Children's Swimming Classes at Fareham Swim School

Childrens' Swimming Classes

A complete range of children's swimming classes from pre-school level to advanced swimmer. Suitable for children aged 3 years and up. These classes are teacher lead, so no adult needed in the pool!

Pre-School Swimming Classes

Once your toddler is ready to swim without you, we have fantastic preschool classes available. These classes are specially designed to get your child safe in the water whilst enjoying themselves. Our aim is to build up confidence and ability in your 3 and 4 year olds, getting them ready for our after school beginners swim class.

Nervous Beginner

For children who are just starting their swim journey and haven't been with us as babies, toddlers or pre-schoolers, the first time having a teacher lead lesson can be a bit nerve racking. We offer a range of options for children that have any worries or concerns around bath time or pool time. A little extra support goes a long way when a child first starts their lessons. Teacher always in the pool.

Stages 1 & 2

This is the starting point of any good swimmer and is where the basic skills are taught. Your child will quickly grow in confidence as they learn to float, glide and enjoy their face being in the water, learning all about buoyancy and breath control, with their swimming teacher right by their side, praising every step they take along the road to swimming well and enjoying the water! Here will begin to teach front crawl, with our rollover breathing method, backstroke, breast stroke and the starts of butterfly. Teacher always in the pool.

Stage 3

Having mastered the basic skills aided by their teacher, your water confident child will now begin to understand more refined technique. We will continue teaching front crawl and backstroke, teaching bilateral breathing, as well as getting started on lots of other swim skills like, rotating in the water, sculling, jumping in and much more! At this stage the basics of breast stroke and butterfly are refined and practised more, getting ready to work on the finer points of these strokes. Teacher always in the pool.

Srage 4

At this stage your child is now well on their way to swimming beautiful, stroke-perfect, back and front crawl! We will focus on getting their breast stroke and butterfly up to a high standard too. Turns, surface diving, treading water and stamina work are all part of the fun at this stage. Teacher always in the pool.

Stages 5 & 6

All 4 strokes are now being practised to a high standard and your child's stamina and water fitness will also start to improve. Fun competitions and safety exercises are all part of learning at this stage, keeping children engaged and enjoying learning this vital skill set. Teacher always in the pool.

Please note our other childrens' swimming classes: mother and baby swimming classes and childrens' swimming classes.