Aquatic Learning Stages for Children
We have identified and listed the learning levels for children below.
Pre-school Class
- For ages 2 1/2 to 4yrs
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 4:1
- For children with little previous water experience or confidence but who are able to enter the water without their parents and follow instructions.
- Teacher is in water with the children when teaching
Beginners One
- For ages 4yrs and over
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 6:1
- For children who are able to enter the water without their parents, (with or without aids), are water confident but unable to swim.
- Teacher is in water with the children when teaching
Beginners Two
- For ages 4yrs and over
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 6:1
- For children who are water confident, show control of breathing, able to float, and can travel 5m on their front & back with minimal assistance.
- Teacher is in water with the children when teaching
Improvers
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 8:1
- For children who can swim 10m unaided on their front and back in a recognised stroke.
Stroke Development
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 8:1
- For children who can swim 25m competently using front crawl, backcrawl, and breastroke, as well as a basic understanding of butterfly.
Swimfit
- Max. Pupil:teacher ratio of 8:1
- For children who want to prepare to join a swimming club or just simply enjoy swimming and want to keep fit. Emphasis is on training, stamina building, perfecting stroke technique, competitive starts/turns etc
One-to-one & One-to-two Tuition
- Tailor made lessons to accommodate every individual standard and need.
Please note that in our experience One-to-two tuition works better the closer the two children are in ability.
General Class Structure
- To maximise learning we aim to give individual tuition and feedback within the class environment. In our younger levels of class the teachers give the teaching points to the class as a whole, and then work with the children in 1’s or 2’s depending on the complexity of the skill they are working on. From experience this is the most effective way for children to learn to swim. Our upper levels again receive teaching points as a class, before practising the skill being taught in regular lane swimming formation.