Adult & Toddler Classes
For ages 18mths - 3yrs
Adult and Toddler Classes are packed full of fun songs and activities to develop water confidence and water safety skills. Songs are the most effective ways to communicate with your toddler, promoting learning through repetition, rhyme and movement.
Adult and Toddler Classes are packed full of fun songs and activities to develop water confidence and water safety skills. Songs are the most effective ways to communicate with your toddler, promoting learning through repetition, rhyme and movement.
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St. Michaels Middle School
Colehill Ln, Wimborne BH21 7ABWe offer a range of morning and afternoon times weekly during term-time.
Tuesdays at 10.30 a.m.
Thursdays at 10.30 a.m.
Fridays at 1.30 p.m.
All lessons are 30 minutes in duration.
Free badge and certificate for each term your toddler attends.
Small class sizes of between 3 and 8 .toddlers.
Flexible lessons: If you can’t attend your usual day, you are welcome to swap to another day in that same week.
Spectators are welcome in our poolside viewing gallery. Invite family members along to see how your little one is getting on!
Both parents/grandparents are welcome in the pool with baby.
Lessons are payable in a block from when you start. You can start anywhere in the term.
Swimming lessons are term time only.
A taster lesson is available to book and is only £12.
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Each 30 minute lesson includes a wide variety of water toys and games to gently simulate toddlers and to encourage development of the key water skills. During each lesson, children learn to enter and exit the water safely.
All lessons are taught by fully qualified and experienced Level 2 Swim England/STA Swimming Teachers, with full DBS, Teacher Rescue Award qualification, and Swim England Safeguarding in Aquatics trained.
Adult & Toddler class overview
Classes are packed full of fun songs and activities to develop water confidence and water safety skills. Songs are the most effective ways to communicate with your toddler, promoting learning through repetition, rhyme and movement. Our Songs, games and play create a positive, enjoyable experience.
Lessons include games and songs that help develop:
Buoyancy and balance. Songs/games include: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’, ‘Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’ and ‘Jelly on a Plate’.
Travel and co-ordination. Songs/games include: ‘Five Little Ducks’, ‘Wheels on a Bus’, and ‘The Hungry Shark Game’. Children play the colour game, where they find and group coloured toys.
Rotation and orientation. Songs/games include: ‘Pat a Cake’, ‘Row, Row, Row your Boat’ and ‘Treasure Hunt Games’. Children play the number game, where they have to find, match or sort numbers.
Aquatic breathing. Songs/games include: ‘Humpty Dumpty’ (jumping from the wall), ‘Rainbow Magic’ (blowing bubbles under a woggle bridge) and ‘Egg flip races’.
Streamlining. Songs/games include: ‘Zoom, Zoom, Zoom’, ‘Speed Boat Rockets’, and swimming with floats.
RESOURSES
Each lesson includes a wide variety of water toys and resources to gently simulate babies and children and to encourage development of the key water skills.
Our resources include: Flashing dolphins, egg flips, dinosaurs, cars, and unicorn water toys, colourful animal floats, large floats, large hoops, woggles, spongy and squirty animal toys, brightly coloured balls, floating bricks, buckets and watering cans, diving fish, and a turtle and a duck family! We also have our own ‘Baby Annabell Learns to Swim’ doll, that the children love!
KEY BENEFITS FOR TODDLERS
Water Safety & Survival Skills: Lessons introduce vital water safety skills, such as how to enter and exit the water safely, and how to hold on to the rail and move along the rail.
Physical Development & Coordination: Swimming improves coordination, balance, and motor skills.
Confidence & Independence: Regular lessons help children become less timid and more comfortable in new situations, building self-esteem and independence.
Socialisation: Children interact with peers and instructors, learning to follow instructions and engage in teamwork.
Cognitive Development: Regular swimming lessons help to improve language development and numerical skills.
Improved Sleep: The physical activity helps toddlers burn energy, often resulting in improved sleep.
KEY BENEFITS FOR ADULTS
Social Connection: Classes provide a social outlet for parents to connect with others.
