progression

 A wonderful bonding experience with your baby. Babies learn to love the water and the very beginnings of the aquatic skills. Join your baby in a fun-filled session in the water. Babies will work towards the Discovery Duckling Awards. 

 Our toddler classes focus on the aquatic skills needed to learn to swim. Toddlers will learn water safety and a respect for the water while having lots of fun through songs and games. Toddlers will work towards the Discovery Duckling or Duckling Awards. 

 These toddler classes focus on transitioning your child from being in the water with you, to joining either a Duckling class or a 1A class without their adult. If your child is turning 3 in the next term, they may be placed into a Rising 3s class if the teacher feels they are ready, in conversation with the parent. Gradually throughout the term, the teacher will ask you to step back a little more until they are happy for you to be sitting on the side in your kit, or even fully dressed!

 These children are complete beginners but not yet ready to swim without their familiar adult. They will be between 3yrs and 5yrs and may be exceptionally shy, or have an additional need. They will be in aids and will be working on the Swim England Duckling awards or the STA Stanley awards 1-3. They will stay in this class until they are happy and safe to swim without their familiar adult. Gradually throughout the term, the teacher will ask you to step back a little more until your child is happy for you to be sitting on the side in your kit, or even fully dressed! Most children will only need a term in this class, but every child is different.

This class is INVITATION ONLY. These children have completed the Adult and Child program at Kingfishers and have an abundance of basic skills. They will be between 2.5yrs and 3.5yrs and will swim without their parent in the water after completing the 24-36m class or a Rising 3s class. These are extra small classes of 4 or 5 children and have 2 teachers in the water to support them.

These children are complete beginners. Children can join this class from age 3 years. They will be in aids and will be working on the STA Stanley awards 1-3. They will stay in this class until they have built water confidence, are happy to swim with aids but without teacher assistance, and are beginning to put their face in the water to swim. This class is very game based while learning the basic skills of swimming.

These children can swim across the pool confidently with aids and are beginning to swim independently. They are confident enough to put their faces in the water and blow bubbles and even have a go without their aids with the support of their teacher. They will be working on the STA Stanley 4 and Octopus 2 awards.

These children are beginning to swim and gain confidence to swim unaided. They can swim a short distance (2 metres) without aids and have the confidence to push and glide on their fronts and backs to a nearby teacher. They will be working on the STA Stanley awards 5 and 6.

These children can now swim the 8 metre width across the pool on both their fronts (with their faces in) and on their backs, attempting arms over the water. They will be working on the STA Stanley awards 6 and 7 and the Goldfish 1 award. 

These children are able to swim 10 metres of a recognised front crawl, 10 metres back crawl and a width of recognisable breaststroke. They will be working on Stanley 7, Goldfish 1, 2 or 3. They usually swim half way down the pool and back. This class focuses on all 4 strokes but with a strong focus on effective front crawl breathing. Sometimes teachers are in the water, and sometimes they are on the side.

These children are now able to swim 25 metres front crawl or back stroke, and have completed Goldfish 3.  They will be working on Angelfish 1. These children will swim 1 full length or a longer deep circuit at a time and work on perfecting their strokes. This class heavily focuses on breast stroke breathing and timing to achieve the Angelfish 1 award. Teachers teach from the side.

These children are able to swim front crawl with bilateral breathing, back stroke with a good alternating armpull, breast stroke with correct breathing and 10 metres of butterfly where their arms recover over the water. They are working on Angelfish 2 and 3 or Shark 1. Teachers teach from the side.

These children are competent at front crawl, back stroke and breast stroke over 50 metres of each. They have a basic understanding of butterfly technique. They will be working on the Shark 2 & 3, Water safety and Survival and the Advanced stroke series.  Teachers teach from the side and most of these classes run for 40mins.

Similar to the level 7 class but generally an older group of swimmers continuing for fun and fitness (and that just don't want to leave us!) Sometimes joined by the off duty teachers keeping fit!