The Lessons
Swimming is a life skill that can be enjoyed at all ages through out our lives, it is beneficial to your children's health and development and could save a life.
 We have a comprehensive selection of lessons to cover a wide variety of abilities, strength and maturity levels. Children progress quickly if they are in a class that is relevent to their age and ability. Our lessons aim at improving confidence, technique and stamina. We also incorporate plenty of fun during the lesson.
Siblings are kept as close together in our class lists as their ability level allows. Our class sizes are six pupils to one teacher with a maximum of 7 in a class. In all of our classes the children are encouraged to swim without floats.
We have assessments at the beginning and end of each term to ensure that the children are in the best possible class for their ability, they move up when they have achieved a certain standard in each class.
| Types
of Lessons |
Nervous Non Swimmers
(Seals Pup 1) |
(2 Buoyancy Aids may be used)
- Safe Entry into the Pool
- Blow bubbles on the surface of the water
- Wet the head
- Float on the back
- Kick legs on the front
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Nervous Non Swimmers
(Seals Pup 2) |
(2 Buoyancy Aids may be used)- Safe Entry into the Pool
- Blow bubbles on the surface of the water
- Wet the head
- Float on the back
- Kick legs on the front
|
Non Swimmers
(Seals Pup 3) |
(1 Buoyancy Aid may be used)- Jump into the pool to an adult
- Blow bubbles with the face in the water
- Float on the back for 5 seconds
- Swim 3 metres on the front
- Kick 3 metres on the back
|
Non Swimmers
(Seals Pup 4) |
(1 Buoyancy Aid may be used)- Jump into the pool
- Submerge Completely
- Complete a mushroom float
- Swim 6 metres on the front
- Kick 6 metres on the back
|
Level 1
(Seals Pup 5) |
(Without Buoyancy aids)- Jump into the pool to a teacher
- Climb out of the pool without use of the steps
- Rotate 360 degrees
- Swim 1-3m arms and legs on front
- Swim 1-3m legs on back
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| Level 1 |
- Push and glide on the front
- Push and glide on the back
- Star float on the back for 5 seconds
- Swim over 3 metres using arms and legs on the front
- Swim over 3 metres kicking on the back
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| Level 2 |
- Jump into the pool and swim back to the side
- Submerge and blow bubbles for 3 seconds
- Push and Glide for 2 metres
- Swim 5 metres front paddle
- Swim 5 metres back paddle
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| Level 3 |
- Kneel on the bottom of the pool
- Jump in and collect and object and swim back to the side
- Submerge completely for 5 seconds
- Swim 5 metres Back crawl
- Swim 5 metres Front crawl
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| Level 4 |
- Pick up and object from the bottom of the pool 0.9m-1.2m
- Mushroom float for 10 seconds
- Star float on the back for 10 seconds
- Swim 10 metre rotating from front crawl to back crawl
- Swim 10 metres Back crawl
- Swim 10 metres front crawl
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| Level 5 |
- Push and glide for 5 seconds
- Hand stand on the bottom of the pool
- Complete a forwards roll
- Swim 10 metres Front crawl with breathing
- Swim 10 metres Back crawl with controlled arms
- Swim 10 metres on the back using Breat Stroke legs
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| Level 6 |
- Hand stand and flip over
- Kick 10 metres Back crawl legs with the arms extended
- Swim 2 lengths using Front crawl breathing
- Swim 2 lengths using Back crawl
- Swim 1 length Breast Stroke legs on the front with arms extended
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| Level 7 |
- Swim underwater for 5 metres to a brick, return to the side with the brick held to the chest
- Complete a backward roll
- Swim 10 metres using dolphin leg kick
- Swim 3/4 lengths using Front Crawl
- Swim 3/4 lengths Back Crawl
Swim 3/4 lengths Breast Stroke |
Crash Courses
Our crash courses consist of one half hour lesson each day
for 5 days. This is a good introduction to swimming for your child,
the aim of the courses is to build and improve water confidence
in all age groups, to improve weak swimmers strokes and to give
the younger ones an introduction to water safety and structured
lessons. Many of them begin to swim during the week's crash course.
Children from the age of three and a half are welcome. If your child
is nervous or frightened or is having difficulty during their normal
lessons. Our crash courses are designed to help and to give the
children fun in the water. For availability please contact us.
Awards Scheme
Your children will be working towards Seals Swimming awards. These awards are designed to be ideal for the children we teach and to ensure they make consistent progress. The awards are attractive certificates and badges. During the January - April term the lessons concentrate on all the swimming strokes (appropriate to the class) and the children will receive an Easter Egg. Awards and Easter Eggs all reward and motivate the children for the achievements made.
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