Free to Fly Swimming Lessons
Subsidised Swimming Lessons for Kids & Adults aged 3 months to 80yrs
Privately owned Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Complex
Subsidised Lessons
Qualified Swimming Teachers
with up to 30 years experience
Email Us Your Questions
[email protected]
Phone 09 282 0252
Babies from 3 months Preschoolers from 3 yrs
Baby & Toddler lessons have 3 levels:
- Level 1: from 3 months
- Level 2: from 18 months
- Level 3: any age up to 36 months
Classes are goal oriented & teacher led, so as soon as your child meets the goals of their class they are promoted up to the next level, meaning they will not be help back based on just their age.
School Age 5-18yrs
Beginner Classes
School Age Beginners have 4 levels:
- Level 1: caters to those students that are a little apprehensive in the water or have not been in swimming lessons before. The goals of this level are for students to be happy in and under the water, as well as being able to streamline kick with their face-in unaided.
- Level 2: learning the correct kicking and stroking techniques as well as learning to comfortably kick on their back unaided.
- Level 3: learn the breathing techniques associated Freestyle so that once they reach the goals of this level they are able to swim basic Freestyle rolling out to breathe instead of needing to stand.
- Level 4: continue to develop their Freestyle technique and learn Backstroke before being promoted to our Advanced levels.
Adults 18yrs up
Beginner Classes
Adult lessons have 5 levels:
- Levels 1-4: These 30-45min levels introduce the correct kicking and stroking techniques needed to help facilitate learning to swim once you have a competent kick and stroke then we introduce techniques to help you start to learn the breathing component of Freestyle, by the completion of Level 4 you will be able to swim 25m Freestyle using the correct breathing technique without stopping and swim 25m Backstroke.
- Level 5: This 45-60min level focuses on swimming fitness and technique. The goal of this level is for swimmers to be able to complete 1500m in the 60min session.
Swimming lessons save lives.
Drowning continues to be a significant cause of death of young children in New Zealand.
Being able to swim well is one of the greatest gifts that can be bestowed upon anyone. Basic swimming and water safety skills should include:
- Water familiarisation, where small children explore and become comfortable in water environments, developing a respect for the water.
- Gaining confidence through various water activities such as “safe entries and exits, breath control, submersions, floating, propulsion with arms and legs, turning and back-floating”.
- Developing formal strokes so that the child can efficiently cover much greater distances.
Swimming & water safety skills
“Many parents start swimming lessons out of a concern for their child’s water safety,” says Swim Australia CEO Ross Gage. “Although swimming lessons are never a substitute for parental supervision, they play a crucial part in building layers of protection for young children.”
Matt Claridgem, General Manager of Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) says of drownings, ‘What is particularly tragic is that we know most of the deaths by drowning could have been avoided through a positive mix of appropriate supervision of young children, greater awareness of water safety as a serious issue for all communities, and by ensuring that our youth have the opportunity to learn to swim and survive.”
Making sure your child has swimming lessons is a good start.
Here’s one compelling reason to have your child learn to swim by enrolling her in swimming lessons: In 2009, USA’s National Institutes of Health concluded, “Participating in formal swimming lessons was associated with an 88 percent reduction in the risk of drowning in children between the ages of one and four.”
1 x FREE INTRODUCTORY SWIMMING LESSON
Sponsored by Community Support Waitakere
20-30 minute lessons available must be applied for and pre-booked
note: no shows will forfeit their prepaid bond + lesson fee unless reasonable notice provided beforehand
Free introductory lessons available to first time swimmers only
- Please provide full details including Name, Date of birth, Contact Phone number, Medical issues, Parent / Guardian name, Day and Time enrolling
* Subject to timeslot availability