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Pre school
There are no rules about when your child must go it alone without their parent in the pool but generally around 3.5 years if they have had previous experience in Parent & Child classes they will respond better to a teachers instruction rather than their parents. Age appropriate activities, songs & games are essential elements of all lesson plans at this level.
NB. If your child is 3 years of age and has had no previous water experience we usually recommend that the first course of swimming be in a parent & child class. This also applies to any 4 year old preschooler who is very nervous around water or has had a previous traumatic water experience.
- For children 3-4 years of age
- Held Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm.
- Maximum number of children per class is 4 of similar age & ability
Preschool ability levels:
Preschool 1 - Little or no previous water experience but comfortable in water
- Will learn to walk on the platforms in the pool independently & monkey walk around the sides of the pool without assistance
- Will learn to put their face in & go under the water with breath held
- Will be introduced to floating & kicking on back & front with support from teacher or with various buoyancy aids
- Will learn to turn in the water to catch the bar/ledge with assistance
Preschool 2 - Able to put face in & go under the water but not yet floating independently
- Will learn to float independently like a starfish, back & front
- Will be introduced to streamline gliding
- Will learn to kick a short distance independently back & front
- Will learn to roll front to back, back to front with assistance
- Will learn to turn under the water & catch the bar/ledge independently
- Will learn to pick up objects from bottom of pool with assistance
Preschool 3 - Able to swim independently for a short distance kicking &/or paddling
- Will learn to streamline glide & kick without assistance
- Will learn to paddle & kick & roll onto their back without assistance
- Will learn to jump in from side of pool & get back to the side without assistance
- Will learn to glide & kick across the pool on back without assistance
- Will learn to blow bubbles under the water & pop up/rollover to take a breath
- Will learn to stroke & kick across the pool
- Will learn to swim underwater & to pick up objects from bottom of pool without assistance
Preschool 4 - For more advanced preschoolers who have usually been introduced to the water at an early age
- At this level children will be introduced to more advanced skills of freestyle breathing & backstroke
School age
PLEASE NOTE:
We are no longer able to accomodate school children during the term. We can however accomodate any School Age child in our Holiday Programs. Please refer to the website for dates and costs of these classes.
- For children 5 years of age and up
- Maximum number of children per class is 4 of similar age & ability
School age ability levels:
Beginner 1 - little or no previous water experience but comfortable in water
- Will learn to walk on the platforms in the pool independently & monkey walk around the sides of the pool without assistance
- Will learn to put their face in & go under the water with breath held
- Will be introduced to floating & kicking on back & front with support from teacher or with various buoyancy aids
- Will learn to turn in the water to catch the bar/ledge with assistance
Beginner 2 - Able to put face in & go under the water but not yet floating independently
- Will learn to float independently like a starfish, back & front
- Will be introduced to streamline gliding
- Will learn to kick a short distance independently back & front
- Will learn to roll front to back, back to front with assistance
- Will learn to turn under the water & catch the bar/ledge independently
- Will learn to pick up objects from bottom of pool with assistance
Confident Beginner - Able to swim independently for a short distance kicking &/or paddling
- Will learn to streamline glide & kick on front & back without assistance
- Will learn to paddle & kick & roll onto their back without assistance
- Will learn to jump in from side of pool & get back to the side without assistance
- Will learn to blow bubbles under the water & pop up/rollover to take a breath
- Will learn to stroke & kick across the pool
- Will learn to swim underwater & to pick up objects from bottom of pool without assistance
Beginner Breather - Able to stroke & kick well for approximately 4-5 metres & roll over to kick on back. Must also be able to streamline kick on back
- Will begin the more formal skills of freestyle breathing (eg. floating & kicking on side; kick, bubble & roll with board; kick, bubble, roll & stroke with board; independent freestyle 6 b 12.5 metres)
- Will learn the backstroke arm action beginning with sculling
Intermediate Breather - Able to do freestyle & backstroke 6 b 12.5 metres with reasonable stroking & breathing technique
- Will continue to practice the skills introduced in previous level for minimum of 12.5 metres for freestyle & backstroke
- Will be introduced to breaststroke leg action & arm action
Advanced Breather - Able to swim freestyle & backstroke for 25 metres
- Will continue to work on improving technique over longer distance until covering 50 metres with good technique & breathing
- Will continue to practise breaststroke arm & leg action, putting it altogether & learning the breathing technique
At this point we consider the children are ready to transition up to a 25 meter pool for continued technique improvement along with strength & stamina development. Parents are advised of the choices of facilities in the area that cater for swimmers at this level and will be strongly encouraged to keep their child swimming until such time as they can cover 200 meters comfortably which is the generally accepted distance all children should be able to swim to be considered truly water confident & water safe.
Parent and child
These classes are designed to teach you, the parent, how to teach your child to swim, beginning with relaxation & enjoyment of the water. Using songs & activities appropriate to their developmental age group they will develop balance, coordination & strength, all of which are fundamental basics for learning to swim.
- For babies & toddlers from 6 months old until they are ready to progress into a preschool class on their own.
- Held Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm .
- Maximum number of children per class is six
Please note that it is better for your child to have the same caregiver as much as possible in the water with them each lesson. Confidence and trust in their caregiver is important and results in more consistent performance from week to week.
