Teaching Plan

Surrey Swim School lessonSurrey Swim School is based on the Swim England’s Learn to Swim Programme. It is a national syllabus for delivering aquatics and provides Stages for your children to progress and become competent, confident and safe in the water. The framework is divided into seven Stages and once the swimmer has gained the core range of skills required for the seven Stages he/she is ready to progress to Stages 8 to 10 in a variety of aquatic disciplines:- competitive swimming, rookie lifesaving, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming. Various other badges will be incorporated to enhance the programme such as distance awards.

Assessments are completed on each swimmer towards the end of term and a Progress Report is then prepared so that the swimmer and parent can see progress made. The Progress Report will have each skill attempted so that a clear picture is given on progress and goals for the following term.

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CLASSAWARDSDISTANCEPRE-REQUISITE
Parent and ChildStarfish and STAnleyn/aSix months to 3 years. Swimmer to be accompanied by an adult
TadpolesSTAnley 1 to 7n/aThree to four years old.
MinnowsStage 1n/aHas little or no water confidence
SeahorsesStage 2 Water Skills 15 mIs water confident and can achieve 5m without buoyancy aids
FrogsStage 3 Water Skills 210m Front and BackIs a swimmer able to swim 5m on front and back without buoyancy aids or Stage 2
SealsStage 4 Water Skills 325m Front and BackIs a swimmer able to swim 10 Front and Back or Stage 3
DolphinsStage 5 Water Skills 450m Front and Back, 10m Front Crawl, 10m Backstroke, 10m Breaststroke, 10m ButterflyIs a swimmer able to swim 25m Front and Back or Stage 46
OttersStage 6 Water Skills 5100m – recognisable strokesIs a confident swimmer able to swim 50m front and back and 10m on all strokes. or Stage 5
MarlinsStage 7 Bronze Challenge200m/400mIs a confident swimmer able to swim 100m on a recognisable stroke and 25m on all strokes or Stage 6.
PenguinsStage 8 Water Skills 6 Silver Challenge800mIs a strong swimmer able to swim 50m on all 4 strokes and 200m using three strokes or Stage 7.
King PenguinsStage 9 Gold Challenge1,000m/1 mileIs a strong swimmer able to swim 200m on three strokes and able to turn on all strokes
Emperor PenguinsStage 10 School Speed Swims2,000m/3,000mIs a strong swimmer as above with turns and starts on all strokes.
Rookie LifeguardBronze Silver Goldn/aSwimmers who can swim 100m on a recognisable stroke and 25m on three strokes or Stage 6
Junior FitnessWinter - Fitness and Diving Spring - Fitness and Syncro Summer - Fitness/Water Polon/an/a
Swim Fitnessn/an/aAble to swim 100m front and back


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