Children's Lessons
Our swimming lessons follow the National Plan for Teaching Swimming Stages 1-10, one of the most successful programmes of its kind. Children ages five to 1 receive the best possible instruction from qualified swimming instructors who develop each child’s core range of skills to progress them from basic water confidence through to competitive swimming. All lessons are delivered in a fun and safe environment to suit the youngster’s needs and abilities. Stages are as follows:
Ducklings
- For children aged 3.5 to 5 years. A perfect chance to introduce toddlers to the water and prepare them for stage 1.
11 - 15 year old beginners
- For older children to be given the opportunity to learn to swim with other children at a similar age. This class would cover stages 1 -3.
Stage 1
- For children age 5 and over, non or weak swimmers unable to swim 5 meters on front and back without a floatation aid.
Stage 2
- For children age 5 and over, confident moving around in water but still non or weak swimmers and unable to swim 5 meters on front and back without a floatation aid.
Stage 3
- For children who have passed stage 2 or able to travel 5 meters on front and back with the use of aids, able to regain standing and blow bubbles into the water.
Stage 4
- For children who have passed stage 3 or able to travel 10 meters on front and back unaided with a basic technique, and are confident to jump in.
Stage 5
- For children who have passed stage 4 or able to kick 10 meters of front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly and swim 10 meters of a stroke.
Stage 6
- For children who have passed stage 5 or able to swim 10 meters of front crawl, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, all with good technique and are able to confidently tread water and perform somersaults backwards and forwards.
Stage 7
- For children who have passed stage 6 or able to swim 25 meters of one stroke with correct technique and 10 meters of the other 3 strokes with correct technique. Should be able to surface dive to the bottom of the pool, and swim confidently with clothes on.
Stage 8
- Competitive swimming awards.
Stage 9
- Competitive swimming awards.
Stage 10
- Competitive swimming awards.
Rookies
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The Rookie Lifeguard Programme
is a fun and exciting lifesaving awards scheme for young children, teaching self-rescue, survival, rescue and lifesaving sport skills
