​New to water? Improve confidence? Get out of armbands? Or simply get that stroke perfect?
We have something for your child!

All our swimming classes are progressive; teaching skills, technique and stamina in a fun and safe manner.

Starfish Class - 3-5 Year olds / Beginners - Developing

All starfish classes are aimed specifically at children from 3 - 5 years old. We have 3 different levels and they all take the learning through play approach to swimming lessons, with games and activities to encourage the children to move through the water, increasing confidence and skills as they move through each level. All of our starfish classes have a maximum of 6pupils in each class and for a full class will have a teacher and an assistant in the water with the pupils.

Starfish 1 - For total beginners and those children who have little or no experience in the water. Also aimed at children who may need extra parent support in the water, are nervous, or for their first time to swimming lessons.

Starfish 2 - For children that can swim with aids (armbands, backpack, floats etc..) but without assistance, consistently for 10 metres or more. And be willing to have a go for short distances without aids. They should be happy to put their face in the water and jump into the water to an adult.They should also be able to float on their back with aids unassisted.

Starfish 3 - For very confident under 5 year olds that can swim at least 5 metres unaided. They should be happy to put their face in the water while swimming and be able to jump in also unaided. Although they are not expected to be able to swim unaided on their backs they should however be able to float and be comfortable on their backs with aids.

 Seahorse Class - 5+ Year Olds / Beginners - Developing

Beginners - All seahorse classes are aimed at children from 5 years old and upwards. These are slightly more structured classes but still include a lot of games and activities to encourage a fun element to learning to swim, helping to improve skills and water confidence as they progress through each of the 3 levels. All of our Seahorse classes will have a maximum of 6 pupils in each class and for a full class will have a teacher and an assistant in the water with the pupils.

Seahorse 1(Stage 1) - For total beginners and those children who have little or no experience in the water. Also aimed at children who may need extra adult support in the water, are nervous, or for their first time to swimming lessons.

Seahorse 2 (Stage 2) - For those that are confident in the water and have had swimming lessons before. Swimmers should be able to try without aids and manage 5metres unaided. They should be happy to put their face in the water and jump into the water to an adult.They should also be able to float on their back with aids unassisted.

Seahorse 3 (Stage 2/3) - For very confident beginners who are able to swim at least 10 metres regularly on their front, and kick on their back for 5 metres. The child should be happy to submerge under the water and be able to swim some of the width with their face in the water. They should also be able to jump unaided into the pool.

Octopus Class - 5+ Years / Improver

Please note: These lessons are taught in deep water with the teaching instructing from the poolside.

Improvers - Again we have 3 levels and these are aimed at progressively improving the stroke and water skills of each
child. More time is now spent on stroke technique for all four strokes aiming to turn it from basic technique into good technique. 
 
Octopus 1(Stage 3/4) - For children who are able to swim 25 metres on their front and 10 metres on their back. They should be able to perform a push and glide and star float on both their front and back.

Octopus 2 (Stage 4) - For those able to swim 50 metres frontcrawl and 25 metres back stroke. They should be swimming all the time with their faces in the water when on their front and have covered the basics of breast stroke and butterfly.

Octopus 3 (Stage 5+) - For children that can swim 50 metres front crawl, 50 metres backstroke, 50 meter breaststroke and an understanding for basic butterfly.

1-1 / 2-1 Class - Any Age / Any Ability

If you would prefer a more individual approach a 1-1 or 2-1 class may be just the thing.  These are with just your child
or  your child and a friend with a teacher. These classes can be more easily tailored to your child’s specific needs and 
requirements whether they are a Beginner or Advanced swimmer.


For a full timetable of all class times please see our Class Timetable page

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