You can use the information below to decide what stage is best for your child, once in a class your child will be assessed by their teacher to confirm they are in the class most suitable for them.
Adult carer and child class for children aged 4 months – 1 year of age. Introduction to basic water safety and simple movement skills
Adult carer and child class for children aged 1-2 years. Development of water confidence and basic movement skills including jumping in and rotations
Adult carer and child class for children aged 2-3 years. Progression of water safety skills and basic swimming movements, including independently kicking holding a float or noodle.
Stage 1 for preschoolers. Parents/carers are not needed in the water. Aged 3-4.5 yrs.
Main Objectives:
Water confidence. Face in the water blowing bubbles. 5m rocket with face in the water. 5m front crawl & backstroke kick
Stage 1: Suitable for school-aged swimmers who are not yet confident to go underwater.
Main objectives:
Water confidence. Face in the water blowing bubbles. 5m rocket with face in the water. 5m front crawl & backstroke kick
Stage 2: Suitable for school-aged swimmers who are happy to go underwater and can rocket for 5m but are not yet able to swim 5m using arms and legs.
Main objectives:
Water confidence. Breathing to the side on front crawl. Push and glide on front and back. Submerging with confidence. 5m basic kick on all four strokes.
Stage 3: Suitable for those that can swim 5m but not yet 10m.
Main objectives:
10m kick on all four strokes. Front crawl kick with breathing to the side. 10m backstroke swim using arms and legs 10m front crawl swim, arms recovering over the surface of the water.
Stage 4: Suitable for those that can swim 10m basic front crawl and backstroke.
Main objectives:
10m butterfly kick on front and back. Introduction of butterfly arm pulls. 10m breaststroke kick with good technique. 10m front crawl swim with good technique. 10m backstroke with good technique.
Stage 5: Suitable for those that can do the following with good technique:
– swim 10m backstroke
– swim 10m frontcrawl
– kick 10m butterfly
– kick 10m breaststroke
Main Objectives:
10m swims on all four strokes with good technique.