Bonding & Attachment: Skin-to skin interaction in the water helps build a strong, secure emotional attachment between parent and child.
Increased Confidence: Parents learn how to hold, handle and support their child in the water, which builds confidence for leisure swimming outside the class environment.
Certificates and Badges
Your baby/child will be awarded a free badge and certificate for each term of lessons that they attend. The Adult and baby/toddler & Preschool lessons follow progression through the Swim England National Plan for Teaching Swimming (formally ASA).
The Adult & Baby and Adult & Toddler lessons will focus on Discovery Duckling award skills.
The Adult and Pre-school lessons will focus on the Duckling Award skills. All awards can be achieved with or without floatation equipment or support.
In our Adult and Toddler Classes, toddlers start at DISCOVERY DUCKING 1 or 2, and then progress to 3 and 4. After this, toddlers can work towards achieving ‘I CAN’ badges.
The Swim England ‘I CAN’ Awards are perfect for babies, toddlers and pre-school aged children. The Awards recognise achievement of specific single successes for early learners. Your child can enjoy receiving a special badge and certificate for nine types of skill development:
…enter the water safely
…jump in
…float on my front
…float on my back
…roll over
…blow bubbles
…swim
…enter, turn, return
…exit safely
Badges that your child can receive at Mini Manta Ray’s include:
I CAN AWARDS (for jumping in, blowing bubbles, floating, for example)
DISCOVERY DUCKLING AWARDS (Levels 1 – 4). (Awarded in our Adult and Baby Classes and Adult and Toddler Classes)
DUCKLING AWARDS (Levels 1 – 4). (Awarded in our Adult and Pre-School Classes)
Puffin 5m badges (swimming with aids). (Awarded in our Adult and Pre-School Classes)
Rainbow distance awards, such as 5m and 10m badges (swimming without aids). (Awarded in our Adult and Pre-School Classes)
ALL CLASSES
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Adult & Baby
For ages 0-18mths
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Adult & Toddler
For ages 18mths - 3yrs
Each lesson includes a wide variety of water toys and games to gently simulate toddlers and to encourage development of the key water skills. -
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Adult & Pre-school
For ages 3yrs - 4yrs
The Adult and Pre-school programme teaches children to be happy and safe in the pool. -
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Swim Lessons (Stages)
From 3yrs + to 12 years
Swimming lessons are from beginners with parents to Stage 4, and taught by our fully qualified Level 2 Swim England/STA Swimming teachers, with extensive experience with children of all ages and abilities, and children with special needs.
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Private Lessons
For all ages | 1:1 or 2:1 sessions
Private swimming lessons in an indoor heated Endless Pool in Corfe Mullen -
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Adult Swim Fit
For ages 18+
For recreational swimmers to triathletes/club swimmers/open water swimmers training for events. -
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Junior Swim Fit
Ages 13-17yrs
Stage 8 to club level.
The hour training sessions will include stroke technique work, drills, speed and endurance work. -
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Adult Mermaid Class
For ages 18yrs+
Mermaid classes for Adults are a fun and exciting way to get fit, meet new people and enjoy the freedom of swimming with a tail! -
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Mermaid Experience (5-8yrs)
For ages 5yrs - 8yrs accompanied by an adult
Our children’s mermaid experiences are an amazing way for your child to experience swimming like a mermaid, in a safe and friendly environment, with a fully qualified and experienced mermaid instructor. -
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Mermaid Experiences (8-14yrs)
For ages 8yrs - 14yrs | able to swim independantly and confidently
Learn to swim like a mermaid, in a safe and friendly environment, with a fully qualified and experienced mermaid instructor. -
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Mermaid Parties
For all ages
These private mermaid experiences will be great for hen do groups, birthday parties, open water swimming groups and anyone who wants to try something new, different and exciting. -
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Sensory Swim
0 - 24 months
Brand new Adult & Baby/Toddler Sensory Swimming Sessions in our indoor Endless Pool, in Corfe Mullen.
