These are our Adult and Child classes, where we support both the adult and the child in the water following EYFS principles as well as our training in Aquasensory which develops all the senses of our young swimmers.

On your first lesson we award you with your first ever swimming certificate too!

STARFISH 1

1. Safe entry into the pool by both adult and baby
2. Using swing dips to introduce baby to the water
3. Supporting baby on the front and move freely around the pool
4. Supporting baby on the back and move freely around the pool
5. Cueing baby and washing face with water
6. Exiting pool safely

STARFISH 2

1. Holding baby facing you and submerging yourself in the water for baby to see
2. Moving freely around the pool using the safety hold
3. Moving around the pool using the seat hold, bobbing baby up and down
4. Supporting baby on the back while walking backwards and zigzagging through the water
5. Encouraging baby to wash their face with water or submerging baby in the water, holding baby towards the adult
6. Encouraging baby to hold onto the poolside, with assistance, if necessary

STARFISH  3

1.  baby under the arms and encouraging baby to flop gently into the water from a sitting position on the poolside
2. Encouraging baby to move from a front position to a back position using flip-flop rhythmical movements
3. Encouraging baby to reach for a toy while moving around the pool, supporting baby on the front
4. Helping baby to use a kicking action to move through the water while supporting baby on the back
5. Using the safety hold to support baby and rolling baby away from you, then gently back towards you
6. Using a buoyancy aid to support yourself, float in the water and lay baby on your chest or have baby sit on your tummy, all the while making eye contact

STARFISH  4

1. Supporting baby by the arms or hands to encourage movement into the pool from a sitting position
2. Using a forward hold to encourage and gently submerge baby
3. Using the Little Harbour hold to move around the pool while encouraging movement from baby
4. Encouraging baby to roll from a front position to a back position with support
5. Encouraging movement from baby by swiftly walking backwards while supporting baby on the back.
6. Assisting and encouraging baby to hold onto the poolside and climb out (if baby has the physical ability)

STARFISH  5

1. Holding baby’s arms or hands, encouraging baby to jump into the water from a standing position on the poolside
2. Supporting baby while encouraging them to roll from a back position to a front position
3. Encouraging baby to make kicking movements with support either in a front surf hold or using a woggle
4. Encouraging baby with cues to submerge in a Duckling Dive
5. Swimming around the pool with baby holding onto your back
6. Cueing baby to submerge vertically and rotate 180° in the pool
7. Supporting baby in a front hold, encouraging baby to move forwards and grasp a toy, then return with support in a back float position

STARFISH  6

1. Encouraging baby to enter the water freely from a sitting position on the poolside
2. Encouraging baby to move freely through the water, either with minimal support or with the use of a buoyancy aid
3. Cueing baby to submerge vertically and rotate 360° in the pool
4. Supporting baby by the hands and encouraging movement in a figure of 8 or snaking pattern through the water
5. Taking baby for a front or back ride through the water, with or without support
6. Cueing baby to submerge in a Duckling Dive towards the poolside and encouraging baby to hold onto the poolside and climb out (if baby has the physical ability)

DISCOVERY DUCKLING 1

1. Enter the water safely and comfortably, with full adult support.
2. Bob up and down in the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
3. Float on the back and return to an upright position, with full adult support.
4. Be at ease with water being poured on the back of the head.
5. Move smoothly through the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
6. Exit the water safely with full adult support.

DISCOVERY  DUCKLING  2

1. Enter the water safely and comfortably, with full adult support.
2. Float on the back, with full adult support.
3. Splash hands in the water.
4. Complete a 360 degree turn, with full adult support. (The adult should hold the child close to them at first and then at arm’s length, the child should be facing away from the adult).
5. Move through the water in a streamlined position on the back, with full adult support.
6. Be at ease with the face being washed or splashed.
7. Move smoothly through the water, in an upright position, with full adult support.
8. Travel on the front or back, with full adult support.
9. Make progress towards holding the side of the pool, with full adult support.
10. Exit the water safely, with full adult support.

DISCOVERY  DUCKLING  3

1. Enter the water safely, with full adult support. Swimmers should be encouraged to sit on the side and wait for adult instruction.
2. Float on the back, with full adult support behind the head, shoulders and hips.
3. Reach and grab toys on the water surface.
4. Rotate 180 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position, with full adult support.
5. Move through the water in a streamlined position on the front, with full adult support.
6. Be at ease with water being showered over the face.
7. Travel on the back using floatation equipment, with full adult support.
8. Hold the rail or side of pool and move towards the step or ladders using floatation equipment, with full adult support.
9. Exit the water safely with adult supervision.

DISCOVERY  DUCKLING 4

1. Enter the water safely from a seated or standing position and return to the wall or pool side, with full adult support.
2. Float on the front using floatation equipment, with full adult support.
3. Reach and grab toys on top of and under the surface of the water.
4. Rotate 180 degrees either using a log roll or an upright position, using floatation equipment and with minimal adult support.
5. Push away from the wall in a streamlined position, with full adult support.
6. Be at ease wetting or splashing the face and putting the chin in the water.
7. Travel on the front using floatation equipment, with full adult support.
8. Hold the rail or side of pool and move towards the steps or ladders using floatation equipment, with full adult support.
9. Exit the water safely with adult supervision.