School Age Programs
Our learn-to-swim program takes children from their first independent strokes through to strong, confident swimming across all four strokes. With structured levels, small classes, and supportive instructors, kids progress step by step in water safety, technique, and stamina. Every lesson is designed to be fun, challenging, and rewarding — helping swimmers build skills and confidence they’ll carry with them for life.
BLUE
5-12 years
4 children per class
This beginner level for children 5+ introduces swimming technique and reinforces safety skills. Swimmers practice swim–roll–float, torpedoes, back kicking with a board, safe entries and exits, wall grabs, and assisted jumps, building confidence, water awareness, and strong technique foundations.
Key Achievements:
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Good breath control under the water & blowing bubbles.
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Independent swim-roll-float.
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Eyes down with kick board correct arm and leg positioning.
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Correct arm and leg positioning during torpedo.
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Correct leg positioning on back kick with board.
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Back kick, no board - minimal assistance.
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Jump in and return to the wall with minimal assistance - no goggles.
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Jump in, roll & float with minimal assistance - no goggles.
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Starting Dive technique - diving for dive rings off stand to bottom of pool.
BLUE 1
5-12 years
4 children per class
This level builds on earlier skills, focusing on independent swimming and developing a full side breath. Swimmers practice torpedoes, rolls, floats, back swimming, recoveries, board work, and freestyle arms, building technique, confidence, and independence in the water.
Key Achievements:
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Roll & independent float from platform to platform.
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Swim from platform to teacher, to platform with board & pop up breath.
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Independent swim from platform to platform with side breath using board.
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Torpedo from platform to teacher, to platform with pop up breath.
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Independent torpedo with side breath.
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3 basic big arms with side breath – minimal assistance.
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Independent 3 big arms with side breath.
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Kick independently on their back 6 meters with the board.
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Kick independently on their back 6 meters.
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Jump in and return to the wall independently – no goggles.
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Jump in, roll & float independently - no goggles.
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Starting dive technique - diving for dive rings off stand to bottom of pool.
BLUE 2
5-12 years
5 children per class
This level focuses on building stamina and continuous freestyle while introducing backstroke. Swimmers refine skills over longer distances, emphasising streamline, breathing control, and efficient body position, working toward full independence and proficiency in freestyle, backstroke, and underwater streamline.
Key Achievements:
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Correct kick technique with board independently for 12 meters.
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Correct streamline position for 12 meters.
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Independent continuous freestyle with correct side breathing technique 12 meters.
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Kick independently on their back 12 meters with the board.
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Kick independently on their back.
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Independent backstroke arms and kick for 12 meters.
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Dive technique – drop, push of wall, swim under water to dive ring.
GREEN 1
5-12 years
6 children per class
This level builds endurance and stamina by extending to an 18m lane distance, introducing breaststroke kick, race techniques (dives, turns, flag swimming), and fins. Swimmers refine freestyle and backstroke, practice continual laps, and develop underwater streamline, strengthening technique, confidence, and performance for advanced swimming.
Key Achievements:
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Correct streamline kick without board - 18 meters.
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Independent freestyle with correct quick breath - 18 meters.
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Correct streamline back kick without board - 18 meters.
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Independent backstroke with straight arms past ear - 18 meters.
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Basic breaststroke kick with board.
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Dive technique - on knee from wall into pool.
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Turns - basic understanding of performing a turn.
GREEN 2
5-12 years
6 children per class
This is the last level of our learn to swim program, extending stamina to 25m lane distance, while refining stroke technique. Swimmers learn breaststroke arms, butterfly kick, and advanced race techniques (dives, turns, flag swimming), practicing sustained laps, underwater streamline, and the use of fins to build strength, efficiency, and confidence for advanced swimming.
Key Achievements:
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Correct holding of board at the top - 25 meters.
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Correct streamline kick with side breath using a board - 25 meters.
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Butterfly kick with side breath - 25m flippers on Independent backstroke with straight arms past ear - 25 meters.
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Independent freestyle with correct quick breath - 25 meters.
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Breaststroke kick with board.
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Basic understanding of Breaststroke – arms-breath-kick-glide.
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Dive technique – on knee from wall.
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Turns - understanding of performing a turn at the wall.
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