As important as walking and talking, swimming is a skill for life!
Wai o Rua Swim School offers classes to suit a wide range of ages and abilities. Each programme is designed to develop your child's swimming ability as well as teach personal and group survival and rescue techniques.
Learn more about the following progression levels for your child using our drop down menu below.
- Baby classes
- Pre-schooler classes
- Water confidence classes
- Gliding classes – Gliding Stingrays
- Beginner stroking – Junior Dolphins
- Middle level stroking – Intermediate Dolphins
- Beginner Breathers – Advanced Dolphins
- Middle level Breathers – Junior Sharks
- Advanced Breathers – Intermediate Sharks
- Transition into 25m Pool – Advanced Sharks
Babies/Toddlers
Jellyfish Babies Stage 2 (6-12 months)
- Safe Entry and Exits – Parent Guided
- Verbal Cues
- Water Familiarization
- Supported Front Float
- Supported Back Float
Jellyfish Babies Stage 3 (12-24 months)
- Safe Entries and Exits – Assisted
- Verbal Cues
- Water Familiarization
- Supported Front Float
- Supported Back Float
- Supported Submersion
- Froggy Arm Action
Jellyfish Tots Stage 4 (24-36m)
- Safe Entries and Exits – Guided
- Assisted Front Float
- Assisted Back Float
- Confidence With Submersion
- Assisted Under Water U Turn
- Froggy Arm Action and Kick
- Paddle Arm Action
Pre-School
Jellyfish Pre-Schoolers Stage 5 (36-42 months)
- Safe ¼ Turn Entry
- Assisted and Unassisted Front Float
- Assisted Back Float
- Streamline Glide on Front
- Assisted Kick on Front
- Assisted Kick on Back
- Froggy and Paddle arm Actions
- Unassisted U Turn to Swim to Safety
- Confidence in guided jumps into the pool
Gliding Stingrays
- ¼ turn entry and exits
- Confidence submerging to retrieved object from pool floor.
- Unassisted streamline glides
- Correct kick with board-front and back
- Streamline kick on front.
- Assisted Streamline kick on back.
- Introduction to arm strokes.
- Introduction to Assisted butterfly body action.
- Assisted seated dives.
Water Confidence Dolphins
- Safe Entries and Exits
- Confidence in Independent Movement Around the Pool
- Confident Independent Submersion
- Unassisted Front Floats
- Assisted Back Floats
- Assisted Kicking on Back.
- Assisted Kick on Front
- Assisted Jump into the Pool
School Age
Junior Dolphins
- Safe ¼ Turn Entry
- Unassisted Streamline Glides
- Streamline Kick on Front
- Streamline Kick on Back
- Assisted Freestyle
- Assisted Backstroke
- Assisted Horizontal Rotation
- Assisted Butterfly Body Action
- Assisted Seated Dive
Intermediate Dolphins
- Safe ¼ Turn Entry
- Streamline Kick on Front and Back
- 6m Freestyle – Unassisted
- 6m Backstroke – Unassisted
- Horizontal Rotation – Unassisted
- Sculling – Assisted
- Butterfly Body Action – Unassisted
- Assisted Introduction to Breaststroke Kick
- Seated Dives
Advanced Dolphins
- Introduction to Roll to Breathe
- 6-9m Freestyle with Correct Breath Technique
- 6-9m Backstroke
- Breaststroke Kick Action
- Breaststroke Arm Action
- Sculling Headfirst
- Assisted Kneel/ Crouch Dives
Junior Sharks
- Breathing Drills
- 10m Freestyle with Bilateral Breathing
- 10m Backstroke with Rotation
- Breaststroke arm and kick action
- Butterfly Body
- Butterfly Arm Action
- Sculling Headfirst and Feet First
- Kneel/ Crouch Dive
Intermediate Sharks
- Breathing Drills
- 15m Freestyle – Bilateral Breathing
- 15m Backstroke with Rotation ‘
- 10m Breaststroke with Breath Action
- 10m Butterfly with Arm and Kick Action
- 15m Sculling – Feet and Headfirst
- Introduction to Treading Water
- Forward Flip
- Assisted Stand Dives
Advanced Sharks
- 25m Freestyle
- 25m Backstroke
- 15m Breaststroke – Correct Timing
- 15m Butterfly – Correct timing
- Survival Backstroke
- 25m Sculling – Feet and Headfirst
- Tread Water 3 Minutes
- Assisted Tumble turns.
- Stand Dives
