School Age Learn to Swim Programme
Offer your child the opportunity to grow, shine and succeed through our Award-Winning Learn to Swim Programme, providing swimming tuition from school aged children from 4 ½ years upwards.
Over 600 weekly classes available across 6 City Pools.
Only £25 per month with no sign-up fee.
The sky is the limit, as children move through our progressive pathway from Swim Skills Levels 1–4 to Club Ready, moving as they improve in line with their individual ability, learning the basic skills through water competence and technical efficiency.
Accredited – your child will be taking part in lessons recognized by the Scottish National governing body for swimming.
Recognition & Reward – your child will receive Scottish Swimming Awards Scheme certificates.
Development – your child will continue to develop the confidence that learning to swim can bring.
Following the Scottish Swimming Framework, our Learn to Swim Programme enables your child to work through exciting and progressive stages as follows:
Class Levels
Aim:
To develop water confidence and core aquatic skills without aids.
Objectives:
- Develop confidence and ability to perform a wide range of core aquatic skills without buoyancy aids
- Develop the basic technique of the four strokes
- Introduce the basic technique of sculling
- Develop balance and buoyancy through a variety of activities.
Aim:
To increase the competency of the core aquatic skills and develop basic stroke technique.
Objectives:
- Introduce and progress new core aquatic skills
- Develop stroke technique to include all four strokes
- Introduction to diving (pool permitting)
- Develop awareness and feel for the water through a variety of core aquatic skills.
Aim:
Introduce more advanced stroke technique and achieve Triple S standard.
Objectives:
- Further develop competency in all four strokes
- Development of diving
- Further develop butterfly and breaststroke aiming to achieve legal technique
Aim:
To improve the quality of stroke technique, introduce multi-aquatic skills/disciplines and basic lifesaving skills.
Objectives:
- To demonstrate competent technique in all four strokes
- Introduce lifesaving skills and basic aquatic discipline skills
- To provide basic skills to enable progression in to all aquatic disciplines including lifesaving.
Aim:
To improve and maintain stroke technique over distance and develop basic training and race skills producing a swimmer who is ready to progress to a swimming club.
Objectives:
- Increase swimming stamina in all four strokes while maintaining technique
- Improve efficiency in all four strokes
- Develop turn technique for all four strokes
- Knowledge and understanding of club training practices in a variety of core aquatic skills.
Venues
Our Swim Programme run across 6 City Pools. Including:
- Bridge of Don Swimming Pool
- Get active @ Cults
- Dyce Swimming Pool
- Get active @ Lochside
- Get active @ Northfield
- Tullos Swimming Pool
Learn to Swim Programme Membership
Sign up for swimming lessons with Aquatics Aberdeen and become a learn to swim programme member.
All our school age lessons are a 50-week continuous programme, stopping for a 2-week break over the Christmas period.
We run over 600 classes weekly across our 6 venues.
Benefits include:
- A minimum of 46 lessons per year (depending on public holiday and other closures)
- Easy direct debit payment method with the cost of lessons spread throughout the year.
- Free swimming during public sessions at any Sport Aberdeen Pool.
- Seamless pathway through progressive class levels from Swim Skills 1–4 to Club Ready, with no additional cost for longer lessons at Club Ready stage.
- No need to queue to re-book.
- Ongoing progress information through our Aquatics portal.
Awards & Accreditations:
• Scottish Water Learn to Swim Provider of the Year 2023 – Finalist
• Scottish Water Learn to Swim Provider of the Year 2019 – Finalist
• Scottish Water Learn to Swim Provider of the Year 2017 – Winner
Our programme is payable by monthly direct debit for only £25 per month – with no sign-up fee!
| Lesson | Cost |
| School age | £25.00 per month |
‘Get Active for Less’
We are committed to making sport and physical activity accessible to everyone. Our ‘Get active for Less’ discounted access scheme offers a range of pay and play and membership discounts to those who meet the eligibility criteria. Find out more here.
Through joining our Learn To Swim Programme, we are committed too:
- Develop safe, effective and child friendly environments, based on good practice.
- Improve swimmers, teachers, coaches and volunteers.
- Encourage lifelong participation through sustainable swimming development pathways.
Ready to become a Learn to Swim Member? Get started below!
For more information or to book please contact the Coached Programme Administration Team on coachedprogrammes@sportaberdeen.co.uk or call 01224 047934
Whatever your age, learning to swim should be fun! For some fun games you can do with your child in the pool and some essential water safety tips – see our Swimming Games.
Important Information
Please see our Learn to Swim information page for important information for Learn to Swim Members regarding dates, direct debits and terms and conditions.