Learn to Swim at Newbury Better Health and Fitness Centre, with carefully planned lessons to match you or your child's ability, taught by fully qualified Swimming Instructors.
SWIMBiES - Parent and Child Swimming Lessons
At Better, our SWIMBiES lesson support infants and toddlers for ages 3 months to 3 years that we offer on a Friday morning between 10am to 12pm, providing a fun syllabus to help guide you and your child to build water confidence that lasts a lifetime. This also prepares them for the next stage of their swimming journey in our Swim school from +4 years. These are 30-minute sessions that we run 50 weeks of the year excluding the Christmas period.
Swimbies offers 3 stages for your little one to work their way through being:
Dippers: 6 - 12 months
Dippers sessions give you time to bond with you child while we teach you and your child water basics.
Splashers: 12 - 24 months
Following on from Dippers, Splashers sessions are a great way to grow your baby's water confidence with you right beside them.
Paddlers: 24 - 36 months
Moving on from Splashers, Paddlers sessions build on the fundamentals and prepares them for swimming independently.
Pre-School: 3 - 4 years
Entry after completing Paddlers or for children aged three to four years old.
Better Swim School
Moving up to Better Swim School will help your child develop their swimming skills and boost their confidence within the aquatic environment.
30-minute sessions
50 weekly lessons (per year)
Foundation: Aged 4 and over
Our Foundation swimming lessons are designed for school-aged children who are beginners or completely new to swimming. These lessons will teach them how to be safe in and around water.
Previously known as:
Stage 1, 2, 3
Description:
Teaching pupils the essential swimming skills to ensure they learn to be safe in and around water. Learning the basic techniques for all 4 strokes, achieving 10 metre on Front Crawl and Backstroke by the end of their Green milestones.
Ability Groups:
Red, Amber and Green
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Development – ages 5+
Here we will work to assess each pupils ability to progress in talent pathways and will also contribute to them achieving their Bronze, Silver and Gold milestone awards.
Previously known as:
Stage 4, 5, 6, 7
Description:
Teaching pupils advanced swimming skills, developing their techniques on all 4 strokes to create efficient and effective swimmers who are also able to swim 25m unaided. These lessons will cover more swimming essentials including an introduction to aquatic sports and basic water survival and rescue skills.
Ability Groups:
Bronze, Silver and Gold
Academy:
The final level of our children’s swimming lessons, Academy classes will help your child develop further and work towards achieving their own personal goals in the pool.
Previously known as:
Stage 8, 9, 10
Description:
Supporting and developing your child to achieve their own person goals in the pool. Setting personal targets related to challenge award in fitness swimming, personal survival and junior lifesaving and other aquatic sports. Here we will continue to work with other partner clubs to assess each pupils ability to progress in talent pathways should they choose to.
Ability Groups:
Lifesaving
Talent Lanes
PRICES
Prices vary depending on the class type:
| Swimbies - Direct Debit* | 30 mins | £36.00 |
| Pre School, Foundation, Development Direct Debit* | 30 mins | £34.00 |
| Academy Direct Debit* | 45 mins | £44.00 |
* Your DD price is based on a 50 week programme over 12 months (with 2 weeks off for Christmas)
Please note, we operate a rolling swimming lesson programme which is automatically renewed until you tell us to stop. If you would like to cancel please notify us via Contact Us link.
Adult Swimming Lessons
Find adult swimming lessons for all your swimming needs. With our range of adult swimming classes for all swimming levels, we’ll get you to where you want to be – whether that’s learning to swim for the first time, training for an event by taking intensive swimming lessons, or improving your technique.
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