So you're interested in joining us at Strokes.....
We have classes that run on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings at Norwich High School for Girls. All our lessons are 30 minutes long - we have found that having a longer lesson is not alway the best practice when learning to swim as the swimmers can lose concentration over the longer period when they get tired. Our beginner classes always have a teacher in the water, sometimes two so parents don't need to go in the water themselves.
Once the swimmers are in the water, parents are free to sit on poolside and watch their children learn to swim in the hands of our fabulous swimming teachers. The only things you'll need to bring is the swimmers swimwear, a hat, a pair of goggles and a towel. We provide everything else such as floats, woggles, sinkers etc.
What spaces do you have available.....
Simply use the below button! All the classes you can see have at least one vacancy available to be booked. Click on the class you like to see more detail and reserve a place. This is a live page so it will update automatically when spaces become available so if you are on the waiting list - keep coming back here frequently as spaces may appear!
What's the charge for the lessons.....
All our children's lessons with the exception of our Pre-Comp lessons are charged at a competitive rate of £5.00 per 30 minute lesson paid in advance per term. We also charge a £2 booking fee per swimmer per term to cover admin costs.
So, the total cost for a standard 12 week term, with one 30 minute lesson per week would cost just £62.00
Each term may have a different number of weeks so please do not expect the bill to be the same each term - it depends how many lessons we can fit into the term.
We do not currently run lessons during the school holidays, so you only pay for lessons during term time only.
How do teachers assess the swimmers.....
Strokes Swim School follows the Swim England National Plan for Teaching Swimming. It is a national framework that only Swim Schools who have met the standard of Swim England follow. At the end of each term our teachers have 2 weeks in which to complete assessments on the swimmers. During this time swimmers are marked against criteria set down by Swim England.
Once the assessments are complete, all this data then gets sent off to our Head Teacher, Liam Harvey who then puts the information onto a big database before sending out the reports to the parents either by email or paperwork on poolside.
If a swimmer has passed a stage this will be detailed on the report. Certificates and badges can be purchased through the Strokes Swim School online shop at a cost of £2.50 each.
What ability level do I fit into.....
Our classes range from complete beginners all the way through to pre-competitive swimmers. A list of times that each of our lessons take place is below: -