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Our dedicated and qualified team of Lifeguards are ready to provide you or your child(ren) with quality lessons using the Lifesaving Society Swim for Life Program. The Swim for Life program stresses lots of in-water practice to develop solid swimming strokes and skills.
Swimming lessons are offered throughout the year in a group format (groups of eight). Be sure to check our Updates, Closures and Cancellations page and/or our Program Booking page to see when lessons will become available.
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Spend quality time with your child while you both have fun and learn and socialize. Through structured in-water interaction between parent and child, we stress the importance of play in developing water-positive attitudes and skills. We provide Lifesaving Society Water Smart® tips on keeping your child safe in any aquatic setting. Certified instructors provide guidance and answers to your questions.
Content includes:
- Entries and exits
- Surface support
- Underwater skills
- Swim to Survive® skills
- Movement / Swimming skills
- Fitness
- Water Smart® education
This lesson is available for children 0-35 months of age. At our facility, we group together Parent & Tot 1, 2, and 3 due to availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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Preschool 1/2
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Preschool 1: These preschoolers will have fun learning to get in and out of the water. We'll help them jump into chest deep water. They'll float and glide on their front and back and learn to get their faces wet and blow bubbles underwater.
Preschool 2: These preschoolers learn to jump into chest-deep water by themselves, and get in and get out wearing a lifejacket. They'll submerge and exhale underwater. Wearing a lifejacket they'll glide on their front and back.
This lesson is available for children 3 years of age. At our facility, we group together Preschool 1 and 2 due to availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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Preschool 3: These youngsters will try both jumping and a sideways entry into deep water while wearing a lifejacket. They'll recover objects from the bottom in waist-deep water. They'll work on kicking and gliding through the water on their front and back.
Preschool 4: Advanced preschoolers will learn to do solo jumps into deeper water and get out by themselves. They'll do sideways entries and open their eyes underwater. They'll master a short swim on their front wearing a lifejacket and gliding and kicking on their side.
Preschool 5: These youngsters get more adventuresome with a forward roll entry wearing a lifejacket and treading water for 10 sec. They'll work on front and back crawl swims for 5 m, interval training and get a giggle out of whip kick.
This lesson is available for children 4-5 years of age. At our facility, we group together Preschool 3, 4, and 5 due to availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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These beginners will become comfortable jumping into water with and without a lifejacket. They'll learn to open their eyes, exhale and hold their breath underwater. They'll work on floats, glides and kicking through the water on their front and back.
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older.
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These advanced beginners will jump into deeper water, and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a lifejacket. They'll be able to support themselves at the surface without an aid, learn whip kick, swim 10 m on their front and back, and be introduced to flutter kick interval training (4 x 5 m).
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older.
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These junior swimmers will dive and do in-water front somersaults and handstands. They'll work on 15 m of front crawl, back crawl and 10 m of whip kick. Flutter kick interval training increases to 4 x 15 m.
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older.
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These intermediate swimmers will swim 5 m underwater and lengths of front, back crawl, whip kick, and breaststroke arms with breathing. Their new bag of tricks includes the completion of the Canadian Swim to Survive® Standard. They'll cap it all off with front crawl sprints over 25 m and 4 x 25 m front or back crawl interval training.
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older and is sometimes combined with another level, depending on availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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These swimmers will master shallow dives, cannonball entries, eggbeater kicks, and in-water backward somersaults. They'll refine their front and back crawl over 50 m swims of each, and breaststroke over 25 m. Then they'll pick up the pace in 25 m sprints and two interval training bouts: 4 x 50 m front or back crawl; and 4 x 15 m breaststroke.
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older and is sometimes combined with another level, depending on availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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These advanced swimmers will rise to the challenge of sophisticated aquatic skills including stride entries, compact jumps and lifesaving kicks like eggbeater and scissor kick. They'll develop strength and power in head-up breaststroke sprints over 25 m. They'll easily swim lengths of front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke, and they'll complain about the 300 m workout.
This lesson is available for anyone 6 years of age and older and is sometimes combined with another level, depending on availability of pool time, lifeguards and class sizes.
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Whether you're just starting out or just want help with your strokes, our Adult program is for the young at heart - no matter what your age. Set your own goals. Work with certified instructors to learn to swim, or improve your current swimming ability and water fitness. You won't be going to the Olympics, but you'll develop water confidence and smooth recognizable strokes good enough for lane swimming and fit enough for the beach. We incorporate Lifesaving Society Water Smart® education in all Adult levels.
Adult 1: You'll work towards a 10-15 m swim on your front and back. You'll do jump entries from the side and recover an object from the bottom in chest-deep water. Improve your fitness and your flutter kick with 4 x 9-12 m interval training.
Adult 2: Kick it up a notch working on two interval training workouts of 4 x 25 m kicking and front or back crawl. You'll be able to perform dive entries and demonstrate breaststroke arms and breathing over 10-15 m. You'll be supporting yourself at the surface for 1-2 minutes, and showing off your handstands in shallow water.
Adult 3: No sweat (or at least none anyone can see). You'll learn eggbeater, stride entries and compact jumps. You'll be doing a 300 m workout and sprinting 25-50 m. You'll master your front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke. Whew!
Contact the Pool & Fitness Centre front desk for to inquire about doing an Adult Swimmer lesson.
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The Fitness Swimmer program is for swimmers of any age who want to improve their overall physical fitness in the water. Fitness Swimmer provides a structured approach based on accepted training principles and practices including interval training. Participants set their own goals.
Content:
- Pace clocks and timers
- Stretches for swimmers
- Kicking interval training: 4 x 25 m flutter kick and/or whip kick with 15-20 sec. rests
- Swimming interval training: swim interval sets selected by the swimmer
- Workout (300 m):
- 50 m warm-up (choice of strokes);
- 4 x 25 m front or back crawl with 15 sec. rests;
- 4 x 25 m (choice of strokes) with 15 sec. rests;
- 50 m cool-down (choice of strokes)
- Workout design: design and demonstrate 2 sample workouts
- Distance swim: endurance challenge
- Sprint swim: 25 m each for at least 2 strokes chosen by the swimmer
This lesson may be periodically offered as a group lesson throughout the year. Please contact the Pool & Fitness Centre front desk for more information.
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The Canadian Swim Patrol program is the on-ramp to lifeguarding. Ability is the only prerequisite. These programs are generally offered through private lessons or, with enough interest, through a registered group program. To inquire about these programs, please contact the Pool & Fitness Centre front desk.
Rookie Patrol (8-10 hr.): Swimmers continue stroke development with 50 m swims of front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke. Lifesaving Sport skills include a 25 m obstacle swim and 15 m object carry. First aid focuses on assessment of conscious victims, contacting EMS and treatment for bleeding. Fitness improves in 350 m workouts and 100 m timed swims.
Ranger Patrol (8-10 hr.): Swimmers develop better strokes over 75 m swims of each stroke. They tackle Lifesaving Sport skills in a lifesaving medley, timed object support and rescue with a buoyant aid. First aid focuses on assessment of unconscious victims, treatment of victims in shock and obstructed airway procedures. Skill drills develop a strong lifesaving foundation.
Star Patrol (8-10 hr.): Swimmers are challenged with 600 m workouts, 300 m timed swims and a 25 m object carry. Strokes are refined over 100 m swims. First aid focuses on treatment of bone or joint injuries and respiratory emergencies including asthma and allergic reactions. Lifesaving skills include defence methods, victim removals and rolling over and supporting a victim face up in shallow water.
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