The environment in which your baby learns is crucial when ensuring his/her first experience of water is a positive one. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere we aim to provide, coupled with the use of warm (in most cases, hydrotherapy), clean pools, should make the whole experience a pleasurable one for you both. New skills are gently introduced and your baby will very quickly get used to short swims and submersions, taught using methods that are fun, using word association and repetition. Regular play breaks enhance the learning process. Amazingly, most babies will astound you with the what they achieve in the first term, all with a little help from you, of course!

In this level, many new and exciting skills are introduced, as the instructor builds upon the introductory experience of Level 1 babies. For instance the volunteer swim where baby learns to take a breath before swimming. Baby gradually becomes more comfortable with single handed swims and swims more frequently than in the introductory level. Back floats are introduced which are very relaxing and fun, and also of great importance for future levels, eventually leading into early back stroke. New Water safety skills such as Swim & Hold on that encourages baby to hold on to somebody or something upon surfacing from a swim are practiced.

Several new and rewarding skills are introduced at this level. This is where we start introducing the concept of establishing a basic swimming rhythm and a breathing pattern at the same time. Learning is further developed, as you and your baby are introduced to water safety skills that are invaluable to learn and built upon in higher swim levels. Even at this young age, most babies start to develop their very first basic arm stroke. Babies are now ready to enjoy a little more boisterous exercise, and the babies will learn to swim just a little further, aided by your slip stream as you both move through the water. Level 3, is a a key level where the benefit of the previous levels starts to prepare our AquaTots for new swims in level 4 and beyond.

In level 4 we introduce new water entry skills, your baby will learn to enter from the pool side from a seated position. Building on swimming skills previously learned, leg kicking is introduced at this level. New fun Water Safety Skills are introduced and further developed in Level 4 All this and more water based fun activity suitable for children of this age group.

Even more new and exciting skills are introduced at this level. For example, Diving for Toys in shallow water. New swimming skills are developed further to encourage independent early swimming rhythm and breathing pattern at the same time. There are more Water Safety Skills too, you will see a remarkable change in your childs water confidence as many of the components from earlier levels are brought together.

In this Level, we concentrate upon encouraging our little swimmers to extend their swimming both on top of and under the water. Swimming strokes are a focus, preparing children for entry into level 7. Water Safety Skills learned in the previous levels are added to also. In addition to the learning lets not forget the great fun we have in the water at each class also.

Congratulations ! Your baby is now growing and becoming more physically able to achieve the complicated baby level swims and master water safety skills that require more co-ordination. Level 7 is the final baby level before entering into the Toddler swim Program. With your class instructor you will in addition to the Level 7 swim skills, work upon preparing swimmers for entry into the Toddler Swim Classes. Please note, we prefer your baby to be nearly 2 years old to enter Level 8, as they need a certain degree of natural co-ordination, muscle strength and discipline to learn the new and more demanding skills introduced in the toddler levels. Your class instructor will guide you and provide feedback regarding preparation and readiness for your next step.

Welcome to our Toddler Swimming Program. Your toddler is now becoming able to enjoy more complicated co-ordinated swims. During this first Toddler Level swim program, you will see your child enjoy the fun of putting together all the previous learned swim skills to demonstrate independent movement in the water. For the more adventurous parents, we encourage you to swim underwater together with your toddler participating in various skills. If you prefer not to go under the water yourself for any reason, due to wearing contact lenses or not liking getting your hair wet, of course you do not have to. But it is usually great fun!

Learning the swim exercises introduced at this level will enable your toddler to become even more independent in the water, involving minimal contact from you. We also encourage your toddler further, by learning new versions of well known skills, to swim more independently, again learning life saving and fun skills at the same time. By the end of term, a few may even manage to swim 3-5 metres, unaided, on their tummies - a really fantastic achievement!

By now, your toddler should be very happy and confident in the water, loving to dive for the sinker toys and jumping in from the side. By the end of this term, some toddlers will actually manage to swim 4-5 metres, unaided, on their tummies - a really fantastic achievement at such young age. You can start to collect your first Wall certificate and the big 5 metres badge to display proudly. These maybe purchased from your Instructor at the pool site or from office. We will introduce several more advanced versions of well known skills and the class instructor will also encourage your toddler to glide through big hoops. This fun exercise will help to improve co-ordination and mobility in water.

