School Aged Group Swimming Lessons

Swim Mangawhai believe that within our swimming levels, the learning programme must be dictated by a combination of age and personal attributes. 

At the age of five, children are developing their emotional attitude towards themselves as a learner and therefore prioritise the importance of play and enjoyment of the water. With this in mind, accompanied by our philosophy of ‘practice makes permanent’ we strive to deliver a programme that embraces fundamental water survival and safety skills, stroke skills and ‘challenge by choice’ that young people crave.

By roughly seven years of age and older, children are engaging more with their frontal cortex and the brain enjoys more repetitive patterns associated with learning. Our programme nurtures these developmental milestones by repetitively focusing on correct swimming technique and progressions, extended water safety and survival skills as well as positive, individualised and specific instructor feedback.

Your child will enter into one of four levels offered.
For children new to Swim Mangawhai we require a free five minute swim assessment to gauge your child's level of confidence and ability.

Strive 1  

• Very beginner swimmers aged 5+ years old

• Child attends lesson without a parent in the pool

• Children will learn how to put their faces in the water, submerge and float.
  

Strive 2

• Children aged 5+ years old ready to learn foundation swimming skills

• Child attends lesson without a parent in the pool

• Children will learn how to kick on their tummies and backs, begin to learn side breathing,
  and are introduced to deep water.

Strive 3

• Children 5+ years old strengthening their swimming and side breathing

• Child attends lesson without a parent in the pool

• Children will learn how to swim on their fronts and backs, extend their side breathing and
  deep water confidence.

.Please Note

• $23.50 per lesson, per child

• 25 minute lessons unless stated otherwise

• Max 5 children per lesson

• Caregiver must be 16 years of age or older and must remain supervising during all lessons

• Water temperature 30 - 32 degrees

• The use of swim caps and goggles are encouraged at all ‘Strive’ levels.

Swim Mangawhai support the learning progressions, outcomes and key messages promoted by Swimming New Zealand and the well researched neuroscience philosophies of Nathan Wallis.