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The Glenview Swim Academy at the Glenview Leisure Club offers group swimming lessons for children aged 4 years and older. With 6 structured swimming levels our team of qualified and experienced swim instructors will ensure your child will progress through our levels at their pace in a fun and encouraging environment. Our swimming lessons follows a carefully designed structure to ensure your child can progress through the various levels safely. Water safety and water awareness is included as part of all lessons.
Our focus on building confidence and technique under the guidance of experienced instructors and our teachers use the fantastic Soakly Swim Software for class management and skills tracking.
Parents also have access to the online Parents Portal in Soakly which allows parents to track their child’s progress as well as view all of the class information, term dates and payment information.
All new participants will need to have a swim assessment prior to being booked into a class.
Tadpoles are not great swimmers……yet!
To help our Tadpoles get confident, we start by introducing them to our Kids pool and use a range of water based games and activities to develop basic skills such as floating, putting your face in the water and teaching the basic arm actions for front crawl and breast stroke. When our Tadpoles are ready we will move them into the main pool to try out their new skills.
Ideal for children aged 4-5 years with very little swimming experience.
Our ducklings have just started swimming with the main focus being on their body position and leg kick. Our ducklings will learn how to use their arms for front crawl and breast stroke to help them swim for longer. This class is taught in the main pool using floats and woggles and the aim is to get our ducklings to be able to swim short distances with no aids as they progress.
Ideal for children aged 4-6 years with some swimming experience and good water confidence.
Goldfish are good swimmers but still need improvement. The aim of this class is to improve their Front Crawl, Back Stroke and Breast Stroke. In level 3 we will work a lot more on correct arm technique and breathing as well as developing each child’s stamina and speed.
Ideal for 6-8 years with some swimming experience and good water confidence
Sealions are confident swimmers and the aim of this level is to work on each child’s stamina and breathing technique to help them to be able to swim a full length of the 3 main strokes easily.
This class is aimed at children aged 7-10 years or younger if they are strong confident swimmers who can swim a length or have passed level 3.
Level 5 is aimed at those who can swim repeated lengths with good technique.
In the Level 6 Dolphins class we will recap on all of the skills learned previously and correct any individual issues with technique for each swimmer. We will follow on with teaching diving and introduce tumble turns and the Butterfly Stroke.
Level 5 is aimed at those who can swim repeated lengths with good technique or anyone who has completed level 5.
We only take children from aged 4 onwards for swimming lessons however we do take children aged 3-4 years for our water confidence class.
Swimming is a life skill so we recommend that you keep swimming for life. However each child is different and how quickly they learn depends on a number of factors including confidence in the water, willingness to learn, attendance and whether they also swim outside of lessons.
From experience we think that it will take most children 2-3 terms to complete each level.
Our swimming lessons are 30 minutes long. This is long enough for the lower levels as their concentration starts to fade and it is long enough for the higher levels as they can be very tired after a lot of swimming.
Our swimming lessons are 30 minutes long. This is long enough for the lower levels as their concentration starts to fade and it is long enough for the higher levels as they can be very tired after a lot of swimming.
No, we recommend that you observe from the reception area. Children learn easier when they are not constantly looking at their parents
We don’t recommend using arm bands in lessons. They are a great aid to keep children safe in the water but they actually get in the way of teaching children to swim. Your child will start their lessons in the children’s pool which is shallow and where they can stand easily.
Children are constantly assessed by their teacher and will be moved between classes when the teacher decides that they meet the right criteria. In certain cases a child could move to another level within the 10 weeks. They don’t have to wait for the next level/term to be moved. Some children need a few terms in one level and may pass through other levels quickly. It varies by child. All of the swim teachers understand that parents are keen for their child to move up levels. Unfortunately, unless they meet the right criteria, for health and safety reasons and the child’s confidence, they cannot be moved. Extra practice always helps so we encourage parents to bring their children to Family Swims to improve their confidence and technique.
No. Due to Health and Safety and Child Protection reasons parents are not allowed on the pool deck unless invited by the by the teacher/manager.
You may be able to briefly speak to the teacher when dropping off or collecting your child from the swimming teacher.
No. You may not take photographs of children in a swimming pool environment, regardless of whether they are your child or not.
Anyone found taking pictures will be asked to delete them from their device.
Each term is 10 weeks long. There may be breaks for Mid-term/Public Holidays/Hallowe’en/Easter etc. Parents will be informed of these and there will also be signs in the reception area at least one week prior to the planned break.