Lesson Programme

(3rd – 8th January 2023)

Your instructor will offer a range of water skills tuition as part of your swimmer’s stage.

(9th – 15th January 2023)

We will practice safe entries and exits during your lessons. For swimmers at Thomas More Catholic School, The Beach, and Woldingham your instructor may introduce diving. At our other pools, we will focus on jumping into the pool as well as safe streamlining activities to the bottom of the pool.

(16th – 22nd January 2023)

Swimmers will be taught how to safely submerge based on their ability. For advanced swimmers, the focus will be on breath control for longer periods of time, whilst beginner swimmers will build water confidence with the use of toys and equipment.

Ahead of changing direction lesson, swimmers will receive floatation tuition. For swimmers up to Stage 2, we will develop a flat floating body position and more advanced swimmers will learn skills such as treading water, skulling and synchronised swimming.

As part of your swimming journey, your swimmer will be taught how to change direction and body position as part of personal water safety and general water skills practices. For advanced swimmers, we may introduce forward rolls, tumble turns and log rolls, for beginner and intermediate swimmers (Duckling and up to Stage 2), we introduce ‘flip and float’, which is a personal water safety skill ahead of our water safety lesson.

We will offer water safety skills to all swimmers.

We will practice safe entries and exits during your lessons. For swimmers at Thomas More, Woldingham School and The Beach your instructor may introduce diving. At our other pools, we will focus on jumping into the pool and independent exits.

Streamlining is important at all stages of the learn to swim programme. For higher ability swimmers your instructor may have planned diving practices or streamlining practices through hoops or to submerged objects. For Duckling swimmers and lower stages, your instructor may focus on ‘zooms’ or streamlining the body position through floating practices.

Swimmers will be taught how to safely submerge based on their ability. For advanced swimmers, the focus will be on breath control for longer periods of time, whilst beginner swimmers will build water confidence with the use of toys and equipment.

Ahead of changing direction lesson, swimmers will receive floatation tuition. For swimmers up to Stage 2, we will develop a flat floating body position and more advanced swimmers will learn skills such as treading water, skulling and synchronised swimming.

As part of your swimming journey, your swimmer will be taught how to change direction and body position as part of personal water safety and general water skills practices. For advanced swimmers, we may introduce forward rolls, tumble turns and log rolls, for beginner and intermediate swimmers (Duckling and up to Stage 2), we introduce ‘flip and float’, which is a personal water safety skill ahead of our water safety lesson.

In the final 10 minutes of the lesson, all swimmers will swim Front crawl (with or without the use of floatation aids, depending on the stage of the group/swimmer). Parents/guardians will be encouraged to help with counting how many lengths the group/swimmer can complete in the allotted time.