Swim Lessons, Fall I

Swim lessons are 40 minutes long and are at the Newtown Athletic and Aquatic Club.

General Information
Registration begins Tuesday, August 24th for Fall I Session.
Note: online registration is not available for these classes.
Call or visit the office to register. Classes fill up quickly so please register early!

Swim Levels
Please note your child's swim level below before registering for classes

Level B (Beginning at three years of age and fully potty trained)
Pre-requisites: Children must be willing to enter the pool without parent. Floatation devices are used to help develop the students comfort in the water.
Goal Skills: Children will be introduced to pool safety, floating with assistance, blowing bubbles, wetting face and assisted kicking front and back. Children must be able to float unassisted and make forward progress in the water without assistance to pass level B.

Level 1
Pre-requisites: Children are swimming the basics of the front and backstroke, as well as floating unassisted in a horizontal position prior to entering the class.
Goal Skills: Development of freestyle and backstroke are key elements of this class. Additional goals are comfort swimming with face in the water. To pass level one a student must be able to swim freestyle for one length of the therapy pool (12 yards) and backstroke for one length (12 yards).

Level 2
Pre-requisites: Both front and backstroke are performed well prior to entering this class. Children must be able to swim half a length of freestyle and backstroke in the main pool (12 yards)
Goal Skills: Rhythmic breathing to the left and right is the primary new skill taught in level two. In addition refinement of backstroke and endurance of freestyle and backstroke are covered in this course. To pass level two a student must be able to swim a full length of the main pool (25 meters) of freestyle with rhythmic breathing and 25 meters of backstroke.

Level 3
Pre-requisites: Children need to swim freestyle and backstroke for one length of the main pool (25 meters) to enter this class. In addition rhythmic breathing to the side when swimming freestyle is a requirement to join level three.
Goal Skills: The primary new skill in level three is breaststroke. In addition continued refinement of freestyle and backstroke are goals of this course. To pass level three a student must be able to swim 50 meters of freestyle and 25 meters of backstroke, in addition students must be able to swim 12 meters of breaststroke.

Level 4
Pre-requisites: Children must be able to swim a full lap (50 meters) of freestyle, one length of backstroke (25 meters), as well as half a length of breaststroke (12 meters).
Goal skills: Refinement and development of breast stroke are the key elements of level four. Upon completion students should be able to properly swim 25 meters of breast stroke. In addition students continue to work on technique, including flip turns for freestyle, and endurance of freestyle and backstroke. Along with breast stroke skills a student must also be able to swim 75 meters of freestyle and 50 meters of backstroke to pass level four.

Level 5
Pre-requisites: Children must be able to swim 75 meters of freestyle, 50 meters of backstroke and 25 meters of breaststroke to enter level five.
Goal skills: Further refinement of all strokes and endurance are the goals of level 5. Students will learn to swim longer intervals with greater technique in level five. To pass level five a student should be able to swim 100 meters of freestyle, 100 meters of backstroke, and 50 meters of breaststroke.