Swimming Levels Overview
Our swimming program is tailored for children aged 3 to 6 years old, focusing on building confidence, essential swim skills, and critical water safety knowledge. Each level introduces new challenges while ensuring children develop at their own pace in a fun and safe environment.
Beaver
Age Group: 3 to 6 years old
Focus: Introduction to water comfort, basic swim movements, and rhythmic breathing.
Children learn to adjust to the water environment through fun and engaging activities. This level emphasizes the foundation of swimming, such as gliding and bubble-blowing, and builds water confidence.
- Swim Skills: Swim 2 metres, assisted front glide (1M), assisted back glide (1M), rhythmic breathing (5 repetitions), and blowing bubbles with the head underwater.
- Safety Skills: Understand swimming pool protocols and practice wearing a life jacket.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 2 metres
- Front glide: 1M assisted
- Back glide: 1M assisted
- Kick and blow bubbles with the head down
- Rhythmic breathing (5x)
Seal
Age Group: 3 to 6 years old
Focus: Developing swim independence and body positioning in the water.
This level builds upon foundational skills with a focus on increasing swim distance and improving posture during front and back glides.
- Swim Skills: Swim 4 metres, front glide (2M), and back glide (2M).
- Safety Skills: Reinforce swimming pool protocols, practice wearing a life jacket, and ensure children stay within arm’s reach of a caregiver.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 4 metres
- Front glide: 2M
Back glide: 2M
Goldfish
Age Group: 3 to 6 years old
Focus: Enhancing swim endurance, underwater exploration, and emergency awareness.
This level encourages children to gain confidence swimming longer distances, practicing glides, and learning to open their eyes underwater. It also introduces jumping into water and responding to emergencies.
- Swim Skills: Swim 10 metres, front glide (5M), back glide (5M), and open eyes underwater.
- Safety Skills: Practice jumping into chest-deep water, wearing a life jacket, and learning who to call in an emergency.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 10 metres
- Front glide: 5M
- Back glide: 5M
- Open eyes underwater
- Jump into chest-deep water
Gator
Age Group: 3 to 6 years old
Focus: Strengthening swim strokes, improving endurance, and advanced safety techniques.
This level focuses on swimming longer distances, introducing side glides, and retrieving objects from the pool bottom. Safety skills like floating, treading water, and jumping into deep water are emphasized.
- Swim Skills: Swim 30 metres, front glide (10M), back glide (10M), and assisted side glide (10M).
- Safety Skills: Practice treading water (5 seconds), front float with a roll onto the back, retrieving objects underwater, and emergency readiness.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 30 metres
- Front glide: 10M
- Back glide: 10M
- Assisted side glide: 10M
- Retrieve objects from the pool bottom
Dolphin
Age Group: 3 to 6 years old
Focus: Mastering advanced swim techniques and deep water safety skills.
This level develops advanced swimming combinations, endurance, and introduces the basics of whip kick. Children learn to be comfortable in deep water and improve emergency skills.
- Swim Skills: Swim 45 metres, front and side combination (15M), pencil glide on the back (15M), and basic whip kick (15M, assisted).
- Safety Skills: Learn to jump into deep water, tread water for 10 seconds, retrieve objects from the bottom, and strengthen emergency response awareness.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 45 metres
- Front and side combination: 15M
- Pencil glide on back: 15M
Basic whip kick: 15M (assisted)
Why Choose Our Program?
Our swimming levels provide a balanced approach to skill progression and water safety. Through engaging lessons and structured goals, your child will build confidence, improve their swimming abilities, and stay safe in the water.