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School Age 30 Minute Lessons

School-age swimming lessons are for children aged 5 years and above. Learners can begin these lessons at various levels of swimming experience, from no previous swim experience to mastering the finer technical details of each stroke. 
Our School Age lessons create a foundation of essential solid swimming skills. The aim is to develop swimming techniques whilst building proficiency and water safety knowledge as children progress through the levels.

Group classes are small so instructors can focus attention where it is needed. These classes are designed to develop and build confidence in the water, then progress technical swimming skills across all swimming strokes.

School-age swimmers may begin classes with zero experience or enter higher-level lessons based on their current ability rather than their age. Our lesson structure is seamless, so children can progress to higher levels when they are ready rather than waiting until the end of term.

 If a bit of extra attention is needed, Fast Tech lessons with either 2:1 or 1:1 swimmer/instructor ratios are also available for all levels - choose what works best for your child. (Fast tech lessons from Goldfish to Seals levels)

You can follow your child’s progress on your parent portal to know exactly where your child is at by seeing what skills they have achieved and what they need to work on.

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Goldfish

Goldfish lessons
Goldfish level is for school-aged children who need to gain confidence in the water and learn to kick on their front and back independently. 

Ratio 3:1

Goldfish is our entry level for school aged swimmers. In this level we teach submerging, floating and kicking. Our swimmers in this level gain confidence and learn to love being in the water and attending their lessons.

Goals for Goldfish swimmers:

  • Full submersion under the water, with and without goggles, blowing bubbles
  • Front float unassisted (5 seconds)
  • Back float unassisted (5 seconds)
  • Front kick unassisted (5 metres)
  • Back kick unassisted (5 metres)

Whitebait

Whitebait Lessons
Whitebait level is for school-aged children who are confident kicking on their front and back unassisted.

Ratio 4:1

Our Whitebait level is for school aged swimmers who are confident in the water and can kick on their front and back for more than 5 metres. In this level we continue to work on important foundation skills like floating and kicking. We introduce rolling from front to back, arm strokes, and underwater kicking.

Goals for Whitebait swimmers:

  • Strong, stable and buoyant kicking on front (12.5 meters)
  • Strong, stable and buoyant kicking on back (12.5 metres)
  • Front to back roll (12.5 metres)
  • Underwater kicking (12.5 meters)

 

Snapper

Snapper Swimming Lessons
Snapper level is for school-aged children who are confident with freestyle arms plus rolling to their back so they are ready to learn or perfect freestyle side breathing.  

Ratio 4:1

Snapper level is for school age swimmers who have a strong kick on their front and back – this ensures they are ready to learn breathing and arm strokes. In our Snapper level we want to continue to promote our foundational skills such as floating and kicking, while building new skills such as Freestyle breathing and Backstroke arms. We introduce tumble turns in this level.

Goals for Snapper swimmers:

  • Kicking on front with great body position, kick technique and strength (2 x 12.5 metres)
  • Kicking on back with great body position, kick technique and strength (2 x 12.5 meters)
  • Freestyle with side breathing (12.5 metres)
  • Backstroke (12.5 metres)

Swordfish

Swordfish
Swordfish level is for school-aged children who can confidently do half lengths of freestyle using the correct breathing technique.

Ratio 6:1

Our Swordfish level is for school age swimmers who have a strong kick and can confidently do 12.5 meters of Freestyle with breathing, and Backstroke. In this level our swimmers are introduced to kicking and swimming 25 metres for the first time. We also introduce Butterfly kick and Breaststroke kick. We continue to build on skills like tumble turns and underwater kicking.

Goals for Swordfish swimmers:

  • Smooth Freestyle with correct breathing (25m metres)
  • Backstroke with a high and flat body position (25 metres)
  • Butterfly kick (12.5 metres)

Seals

Seals Swimming Lessons
Seals level is for school-aged children who can swim 25 metres of freestyle and backstroke with sound technique, and are now ready to work on the breaststroke kick.

Ratio 6:1

Seals level is for school age swimmers who can swim 25 meters of Freestyle and Backstroke. We continue to develop these two strokes to ensure our swimmers can swim them effortlessly – smooth, easy, long and light. In Seals we increase the distance of our Butterfly kick and introduce the full stroke of Breaststroke for the first time. We want our swimmers kick in all four stokes to be correct and strong, as this will help them be more buoyant and stable in the water.

Goals for Seals swimmers:

  • Freestyle – smooth, easy, long and light (25 metres)
  • Backstroke – smooth, easy, long and light (25 meters)
  • Butterfly kick (25 metres)
  • Breaststroke (3 correct strokes)
  • Freestyle and Backstroke kicking (50 metres each)