Fall aquatics Brochure 2011
Fun Swim:  Tues. - Fri. 3:30-4:30pm.

Adult Swim:  Wed. - Fri. 1-2pm.

Waltham Boys & Girls Club offers Red Cross Learn to Swim Lesson

Parent and Child:
Ages: 6 months-5years old
Limit: None
Price: $55.00 for 6, 30 minute classes
In this class we focus on getting children used to the water. It is essentially an organized play session where we sing songs which introduce them to simple swimming skills. Such as blowing bubbles, kicking feet, and moving arms and overall having fun in the water. 

Preschool

Ages: 3-5

Limit: 5 (unless approved by the Aquatics Director)

Price: $55.00 for 6, 30 minute classes

This class is built for children who are ready to start learning the basic skills but aren’t quite old enough to participate in our lesson program. We start learning how to float, blow bubbles, kick, arm movement and work on dunking our heads. There are also games that we play which incorporate important swimming skills allowing them to learn and have fun at the same time.

P.A.L.Swim 

P.A.L.Swim(Physical And Learning Support) is a group of peer buddies who befriend youth with disabilities, participate alongside them in aquatic activities. Classes are thirty minutes once a week for six weeks and service preschool and school aged children separately. The youth volunteers help children with disabilities learn swimming skills as well as help to increase their verbal and auditory skills.

Classes are held on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:00pm.

Cost: $55.00 ages 3-5

 $40.00 ages 6-18

Level 1 Introduction to Water Skills

Ages: 6-Up and Must be a current member

Limit: 6 (unless approved by the Aquatics Director)

Price: $40.00 for 6, 30 minute classes 

There are no pre requisites for this course. The objective of Level 1 is to help students feel comfortable in the water and enjoy water safely. In this level the swimmer learns elementary aquatic skills, such as floats and glides with kicks, breath control and treading water. Swimmers will build on to these skills as they progress through the six Learn-to-Swim levels.

Level 2 Fundamental Aquatic Skills

Ages: 6-Up and Must be a current member

Limit: 6 (unless approved by the Aquatics Director)

Price: $40.00 for 6, 30 minute classes 

All swimmers must have passed level 1 or completed an exit skills assessment test. The objective of level 2 is to give swimmers success with fundamental skills. Students learn to float without support and recover to a vertical position. Swimmers explore simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back which lay the foundations for future strokes. 

Level 3 Stroke Development

Ages: 6-Up and Must be a current member

Limit: 6 (unless approved by the Aquatics Director)

Price: $40.00 for 6, 30 minute classes 

All swimmers must have passed level 2 or completed an exit skills assessment test. The objective of Level 3 is to build on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice. We teach the swimmers to coordinate the front and back crawl. We introduce elements of the butterfly and the fundamentals of treading water. Swimmers learn the rules for head-first entries and begin to learn to enter the water headfirst from the side of the pool.

Level 4 Stroke Improvement

Ages: 6-Up and Must be a current member

Limit: 10

Price: $40.00 for 6, 30 minute classes

All swimmers must have passed level 3 or completed an exit skills assessment test. The objective of Level 4 is to develop confidence in the strokes learned thus far and to improve other aquatic skills. We help the swimmers improve their skills and increase their endurance by swimming familiar strokes for greater distances. Swimmers also continue to learn butterfly and elementary backstroke and are introduced to the breaststroke and elements of the sidestroke. We also start to introduce flip turns.

Level 5 Stroke Refinement

Ages: 6-Up and Must be a current member

Limit: 10

Price: $40.00 for 6, 30 minute classes

All swimmers must have passed level 4 or completed an exit skills assessment test. The objective of Level 5 is coordination and refinement of strokes. Swimmers refine their performance of all the strokes and increase their distances. Flip turns on the front and back are also introduced.