Welcome to Swim ARCademy!

CLASS DETAILS

As no child develops in the same way, your baby will move through each of our four levels at their own pace.

 

TADPOLES (4-6 months)

By the end of Tadpoles, your child will have the following skills:

  1.   Enters safely into pool with adult
  2.   Responds to cues
  3.   Moves forward and backward through the water
  4.   Rotates from front to back with assistance
  5.   Able to stimulate kicking
  6.   Participates in the social class environment.

FROGS (6-12 months)

By the end of this level, your baby will develop the following skills: 

  1. Enters safely into the pool with adult from seated position
  2. Responds to cues and is able to perform a variety of submersion techniques
  3. Moves forward and backward through the water
  4. Able to achieve assisted rotations
  5. Able to stimulate kicking and padding
  6. Able to crawl down to the mat independently.

TURTLES (12-24 months)

By the end of Turtles, your child will have the following skills: 

  1. Enters safely into the pool with adult from seated and standing positions
  2. Responds to cues and is able to perform a variety of submersion techniques
  3. Moves forward and backward through the water
  4. Able to achieve assisted rotations
  5. Able to engage in rudimentary kicking
  6. Able to move around the pool environment safely.

PELICANS (24-36 months)

By the end of this level, your child will develop the following skills:

  1. Able to independently enter and exit the pool
  2. Able to independently submerge
  3. Able to float on front and back with assistance
  4. Able to achieve full rotation within the water
  5. Able to engage in rudimentary kicking to achieve propulsion
  6. Able to engage in the lesson environment in more complex manner.

WETLANDERS (3-5 years)

Wetlanders is a transition class aimed at easing the journey between parent/child classes to independent teacher/child classes. By the end of this level, your child will have the following skills: 

  1. Able to independently enter and exit the pool through a variety of means
  2. Able to independently submerge
  3. Able to float on front and back with assistance
  4. Able to achieve full rotation within the water
  5. Can kick with aid and achieve propulsion
  6. Able to confidently participate in the lesson without guardian.

Where to next?

After your child finishes our baby and toddler classes, they can move on to our Learn to Swim program.