Levels and Classes

Babies – with parents in the water

• Entry
• Exit
• Water familiarisation
• Games and songs to encourage hand eye co-ordination
• Teaching water safety
• Parents with babies in the water

Preschool with parents in the water

• Entry and exit
• Water confidence
• Submersion
• Games, songs to encourage hand eye coordination
• Social interaction with other children
• Water safety
• Parents in the water with their children

Hatchlings

• Water Confidence
• Submersion
• Entry and Exit
• Floating front and back with assistance
• Water Safety

Floating Hatchlings

Children in this level can already submerge and are water confident.  

They are learning to;

• Float on the front and back aided and unaided
• Rotation from front to back without standing
• Glide from one point to another without assistance.
• Water safety

Tiny Turtles flippers

Children in this level are water confident , they can submerge and float on their front.  They are learning to;

• Glide in a streamline position for 5 seconds or more across the pool unassisted.
• Breath control for 5 seconds or more
• Kick in streamline position on front and back with long legs unassisted and assisted
• Rolling from front to back without standing, stationary and moving
• Sitting dives
• Water safety

Tiny turtles Stroke

Children in this level are confident in the water and can submerge and glide from one point to another.  They can kick without assistance from one point to another with long legs and are working on;

• 4-6 big arm circles with arms coming past the ears
• Kick on back with long legs with and without support
• Rolling from front to back without support
• Sitting dives
• Dolphin kick
• Water safety

Yearlings 

Children in this level can kick with long legs and do 4-6 big arm circles coming past the ears simultaneously without help across the pool (4 meters).

They are learning the basics of breathing to the side 1,2,3 bubbles and breathe (freestyle) stationary and across the pool (4 meters)

• Breathing drills with and without board
• Bubbles exhaling for 10 seconds stationary
• 1,2,3 bubbles and breathe stationary
• 1,2,3 bubbles and breathe across the pool with and without a board
• Diving
• Dolphin kick
• Basic Breaststroke kick
• Water safety

Sea Turtles 

Children in this level have a basic understanding of 1,2,3 bubbles and breathe.  They can do the width of our pool (4 meters) and are working towards swimming down the pool (6 meters) with and without support and have a basic understanding of backstroke and dolphin kick.

• 1,2,3 bubbles and breathe for a width (4 meters) working on doing half lengths (6 meters) working towards swimming the length (12 meters) without help
• Breathing drills
• Dolphin kick
• Diving
• Breaststroke kick
• Summersaults
• Water safety, sculling, floating

Snapping Turtles

Children in this level are able to swim at least 4 lengths or more of freestyle of our pool in Papamoa (12 meters) without support.  They have a basic understanding of backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

• Able to swim freestyle and working on correcting technique
• Basic breaststroke kick and arms
• Basic dolphin kick and arms
• Diving
• Summersaults
• Water safety

Orcas

Children in this level have a basic understanding of all four strokes.  They are able to swim 10 lengths or more of freestyle of our pool in Papamoa (12 meter pool) and are working on;

• Freestyle with dives
• Backstroke
• Backstroke dives
• Breaststroke arms, legs and glide
• Dolphin kick and butterfly arms with correct timing
• Diving
• Basic tumble turns
• Water safety, Sculling, treading water, floating

Sharks

Children in this level are competent at all four strokes and are working on better technique for each stroke.

• Freestyle with dives for one length
• Freestyle with tumble turns
• Distance Freestyle swim
• Backstroke with a dive
• Backstroke with tumble turn and correct underwater pull
• Breaststroke with correct timing and breathing
• Breaststroke pull out
• Butterfly with correct timing and breathing
• Individual Medley
• Dives for all strokes
• Water Safety, Sculling, treading water and floating

Adults and Squad 

Beginners and intermediate swimmers or adults after some stroke correction.

Squad classes also avaiable – All students are competent in all four strokes and have the correct technique.  Lessons are 45 minutes long and focus on stroke techniuqe and endurance.

Private lessons 1:1 or 1:2 lessons 

• These can be arranged at any time.  Term time these are generally on a Sunday.  During the school holidays any time from 1pm onwards.
• Please contact me at turtleswimschool@gmail.com and we can arrange a time and day suitable to you.