Here at EDS we offer a variety of swimming lessons, either in the comfort of your pool at home (Monday – Friday mornings) or at our pool at Wellers Hill State School (Saturday mornings only). We have the following classes available, please read the descriptions to ensure that you book your child into the correct lesson. To book in you will need to create a “Udio” account. Please follow the link below.
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Itty Bitty 3 months – 6 months
Aim: Water Familiarisation & Conditioning
In our FREE Itty Bitty class, your little swimmer will start to become familiar with the water and we will start the process of conditioning. It is important that you are patient with your them, this is all new to them! We encourage you to practice all of the activities as this is essential to your little one’s development. The best time to do this is at bathtime.
Baby 1 6 months – 15 months
AIM: Breath Control & Submersion
Just a step up from our Itty Bitty Class, is our Baby 1 Class. This is where you will slowly start to submerge your little swimmer into the water. We want them to learn through exploration. Babies can read facial expressions, so it is important that you remain calm, always smile, laugh and encourage them.
Baby 2 15 months – 24 months
AIM: Free Floating & Propulsion
Our Baby 2 class is where your little swimmer will start to use their arms and legs to propel themselves in the water. Instead of a parent catching their little swimmer, we encourage the parents to offer minimal assistance and have your little one grip you and pull themselves out of the water. At around 2 years old children learn fear, so it is important that parents encourage exploration in the water with a positive and calm attitude.
Toddler 24 months +
AIM: Independence
The final class for your little swimmer is our Toddler Class (you will still be in the water). Your teacher will take a more hands-on approach and you will take a step back. We are going to start preparing them to be more independent so that they are ready for classes with you no longer in the pool. There may be tears, as some little ones may not want to do more activities with the teacher and that is ok! It is important that you remain calm and work with the teacher to help build confidence and independence.
Level 1 36 months +
Aim: Water Familiarisation (Older Children)
Level 1 is aimed at children who are 3 years and older who are not comfortable in the water or who have not done lessons before. Children will learn basic paddling and kicking with the focus being on water familiarisation.
Level 2
Aim: Water Safety
For the children that have completed our Baby and Toddler classes level 2 is the first class where a parent is not in the water with them.
Level 3
Aim: Basic Freestyle
In our Level 3 class your child will start to learn basic freestyle. In this level we focus on kicking. For the first few weeks of the term a large part of the lesson will be kicking followed by ‘Big’ freestyle arms. We will only be teaching breathing later on in the term once kicking and ‘Big’ freestyle arms have been achieved.
Level 4
Aim: Freestyle and Backstroke introduction
Just a step up from level 3, our level 4 level aims to improve your child’s freestyle by mastering their breathing. Along with mastering their freestyle they will start to learn basic backstroke, with the goal of completing 25 metres of each stroke at the end of the term.
Level 5
Aim: Breatstroke introduction
Now that your child can swim 25 metres of Freestyle and Backstroke, we will introduce Breaststroke. Breastroke is one of the hardest strokes to learn, so we will break it down into small steps. It may take some time for your child to learn so it is important that we are patient.
Level 6
Aim: Get ready for squad!