Welcome to Swim Masters!

We hope these pages will provide you with the answers to your questions, but if you are left scratching your head, please feel free to contact us...

"Class Availability" Information

As our class levels are now more clearly organised, many of our parents have started expressing an interest in being able to look up what alternative times may be availabe for their child.

If you would like to look up what times, days or pools are available for your child's level, please feel free to look at the information on our Bookings Page which is reguarly updated.

Levels Reorganised and Renamed

Due to recent feedback from parents it appears that the numerous names given to our swimming groups are proving confusing. This has been due, in part, to the handover period from the old ASA National Plan Awards to the New STA badge scheme.

Now that the majority of our swimmers are on the STA scheme it seems more appropriate to name our levels after these groups. Hopefully the table below will make things clearer.

Group	Description	Minimum age	ASA Equivalent
Starfish	Babies (accompanied in the water by a parent)	2 weeks
Ducklings	Toddlers & Pre-Schoolers (accompanied in the water by a parent)	15 months
Puffins	Water confidence class	4 years
Octopus	Non-swimmers (learning to swim front paddle, back paddle and basic water skills)	4 years	NPA 1 & 2
Goldfish	Beginner swimmers (learning to swim front crawl, back crawl and develop water skills)	4 years	NPA 3 & 4
Angelfish	Improver swimmers (learning to swim gretare distances, develop all strokes and learn more advanced water skills)	4 years	NPA 5 & 6
Sharks	Advanced swimmers (focus on stroke technique, increasing stamina and competitive swimming skills)	6 years	NPA 7 - 10
Rookies	Survival & Lifesaving skills	8 years

September Term 2010 - 1st Half

The first half of the September term is running from Monday 6th September to Sunday 24th October (inclusive).

This is a 7 week batch of lessons which will cost £57.75 per child.

Please be aware that once a place has been booked it can only be held for 2 weeks whilst payment is made. If you wish to change your booking or need a payment extension, please contact Jan.

The simplest way to complete payment for these lessons is via our online shop which accepts payment via credit/debit cards, Paypal or online bank transfer. We also accept payments by cheque (made payable to J. Maycock).

Premier Baby Swim Lessons - Stourbridge

We continue to take bookings for Starfish & Duckling lessons at The Laurels, Six Ashes, Near Stourbridge.

Due to popular demand for smaller class sizes in this fantastic facility we are now offering Premium Baby Classes here with a maximum class size of 4. This allows closer group work with the teacher and real sense of intimacy between you and your child.

Lessons are currently held on Monday & Tuesday mornings for Starfish & Ducklings.

From September we are planning to offer Thursday morning lessons here for Starfish and Ducklings.

This is a lovely, warm pool, providing great facilities for our younger swimmers and it is located less than 20 miles from our existing lessons at Greens & the Hilton LivingWell.

For further details of times and availability please contact us.

Chaddesley Corbett Primary School

We are delighted to announce that we are expanding our lessons further with the addition of Chaddesley Corbett Primary School pool. The pool is located 5 miles North West of Bromsgrove on the A448 towards Kidderminster.

In the school holidays we will be running intensive classes for Starfish & Ducklings at the weekends and for Puffins, Octopus and Goldfish during the week. We will also take this opportunity to offer new swimmer assessments and regular open days at this pool.

During the term-time we will be offering classes for Starfish to Goldfish on weekday mornings, weekday evenings and at weekends.

Please note : There will be no Angelfish or Sharks sessions at Chaddesley Corbett due to the shorter pool length.

(accompanied in the water by a parent)