about preparing properly for exercise.

Stage 7 (Sharks): During this stage children develop quality stroke techniques up to 100 metres incorporating the skills they have learned, and combine them to develop a linked routine. They also complete successfully an obstacle course that combines a variety of skills accomplished through stages 1 - 7.


What next...?

Once your child completes all seven stages why not let them try Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo or Rookie Lifeguard.

For adults we also offer beginning swimming leassons in our Learner Pool and run one to one tuition for all ages; please call for further information.
 

Places must be pre-booked. To book a place contact our Swim School team on 01209 722002.