Preschool
Our Preschool Swim School offers a range of classes suitable for children ages 3 years to 5 years old with any ability of swimming. No in-water participation from parents is required.
The Preschool Swim Programmes 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 an awareness of safety in and around the water.
Enrolment
- Our Preschool swim programmes are suitable for ages 3 years to 5 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 Booking page when you click to enrol.
Classes
Guppies
As our entry-level Preschool class, this programme builds water confidence and safety skills.
By the completion of this level, our young swimmers will enter and exit independently, submerge confidently, and master basic movements like bunny hops and the monkey crawl.
Clownfish
At this level, swimmers will build on their water confidence and safety skills.
By the completion of this level, they will submerge to retrieve objects, float unassisted, begin to kick on their front and back and demonstrate how to get help in an emergency.
Turtles
Swimmers will begin to refine their skills and independence in the water.
By the completion of this level, they will kick confidently on front and back, demonstrate doggy paddle and back sculling, complete a sitting dive, and demonstrate pool safety awareness.
Octopus
This level is designed for our most confident preschoolers.
Swimmers develop stroke technique and control in the water at this level.
By the completion of this level, they will be able to freestyle and backstroke with arm strokes, practice dolphin and inverted breaststroke kicks, perform log rolls, and safely jump into the pool.