Learn To Swim Programme
Infants Programme
Infant classes are based on giving water confidence and water familiarisation through repetition of activities and songs and gentle submersions when the child is ready. Parents or carers are required in the water with babies and infants.
• Jellyfish - Babes in Arms 6 – 16 Months
• Tadpoles - Infants in Arms 17 – 30 Months
Learn to Swim (LTS) Programme
All Learn to Swim classes to Dartfish level are conducted in the 15m LTS pool. All other classes are held in the 25m pool. However, our teachers will conduct some of their lessons in the 25m pool to provide your child with stimulus and the sensation of swimming in deep water.
The following are the various levels of groups and what your child is learning, at the same time trying to achieve in order to progress to the next level. It is from this that we develop our swimming programme.
|
NAME/LEVEL |
LEARNING |
|
Guppies |
Water confidence and buoyancy
(max 4 per class) |
|
Goldfish |
Big arms for freestyle and beginner backstroke
(max 4 per class) |
|
Seals |
Co-ordinating freestyle and backstroke
(max 4 per class) |
|
Piranhas |
Independent swimming in freestyle, backstroke. Introduce butterfly and breaststroke |
|
Dartfish |
Lap swimming in all four strokes. Introduce starts, turns and finishes |
|
Sharks |
Multi lap activity with increased stroke correction |
Dolphins
(Mini Squad) |
Extended aerobic fitness and stroke correction |
The final level of the Learn to Swim program is Dolphins (Mini Squad)
Dolphins
• 100 metres freestyle with reasonable technique
• 50 metres backstroke with reasonable technique
• 50 metres breaststroke with reasonable technique
• 25 metres butterfly with reasonable technique
• Starts / turns / finishes – all strokes
To Junior School