Early Childhood
Our Early Childhood Swim School offers a range of classes suitable for children 6 months – 3 years old. All lessons require in-water participation with an accompanying parent and will cover the following areas:
- Water familiarisation: developing confidence, encouraging safe exploration and gaining basic breath control.
- Basic skills: teaching balanced movement, flotation, kicking and the basis of swimming strokes.
- Water safety: developing parent/caregiver awareness of water safety issues.
For health reasons, all toddlers under 4 years are required to wear waterproof nappies when in the pool.
Enrolment
- Our Early Childhood swim programmes are suitable for ages 6 months to 3 years.
- If you are a returning customer, please click on the "ENROL HERE" button above.
- An online or in-person verbal assessment is required for all new customers.
- If you are a new customer, please complete this expression of interest form and one of our staff will be in touch to do the assessment.
- We now offer the option of full-term payment or direct debit arrangements for your convenience.
- More information is available on our Learn-To-Swim Online Bookings page when you click to enrol.
Classes
Pipis
As the first Early Childhood class, Pipis is recommended for children aged 6 to 12 months.
It is designed to help our young swimmers build water confidence with assisted entries, floats, sitting dives, and monkey crawling along the wall.
They will also develop breath control through gentle water pouring and happy submersions.
Tadpoles
This class is recommended for children aged 10 months to 18 months.
It is designed to help young swimmers gain independence with unassisted entries and exits, monkey crawling, and sitting dives with a rollover to their back.
They will also practice assisted front and back floats and have an introduction to kicking and swimming to an adult with support.
Ducks
This class is recommended for swimmers aged between 15 months and 24 months.
It is designed to help swimmers develop confidence with unassisted entries and exits, assisted floats and kicks, and sitting dives with a turn and paddle back to the wall.
Goldfish
This advanced Early Childhood class is recommended for ages 18 months to 30 months.
It is designed to help swimmers gain confidence and independence in the water. They will practice unassisted entries, floats, and sitting dives with a turn and paddle back to the wall.
They will also develop kicking skills, paddle to a parent or the wall, and retrieve objects from the pool floor while blowing bubbles.
Angelfish
This class is recommended for less confident swimmers aged between 24 months and 36 months.
It is designed to help swimmers build independence with unassisted entries, floats, and front kicks.
They will also practice assisted back kicking, paddling to a parent or the wall, and sitting dives with a turn and return to the wall.
Otters
This class is recommended for our most confident children aged between 30 months and 36 months.
It is designed to help swimmers achieve greater independence with unassisted entries, kicks, and sitting dives with a turn and paddle across the pool.
They will also master unassisted doggy paddle, pin-drop with a turn back to the wall and perform unassisted bunny hops.