Catterick Leisure Centre
Swim Starz Parent’s Guide
Swim Starz follows the Amateur Swimming Association’s National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS). Your lesson fees include all relevant awards and don’t forget there are great discounts for siblings and for children moving through 4 or more Swim Starz levels.
The NPTS takes each child on a journey through aquatics, starting with the foundation stage and awards. Foundation is a programme for developing early years water confidence through accompanied lessons and school sessions with an emphasis on the development of basic motor skills and fun and games. Foundation awards are centred around the Duckling badges and certificates.
The main stage of the NPTS takes young swimmers through the fundamental movement skills – stages 1 to 7 of the scheme:
Stage 1 develops basic safety awareness, the ‘class’ scenario, basic movement skills and water confidence skills
Stage 2 progresses to safe entries to the water, basic floating, travel and rotation.
Stage 3 sees swimmers progressing up to 10 metres on the front and back and improves water safety knowledge
Stage 4 develops understanding of buoyancy and starts to refine stroke technique
Stage 5 improves water based skills and further develops stroke technique
Stage 6 sees the introduction of coordinated breathing and understanding of preparation for exercise, and
Stage 7 develops quality stroke techniques up to 100 metres.
The rate at which each child progresses will vary according to age, attendance and attainment, but with our exceptional teachers and variety of complementary awards, we will keep your child happy and content in a safe and stimulating environment throughout the scheme.
For more information, give our Swim Starz Team a call on (01748) 831030 today
Swim Starz follows the Amateur Swimming Association’s National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS). Your lesson fees include all relevant awards and don’t forget there are great discounts for siblings and for children moving through 4 or more Swim Starz levels.
The NPTS takes each child on a journey through aquatics, starting with the foundation stage and awards. Foundation is a programme for developing early years water confidence through accompanied lessons and school sessions with an emphasis on the development of basic motor skills and fun and games. Foundation awards are centred around the Duckling badges and certificates.
The main stage of the NPTS takes young swimmers through the fundamental movement skills – stages 1 to 7 of the scheme:
Stage 1 develops basic safety awareness, the ‘class’ scenario, basic movement skills and water confidence skills
Stage 2 progresses to safe entries to the water, basic floating, travel and rotation.
Stage 3 sees swimmers progressing up to 10 metres on the front and back and improves water safety knowledge
Stage 4 develops understanding of buoyancy and starts to refine stroke technique
Stage 5 improves water based skills and further develops stroke technique
Stage 6 sees the introduction of coordinated breathing and understanding of preparation for exercise, and
Stage 7 develops quality stroke techniques up to 100 metres.
The rate at which each child progresses will vary according to age, attendance and attainment, but with our exceptional teachers and variety of complementary awards, we will keep your child happy and content in a safe and stimulating environment throughout the scheme.
For more information, give our Swim Starz Team a call on (01748) 831030 today
Parents Guide
