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Our Class Levels

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Adult and Child
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1. New Beginner
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2. Confident Beginner
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3. Advanced Beginner
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4. New Swimmer
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5. Confident Swimmer
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Advanced Swimmer

What class
should I enroll
my child into?

Unfortunately we do not currently have availability for 1:1 or adult swimming classes.
 

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Adult and Child
Class

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This level 'Pink Pod' is designed to help children (between ages 3-4 years) enjoy learning to swim with help from their parents or guardians. Working through all the skills at the same time enables more skills to be covered in a lesson whilst keeping swimmer moving.​

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Aims:

  • to introduce little ones to the medium of water and the pool environment

  • to provide a stimulating and enjoyable programme, through play, which takes into account the relationship between development and performance in water

  • to provide the perfect opportunity for adults and toddlers to spend quality time together whilst developing water confidence

  • to provide adults with the knowledge of correct handling techniques to enable basic swimming movements and skills to take place

  • to provide adults with an understanding of safe submersion of toddlers

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New
Beginner Class

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​This level 'Red Pod' ensures skills are learnt in a fun and enjoyable way. The early stages are really important for developing the building blocks for future technique. 

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Aims:

  • to demonstrate enjoyment of swimming lesson by confidently and independently participating in classes and developing basic safety awareness, learning basic movement skills and water confidence skills

  • to be introduced to the aquatic environment in a structured class setting

  • to build water confidence by introducing the concepts of buoyancy, aquatic breathing and movement on front and back – basic water skills needed to build swimming ability

  • to develop correct body position to maintain independent buoyancy – floating

  • to move around the pool and be confident with water on the face and eyes and ears in the water

  • to introduce the concept of submersion

  • to launch from standing on side to adult 

  • to introduce water safety skills

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Confident

Beginner Class

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Note - should be confidently submerging on own and moving independently on a noodle on front and back before joining 'Confident Beginner - Orange Pod'.

  

This level 'Orange Pod' further develops water confidence and teaches swimmers to breathe confidently whilst in the water. Being confident with the face and ears in the water is crucial to stroke development. Learning to be happy in the water at an early stage will allow swimmers to develop other skills more quickly.

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Aims:​

  • to travel short distances independently and unaided on front and back

  • to provide a structured framework to enable learning and self-discovery to take place in safety

  • to introduce the concept of streamlining and basic swimming skills

  • to develop aquatic breathing skills and submersion

  • to develop water safety skills including floating, rolling, changing direction, jumping in and returning to the side

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Advanced

Beginner Class

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Note - should be confidently moving short distances, front and back, on own and independently, before joining  'Advanced Beginner - Yellow Pod'.

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This level 'Yellow Pod' is an important stage for a child's safety, building swimming skills to ensure a breath can be easily taken whilst  swimming independently.

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Aims:

  • to kick with one float independently for a distance of 20m on front and back

  • to travel and breathe unaided and independently for a minimum distance of 10m on front and back

  • to develop swimming skills and independent aquatic breathing

  • to develop streamlining and sitting dives 

  • to submerge and collect objects from pool floor

  • to jump into pool without goggles and return to side

  • to build on water safety knowledge

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New

Swimmer Class

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Note - should be travelling 10m independently on front and back and treading water with head up for 10 seconds, before moving to 'Green Squad', as teacher is not always in the pool for 'New Swimmer' level.

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This level 'Green Squad' has been split into two levels: New Swimmer 1 introduces swimmers to the four basic strokes, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly and New Swimmer 2 further develops the technique for the four basic strokes.

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Aims New Swimmer 1:

  • to swim a distance of 40m continuously and comfortably on both front and back

  • to introduce the leg and arm action to swim the four basic strokes

  • to swim a distance of 10m in each of the four recognized strokes and demonstrating correct breathing

  • to demonstrate an understanding of buoyancy through a range of skills

  • to introduce sculling and treading skills

  • to introduce basic crouch dives

  • to jump in without goggles

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Aims New Swimmer 2:

  • to swim a minimum distance of 100m continuously

  • to swim a distance of 15m , in each of the four recognized strokes and demonstrating good technique and correct breathing

  • to introduce forward rolls

  • to develop sculling and treading skills

  • to develop streamlining and basic crouch dives

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Confident

Swimmer Class

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Note - should be swimming all four basic strokes with good body position and basic technique before moving to ‘Confident Swimmer - Blue Squad'.

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This level 'Blue Squad', is the final stage of our learn-to-swim programme where swimmers can opt to graduate with a SwimVibe medal or continue on to our pre-club level. Important key areas of development and crucial lifesaving skills are learnt including sculling and treading. 

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Aims:

  • to swim a minimum distance of 200m continuously and comfortably 

  • to swim a distance of 20m in all four swimming strokes demonstrating good stroke technique

  • to concentrate on correct body position and developing correct arm and leg action, and breathing for all four strokes

  • to develop tumble turns and touch turns

  • to develop streamlining and basic standing dives

  • to develop sculling and treading skills

  • to introduce somersaults

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Advanced

Swimmer Class

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Note - should have mastered starts and turns as well as good technique in all four strokes before completion.

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This level 'Purple Squad' is aimed to prepare swimmers who wish to go on to joining a competitive swimming club environment. 

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Aims:

  • to swim a minimum distance of 400m continuously and comfortably 

  • to swim each of the four strokes (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly) for a minimum distance of 40m continuously, demonstrating good starts, turns and stroke technique

  • to fine tune coordination and breathing in all four strokes

  • to develop skills in sculling, diving, streamlining, tumble turns and survival

  • to demonstrate 4x 20m Individual Medley

  • to demonstrate rescue skills and a full understanding of water safety

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