Lesson Programme
Please find information on your weekly lesson programme. Every instructor follows this programme across all pools, and it is planned and delivered in line with the National Teaching Plan.
Our Summer term programme starts on Tuesday, April 22nd 2025, and finishes on Monday, July 21st 2025.
| Summer Term 2025 | Stroke | Water skills focus | Lesson Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEEK 1 (22/04-27/04) |
FRONT CRAWL | Streamlining | Streamlining is essential at all stages of the learn-to-swim programme. Your instructor may have planned diving or streamlining practices for higher-ability swimmers through hoops or submerged objects. Your instructor may focus on ‘zooms’ or streamlining the body position through floating practices for duckling swimmers and lower stages. |
| WEEK 2 (28/04-04/05) |
BACKSTROKE | Floatation and Balance | Swimmers will receive floatation tuition. For swimmers up to Stage 2, we will develop a flat floating body position, and more advanced swimmers will learn skills such as treading water, skulling and synchronised swimming. |
| WEEK 3 (05/05-11/05) |
BACKSTROKE | Rotation and Orientation | Following your floatation lesson, the team will focus on rotation to help aid your swimmer’s lessons in changing directions next week. Beginner swimmers will focus on flipping and floating; for our more advanced swimmers, this may focus on forward somersaults. |
| WEEK 4 (12/05-18/05) |
|
Changing direction (travel and coordination) | As part of your swimming journey, your swimmer will be taught to change direction and body position as part of personal water safety and general water skills practices. For advanced swimmers, we may introduce forward rolls, tumble turns, and log rolls; for beginner and intermediate swimmers (Duckling and up to Stage 2), we introduce ‘flip and float’, a personal water safety skill ahead of our water safety lesson. |
| WEEK 5 (19/05-25/05) |
|
|
We will be focusing on the following water skills during your lessons:
|
| BREAK (26/05-01/06) |
MAY HALF-TERM BREAK |
No weekly lessons run between Monday, May 26th to Sunday, June 1st 2025 (inclusive). May Half-Term Fast Track Courses will be taking place from Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th May 2025 (4 days) at Thomas More Catholic School, Purley between the times of 9:00-11:00 am. Please contact the team at fast-track-courses@greatwaves.co.uk for more information on our upcoming courses. |
|
| WEEK 6 (02/06-08/06) |
|
Aquatic breathing | Aquatic breathing is fundamental to helping every swimmer towards their first steps of independent swimming. Beginners will focus on blowing bubbles, and our advanced swimmers will concentrate more on breath control and swimming short distances underwater. |
| WEEK 7 (09/06-15/06) |
|
|
We will be focusing on the following water skills during your lessons:
|
| WEEK 8 (16/06-22/06) |
Drowning Prevention Week! | Water safety |
|
| WEEK 9 (23/06-29/06) |
|
Floatation and balance |
|
| WEEK 10 (30/06-06/07) |
|
|
|
| WEEK 11 (07/07-13/07) |
FRONT CRAWL |
|
|
| WEEK 12 (14/07-20/07) |
|
Monday Hayes Swimmers ONLY! – Monday 14th July 2025!
|
|
| WEEK 13 (21/07/2025 only) |
END OF TERM SUMMER SURPRISE! |
|
End of term Summer Surprise to be confirmed! |
| SUMMER HOLIDAYS (week commencing 28/07) |
Summer Fast Track Courses begin! |
Please contact the team at fast-track-courses@greatwaves.co.uk for more information on our upcoming courses. |
No swimming will be taking place on the dates below due to the May Half-Term:
| Keston Primary School |
|
| The Beach |
|
| The Hayes Primary School |
|
| Thomas More Catholic School |
|
| St Giles School |
|
| Woldingham School |
|
