Class Structure
Adult & Child
- Birth to 3 years old
- Gaining confidence in water with parent or guardian
- Songs, games and movement based activities
- Working on safety as well as introducing swimming skills
Beginner
- 3 years +
- Maximum of 4 children in class, teacher in water
- Working on safety and an introduction to swimming skills
Beginner 1/2
- Maximum of 5 children in a class, teacher in water
- Children are swimming independently on front and back, working on body position and correct technique
Beginner 2
- Maximum of 5 children in a class, teacher in water
- Working on perfecting skills and technique in small pool
- Introduction to main pool
Advanced Beginner
- Maximum of 6 children in a class, teacher in water
- Working on perfecting skills and technique for first time out of depth in shallow end of main pool
- Introduction to frontcrawl breathing
Breather 1
- Maximum of 6 children in a class, teacher in/ out of water
- Improving strokes on front, including correct breathing to the side and back over a 5-10m distance
- Introduction to deep end of main pool
Breather 1/2
- Maximum of 6 children in a class, teacher out of water
- Improving strokes on front and back over a 10-15m distance in deep end
- Introduction to correct starts & turns
Breather 2
- Maximum of 6 children in a class, teacher out of water
- Developing strokes on front and back over a 15-25m distance
- Developing starts and turns
25m
- Maximum of 8 children in a class, teacher out of water
- Improving strokes on front and back over 25-50m distance
- Improving starts and turns
50m
- Maximum of 8 children in a class, teacher out of water
- Improving strokes on front and back over 25-100m distance
- Improving starts and turns, including transition to stroke
100m
- Maximum of 8 children in a class, teacher out of water
- Perfecting strokes on front and back over 50-200m distance
- Perfecting starts and turns, including transition to stroke
Squad
- Maximum of 16 children in a class, teacher in water
- Children are able to swim continuously for up to an hour
- Other activities such as Diving, Waterpolo and Lifesaving included
