The Start of the swimming Journey

Infants / Toddlers (6 months to 3 years)

  • Age Groups: 6 to 18 months, then 19 months to 3 years

  • Format: Parent-in-water group, up to 8 participants

  • Focus:

    • Water discovery and gentle introduction to the water environment

    • Early stages of water conditioning

    • Helping little ones become comfortable with the feel of water and initial submersion experiences

  • Environment: Safe and supportive setting

Preschool (3-5 Years)

  • Format: Parent in water or parent out of water, depending on child's ability

  • 3-4 Years:

    • With parent's assistance, beginning to dive to the pool bottom

    • Floating on front and back

  • 4-5 Years:

    • Child participates on their own if they meet criteria

  • Stages:

    • Clam: Confidence, submersion, assisted floating

    • Starfish: Unassisted floating, rotation, kicking

    • Jellyfish: Dog paddle, kicking & breathing, backstroke

School Age (5 Years & Up)

  • Level Skills Covered:

  • Tadpoles: Assisted submersion and floating Small class sizes

  • Frog: Unassisted floating, kicking, rotation

  • Nemo: Freestyle and backstroke arms

  • Crocodile: Intro to freestyle breathing and breaststroke

  • Bronze Shark: Swim 25m freestyle breathing every 2nd/3rd stroke, 25m backstroke smooth arms, breaststroke intro arms & legs timing, butterfly intro, tumble turn intro, dive starts

  • Silver Shark: 50m freestyle with good technique, 50m backstroke, improving breaststroke timing, tumble turns & streamlining

  • Gold Shark: 75m freestyle with turns, 75m backstroke, 75m breaststroke, IM introduction

  • Pre Swim Club / Fitness / Dolphin: Increase swimming distance up to 200m

This progressive structure ensures each child builds water confidence, skills, and technique appropriate to their age and ability, all within a friendly and supportive environment at Jillyfish Swim School.

Preschool ratio 1:3 Parent out of water, Parent in water 1:8max
School age ratio 1:4
School age ratio Pool 2 1:5
25m Pool 1:6
25m Pool advance 1:7

$21.50 per lesson 
25 min classes

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