In this level, we start to introduce more challenging skills as your child development allows us to integrate skills together raising their capability and performance achievements even more. Your baby is simply growing up. Your toddler should now be very happy and confident in the water, wanting to spend as much time under water as on top. At the end of this term we aim that most toddlers can swim 5 metres and some a massive 10 metres. We also introduce the concept of basic backstroke. More fun for toddlers, can be seen as the children glide through hoops trying their best to become "rockets" as they propel themselves through the water.

Level 12 is the highest level of the Advanced Toddler Swim levels, before the toddlers go on to the Child Swim levels for big boys and girls! By the end of Level 12, the aim is that all attendees can swim 5 metres on their back, and that most of the children can swim 10 metres, some will have achieved an amazing 25 metres on their front. Jumping in Diving for Toys from standing and bringing the ring back to the side and Backwards Roll Entry are great fun! We also introduce your child to being happy and confident to swimming in the water too deep to stand up in, if your current pool has sufficient depth.

Welcome to the Big Boys and Girls Swimming Club, Level 13 -21 Swimming for Children. Introduction to Level 13 is by invitation only, you may be congratulated for getting this far. Throughout the child swimming levels, we devote more focus over time to developing very basic stroke work. We introduce breast stroke and the other conventional stroke swims. We would like your toddler to have the option to choose the stroke they feel comfortable with & develop it accordingly. By the end of this term, many in this level will be able to swim 10 or even 25 metres on their front & /or back. We introduce more fabulous fun, using fins, mask & snorkels! Children love to be able to snorkel over short distances, without having to come up & breathe. And of course, with holiday's in mind, this is a great activity for all the family to do together. Snorkelling sets will be provided in class. However, for hygiene reasons & to ensure your child's comfort, your Instructor will advise that you buy your own snorkelling set for your child. Swim hats & thermoflex suits maybe required at some of the higher level pools for your child's comfort & safety, your instructor will advise you. Please give your child plenty of time to adjust to the new environment, and take it slow at the beginning of the term. Please also note, several of these pools demands the use of swim caps for the adults and/or children.

Throughout Level 14 we will continue to develop your childs enjoyment and ability to perform basic stroke work introducing some new swims too. In addition further fun is to be enjoyed with Snorkelling sessions, which benefit your childs in water positioning. We would like your child to buy and bring their own personal snorkel kit for comfort and hygiene reasons. We welcome parents to come and join in with the snorkelling too! It really helps your child and shares the family fun. We aim for all attendees to be able to swim 10 metres/25 metres, some will achieve an amazing distance of 50 metres. As a reward and amazing aquatic fun we will also introduce the use of under water scooters for use in the shallow end of the pool. These amazing vehicles are terrific fun and reward the children for all their hard work. They do not want to get out of the pool and cant wait to get back in.

Take a look at all the exciting new skills your child will be learning this term. All classes from this level are taught by AquaTots Senior Instructors. Even more fun based skills will be introduced as confidence building exercises. More fun is to be had as we continue the use of Under water scooters and the Snorkel Safari. We also introduce our Rescue Tot Program, the water safety skills are extremely popular and vital in water safety for children spending time in and around water. By the end of Level 15, we aim for everyone to swim at least 25 metres, with some achieving massive distances of 50 or even 100 metres.

AquaTots are very pleased to be able to offer even more exciting and great skills. We are really encouraging the team work aspect of swimming not only through the snorkeling & rescue skills but also with the new "Big Star" star float, this will be a challenge for most but brilliant fun as children practice buoyancy, breathing control and balance. We also aim for the children to try and improve their front crawl with sideways breathing whilst keeping streamlined in the water. They will then also be able to practice more and develop their back crawl swims with little finger first entry.

We introduce new and exciting rescue skills, which includes diving down to retrieve a lifeless person in the shallow end. We then teach them how to open he airways and call 999 if a person is lifeless/unconscious. We also hope that our young swimmers are finding solo swim the "norm" & working even more to emphasize the importance of being streamline whilst snorkeling and swimming. We expect all swimmers to do 50 metres whilst some can even do 75 or 100 metres!