3 years - 5 years old

Our Ducklings level swimming lessons run for 30 minutes and have a maximum of 6 children in a class to one teacher. All children start off working towards being safe and secure in and around water.

We have 5 different duckling stages. We start the program with introducing the children to water without parental support. We then move on to develop water confidence, while working on basic movements swimming and skills in the water. Gradually developing the freedom of movement with less support as they move through the 5 stages.

We use back floats that can be reduced one layer at a time to allow for a slow transition to none aided movement. The teacher will guide the child through the different stages using toys and floats and fun based activities - engaging the child's imaginary play, while always promoting safety and confidence with in the water.Write a description for this tab and include information that will interest site visitors. For example if you are using tabs to show different services write about what makes this service unique. If you are using tabs to display restaurant items write about what makes a specific dish particularly worthwhile or delicious.

5 years old or completed the Duckling Classes

Our  Turtles classes run for 30 minutes and have a maximum of 6 children in a class to one teacher. These lessons are aimed at children aged 5 and above, or children who have completed all the duckling criteria.

There are 3 stages with in our turtles program. The teachers start the program by making sure the child is comfortable in the water and building on water confidence. The teacher then quickly adds in the  basics of movement through the water developing this to achieve the goal of them swimming  unaided and unsupported on both their front and back with a suitable level of technique.

Swimmers will also work on additional skills which will complement their swimming skills, these include ball handling, diving and self rescue skills within the water.

For children who have completed the Turtles Classes

Our  Jellyfish classes run for 30 minutes and have a maximum of 6 children in a class to one teacher. These lessons are aimed at children who have completed the Turtles level criteria.

There are 2 stages to our Jellyfish program.  The aim of the program is to fine tune both the front crawl and back crawl swimming strokes working on areas like breathing and timing of the stroke.

This class will also introduce the breaststroke and butterfly swimming strokes ensuring that there are completed to a high standard over a small distance. Swimmers will also work on additional aquatic skills such as sculling, handstands and roly polys in preparation to introduce turns later on.

For children who have completed the Jellyfish Classes

Our Dolphins classes run for 30 minutes and has a maximum of 8 children in a class to one teacher. There are 2 stages within our dolphin level.

This class is aimed at children who have completed the Jellyfish criteria. The children are pushed to swim to the best of their ability developing stamina and technique in all four of the competitive swimming strokes.

The class also starts to learn the laws that govern the sport of swimming and then applying them to each swimming stroke. The lessons begin to look at basic starts, turns and finishes for swimming races but also starts developing the skills used in other swimming disciplines such as water polo.