Swim for Life | Ages: 4M - 12Y

Parent & Tot 1 – Jellyfish/Goldfish

Jellyfish Prerequisite: Participants must be 4-12 months and accompanied by a caregiver. Goldfish Prerequisite: Participants must be 12-24 months and accompanied by a caregiver.

Jellyfish provides an orientation to water for infants and their caregiver. Caregivers will learn how to swim safely with their infant in the pool through instruction of holds and supports. Infants will be introduced to getting their face wet, blowing bubbles and floating with the help of their caregiver. Goldfish will teach toddlers how to play in the water safely and how to enter and exit the water with help from their caregiver. Toddlers will also develop floating and kicking skills with the support of their caregiver.

Parent & Tot – Seahorse

Prerequisite: 2-3 years and accompanied by a caregiver. Seahorse Teaches toddlers how to safely enter the water wearing a PFD. Swimmers will develop underwater skills such as submersion and opening their eyes underwater. Toddles will learn starfish floats, pencil floats and kicking skills taught using songs and games.

Preschool 1 – Octopus

Preschool 1 is a transitional level which transfers the preschooler to the care of the instructor. Preschoolers will have fun learning to get in and out of the water. They’ll learn how to put their face in the water, blow bubbles in the water, and how to float and glide.

Preschool 2 – Crab

Prerequisite: Completed Octopus

Crab teaches swimmers how to safely jump into chest-deep water and how to swim wearing a PFD. They’ll learn submersion skills and continue to work on floats, glides, and kicking with buoyant objects.

Preschool 3 – Orca

Prerequisite: Completed Crab

Teaches preschoolers how to enter deep water safely wearing a PFD. They’ll learn hot to submerge and exhale underwater, retrieve objects underwater, and will continue developing their floating, gliding, and kicking skills.

Sea Lion

Prerequisite: Completed Orca

Sea Lion teaches deep-water entries and treading water wearing a PFD. Preschoolers will become skilled at retrieving objects from the bottom of the pool in chest-deep water and performing front and side glide. Front crawl wearing a PFD is also introduced.

Narwhal

Prerequisite: Completed Sea Lion.

Narwhal teaches Swim to Survive® skills wearing a PFD, front and back crawl and interval fitness training. Preschoolers will also learn how to tread water and perform vertical whip kick with a buoyant aid. Once complete, preschoolers can register into Swimmer 2.

Swimmer 1

Beginners will become comfortable jumping into the water with and without a PFD. They’ll learn how to open their eyes, exhale and hold their breath underwater. Floats, glides and kicking skills are introduced.

Swimmer 2

Prerequisite: Completed Swimmer 1 or Preschool 5

These swimmers will jump into deeper water and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a PFD. They’ll learn how to tread water, develop kicking skills, and will be introduced to front crawl and back crawl.

Swimmer 3

Prerequisite: Completed Swimmer 2

Swimmers will learn how to dive and will do in-water somersaults and handstands to develop weight-transfer skills. They’ll learn Swim to Survive® skills, whip kick on back and will further develop their front and back crawl.

Swimmer 4

Prerequisite: Completed Swimmer 3.

Swimmers will become better at diving, treading water, and swimming underwater. They’ll learn the Swim to Survive® standard and start to develop breaststroke. Front and back crawl are further developed.

Swimmer 5

Prerequisite: Completed Swimmer 4.

Swimmers will master dives and swimming in deep water. Swimmers will further their Swim to Survive® skills and start to develop eggbeater kick, while breaststroke, front crawl, and back crawl are further developed. Swimmers will also be challenged by interval training and sprinting drills

Swimmer 6

Prerequisite: Completed Swimmer 5

Swimmers will become proficient at deep water skills including stride entries and compact jumps. They’ll develop lifesaving kicks such as eggbeater and scissor kick, while further developing the breaststroke, front crawl, and back crawl are further developed. They’ll develop strength and endurance with head-up swims, interval training and a 300m workout.

Swim Evaluations

In early 2023 the North Peace Leisure Pool transitioned to Lifesaving Society swimming lessons, the transition has introduced a new set of criteria for classes. We encourage swimmers who haven’t taken lessons in a year or more to stop in for a free swim lesson evaluation to ensure swimmers are registering for the proper lesson to challenge their ability.

Swim Evaluations | All Ages

Swim for Life | Ages: 4M - 5Y

SCHEDULE (see descriptions on page 16)

JELLYFISH/GOLDFISH (Starfish/Duck)*

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Starfish/Duck transitioned to Jellyfish/Goldfish.

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Sea Turtle transitioned to Seahorse.

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Salamander transitioned to Crab.

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Sunfish transitioned to Orca.

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Sea Otter transitioned to Octopus.

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Crocodile transitioned to Sea Lion.

Swim for Life | Ages: 5-12Y

January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Level

*In January we transitioned to the Lifesaving Society Swim For Life program. Level 2/3 transitioned to Swimmer 2.

Private Swimming Lessons

We have one-on-one custom lessons for swimmers of any level or age, as well as private lessons designed for Parent & Tot, Preschool, or Swimmer 1 or 2 levels. Discount for two participants. Please call the North Peace Leisure Pool for more information or to enroll a second swimmer: 250-787-8178. IMPORTANT: Swimmers working on Jellyfish, Goldfish, and Seahorse skills require a caregiver in the water during private lessons.

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