Children's Academy Weekly Lesson Timetable
We operate a 6-level program (including two lanes levels; 5&6) running over 6 days per week.Children are required to be a minimum of 4 years old prior to the start of a term of lessons.
Rebooking is completed through our software system, CoursePro.
Priority is given first to current participants and second to siblings of current participants.
| Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levels 1-4 | 15:45-16:30 16:30-17:15 17:15-18:00 | 15:45-16:30 16:30-17:15 17:15-18:00 | 16:00-16:45 16:45-17:30 17:30-18:15 | 16:30-17:15 17:15-18:00 18:00-18:45 | 10:00-10:45 10:45-11:30 11:30-12:15 12:15-13:00 | 10:00-10:45 10:45-11:30 11:30-12:15 |
| Levels 5&6 | 18:00-18:45 | 18:00-18:45 | 18:15-19:00 | 18:45-19:30 | N/A | N/A |
Our academy caters for all children aged 4+ right up to teenage years.
We host 6 levels which are broken down into two categories; learning to swim and stroke development. Our bespoke syllabus ensures that each level teaches a large range of skills to it’s participants and works with the pool layout (shallow / deep water activities).
Learning to swim:
Beginners – Level 1 – Goldfish
In this level your child will gain confidence in the water through games, whilst being taught the foundations of swimming. Children will be taught basic stroke technique. By the end of this stage swimmers will be able to swim independently on their front and back, understand the basics around breath control and propel themselves in a variety of directions.
Improvers 1 – Level 2 – Starfish
Children will learn the basic technique for freestyle and backstroke with an introduction to breaststroke. A big emphasis is placed on breath control and breathing technique at this stage. By the end of this stage, swimmers will be able to swim confidently and perform a range of skills from push and glides, sitting dives, and picking objects up from the pool floor.
Improvers 2 – Level 3 – Dolphins
Classes at this level will develop your child’s technique whilst increasing their stamina. By the end of this stage your child will perform breaststroke, backstroke and front crawl over at least 10m. This stage also progresses the already learnt skills needed for learning to dive.
Advanced – Level 4 – Sharks
Your child will learn to swim in the deep end of the pool using the swimming and breathing techniques taught in the previous stages. Water safety, although taught throughout the program, is brought to the fore in this stage with a focus on open water safety skills. Swimmers completing this stage will now move onto swimming lengths.
Stroke Development:
Lanes classes – Level 5 & 6
Your child will now be swimming lengths and refining the basic strokes already learnt to turn them into efficient strokes. Forward and backward rolls are a great fun element within this stage, which form the beginnings of learning starts and turns. On completion, swimmers will swim 25m plus in all three competitive strokes and 25m butterfly leg kick.