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Pre-school and School Age Classes

Club Swim's pre-school and school age lessons consist of a range of activities that promote swimming and water safety, including games, water safety education, skill promotion, stroke development, ongoing evaluation and parent education.

School Age Level 1

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Building confidence in the water without parental assistance.
  • Developing submersion, floating and gliding skills.
  • Developing basic kicking.
  • Developing independent movement.

School Age Level 2

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Advancing independent movement in the water.
  • Further developing submersion, floating and gliding skills.
  • Introducing straight leg kicking and a unilateral breathing pattern.
  • Swim 5 metres with coordination of arm circles.

School Age Level 3

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Developing deep water confidence .
  • Straight leg kick, 10m.
  • Basic Freestyle with unilateral breathing, 5m.
  • Basic Backstroke, 5m.

School Age Level 4

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Streamlined kick, 5m.
  • Freestyle, introduce a bilateral breathing pattern, 10m.
  • Basic Backstroke, 10m.
  • Introduce diving and somersault skills.

School Age Level 5

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Streamlined kick, 10m.
  • Freestyle with bilateral breathing, 15m.
  • Backstroke, 15m .
  • Introduce Breastroke kick.

School Age Level 6

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Introduce Freestyle bent arm pull.
  • Backstroke, 25m.
  • Basic Breastroke, 10m.
  • Introduce Butterfly kick and timing.

School Age Level 7

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Freestyle, 50m.
  • Backstroke, 50m.
  • Breastroke, 25m.
  • Basic Butterfly, 12.5m.

School Age - Junior

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Freestyle endurance, 400m.
  • Backstroke, 200m.
  • Breastroke, 100m.
  • Butterfly, 50m.

School Age - Senior

In this level, students are taught the following skills:

  • Freestyle endurance, 1000m.
  • Backstroke, 400m.
  • Breastroke, 400m.
  • Butterfly, 100m.

Please Note: Children under 13 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.