Swim Lesson Policies: Please have children wait near the sign indicating their level prior to swim lessons. Having all the participants in one place and ready to go will help instructors start classes on time. Please help the Instructors ensure everyone s safety by keeping your children close at hand before and after your lessons. If you wish to swim before or after your lessons, please purchase a wristband at the Recreation Desk prior to entering the pool area. If you have questions please refer to the Program Partnership or feel free to contact us to ask questions. If you choose to purchase a wrist band to swim before or after swim lessons please remember that: - Children 4 years of age and under must be supervised within arm s reach (in water supervision) - Children 5 years of age or older who can pass a 25m swim test may be supervised from further than arm s reach (pool deck supervision) - Children 5 years of age or older who cannot pass 25m swim test must be supervised from within arm s reach (in water supervision) Swim Evaluations: Take the guessing out of Swim Lesson Registration. In ten minutes an instructor can assess your child s skill level to be sure that they are in the class that is right for them. Please call the Recreation Desk to set up this complimentary Swim Evaluation. Red Cross Swimming Lessons: Sally Borden Fitness and Recreation offers swim lessons for all ages and abilities. When you choose Red Cross Swim Programs, you are getting a program based on research, proven excellence in teaching, age-appropriate learning through games and songs and focus on your child s safety, comfort and love of aquatic environments. Private Swimming Lessons: Looking to build confidence and or be more comfortable in the water? Our instructors can give you that one on one attention to help you improve quickly and/or work on refining previously learned swimming skills. Private Swimming Lessons are 40minutes long and cost $30.00+gst. Semi-Private Swimming Lessons: If you are looking for the benefits of a private swim lesson but are interested in having up to three individuals attend. Semi-private swimming lessons could be the right fit for your needs. Participants should be close in age and have similar skill levels. Semi-Private Swimming Lessons are 40minutes long and cost $35.00+gst (two participants) and $40.00 (three participants).
Duck - 6-24months Red Cross Swim Preschool Level Level Info Pricing Sea Turtle 24-36months Sea Otter- 3-5 Years Salamander- 3-5 years completion of Sea Otter Skills Sunfish 3-5 years completion of Salamander Skills Crocodile 3-5 years completion of Sunfish Skills Whale 3-5 years completion of Crocodile Skills Level 1 6 years + Level 2 6 years + completion of Level 1 Skills Level 3-6 years + completion of Level 2 Skills Level 4-6 years + completion of Level 3 Skills Level 5 6 years + completion of Level 4 Skills Level 6 6 years + completion of Level 5 Skills Level 7 6 years + completion of Level 6 Skills Level 8 6 years + completion of Level 7 Skills Level 9 6 years + completion of Level 8 Skills Level 10 6 years + completion of Level 9 Skills Babies and their caregivers work on rhythmic breathing, moving forward and backward, front and back floats with recovery, and shallow water entries and exits. Toddlers and their caregivers work on submersion, front and back floats and glides, jumping into chest-deep water with assistance, kicking on front and front swim. Swimmers work on front and back floats and glides, kicking on front with a buoyant object, and will be able to swim 1 meter continuously. Swimmers work on improving their front and back float and jumping into chest deep water unassisted. Kicking is added to the front and back glide and swimmers will be able to swim 2 meters continuously. Swimmers work on kicking and can perform glides (front and back), enter deep water safely, float in deep water and swim with a PFD, and swim 5 meters continuously. Swimmers further develop the front and back glide with kick, front and back swim, jump into deep water, swim with PFD in deep water, and swim 10 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back glide with kick, increase distance on front and back swim, learn the sitting dive, and will be able to swim 15 meters continuously. Red Cross Swim Kids Swimmers develop front and back float, front and back glides, flutter kick (assisted), shallow water entries and exits, and swim 5 meters. Swimmers learn front and back glide with flutter kick, develop front swim, complete deep-water activities (assisted) and swim 10 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back glide with flutter kick, perform flutter kick unassisted, wear a PFD in deep water, float in deep water, and swim 15 meters continuously. Swimmers learn back swim with shoulder roll and front crawl (10m), work on flutter kick unassisted, work on flutter kick on back, perform kneeling dive, introduction to sculling and swim 25metres continuously. Swimmers develop front crawl (15m), learn back crawl (15m) and whip kick on back, learn stride dive and treading water, perform head-first sculling on back, and swim 50metres continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (25m), learn elementary back stroke (15m), learn dolphin kick, tread water in deep water, perform front dive, and swim 75 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (50m), and elementary back stroke (25m), learn front scull, perform whip kick on front and dolphin kick, learn stride entry and swim 150 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (75m) and elementary back stroke (25m), learn breast stroke (15m), learn eggbeater/tread water, perform feet-first surface dive and standing shallow dive, and swim 300 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (100m), elementary back stroke (50m) and breast stroke (25m), learn sidestroke kick, perform head-first surface dive, and swim 400 meters continuously. Swimmers increase their distance on front and back crawl (100m), elementary back stroke (50m) and breast stroke (50m), learn sidestroke (25m), perform dolphin kick (vertical), learn feet- and head-first surface dives with underwater swim, and swim 500 meters continuously. $50.00 $50.00 $70.00 $70.00 $70.00 $70.00 $80.00 $80.00
Duck #8298 Saturday Saturday September 10 th 2016 Saturday November 5 th 2016 (No Swim Lessons Saturday October 8 th 2016) PRESCHOOL 6-36 months 9:35am-10:05am $50.00 Sea Turtle #8281 Level 3 #8262 Level 4 #8265 Level 5 #8267 Level 6 #8269 9:35am-10:05am $50.00 10:10am-10:40am $60.00 9:00am-9:30am $60.00 10:45am-11:30am $70.00 10:45am-11:30am $70.00
Sea Otter #8280 Sunday Sunday September 11 th 2016 Sunday November 6 th 2016 (No Swimming Lessons October 9 th 2016) PRESCHOOL 3-5 years 11:15am - 11:45am $60.00 Salamander #8277 Sunfish #8284 Level 1 #8255 Level 2 #8259 10:40am-11:10am $60.00 10:40am-11:10am $60.00 10:05am-10:35am $60.00 10:05am-10:35am $60.00
Salamander #8275 Monday Monday September 19 th 2016 Monday November 14 th 2016 (No Swimming Lessons Monday October 10 th 2016) PRESCHOOL 3-5 years 3:15pm - 3:45pm $60.00 Sunfish #8282 Level 3 #8260 Level 4 #8263 Level 5 #8266 Level 6 #8268 Level 7 #8270 Level 8 #8272 3:15pm-3:45pm $60.00 3:50pm-4:20pm $60.00 3:50pm-4:20pm $60.00 4:25pm - 5:10pm $70.00 4:25pm 5:10pm $70.00 5:15pm-6:00pm $70.00 5:15pm-6:00pm $70.00
Sea Otter #8278 Tuesday Tuesday September 20 th 2016 Tuesday November 8 th 2016 PRESCHOOL 3-5 years 4:05pm-4:35pm $60.00 Crocodile #8250 Whale #8285 Level 1 #8253 Level 2 #8257 Level 3 #8261 Level 4 #8264 5:15pm-5:45pm $60.00 5:15pm-5:45pm $60.00 3:30pm-4:00pm $60.00 3:30pm-4:00pm $60.00 4:40pm-5:10pm $60.00 4:40pn-5:10pm $60.00