Our friendly water animal characters are here to help inspire, encourage and reward children as they progress through the programme. Our teachers use stimulating lesson plans that will keep your child busy and active for the full length of the lesson.

Children progress through seven animal levels:

• Perfect for young children to discover the properties of water
• Learn how movement is affected in water
• Hop through constructive play without floats or arm bands
• Develop confidence in shallow water
• Key skills: breath control submerging and supported floatation

• Understand the basic principles of propulsion through gliding and kicking exercises
• Show off your balance skills by floating unaided in the water
• Learn lateral breathing

• Gradually move into deep water
• Take the first steps towards a technically-perfect backstroke
• Learn the components of front crawl

• Build stamina using the learnt backstroke
• Complete your learning of the front crawl including bilateral breathing
• Learn tumble turns and racing dives
• Build your stamina

• Lessons focus on learning breast stroke
• Start to toughen up your swimming
• Tuition focuses on stamina, rhythm and timing
• Strengthen your front crawl and backstroke

• You've developed flawless technique in three strokes
• Use your strength and undulation to learn butterfly
• Practise distance and speed swimming
• Test yourself with Swimming Nature Challenge times
• Move up to advanced work on timing and rhythm

• Swim in Medleys that show off everything you've learnt
• You complete our programmes as a strong, competent swimmer