Our Summer Term ended in mid-July, with many of our swimmers making amazing progress towards moving up to the next level of our classes for next term. You can see our Summer Term 2016 in photos and action here! In the final lessons of the term, we put on loads of fun and useful activities, since …

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Q&As With A Baby Swimming Expert (Part 1) Internationally renowned infant swimming expert, Mr Terje Stakset, talks to Marjan Moosavi founder of South West London’s Blue Wave Swim School about the soaring popularity of baby and toddler swimming. Terje manages the Oslo branch of Norwegian Lifesaving Society and has been teaching swimming for more than …

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Introducing a long-term colleague and friend and Swimming Coach, Mr Damien Bryan. Kingston Royals SC, is a community-based swimming club in Southwest London which went from strength to strength over two years under Damien’s leadership. Kingston Royals were named Best Sports Club in 2015 by Kingston Borough Council. Squad swimmers were winning medals on the …

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Presenting Blue Wave Swim School at the 2016 World Aquatic Development Conference in Sweden I find few things more exciting than being in the company of a group of like-minded people. Attending the 2016 World Aquatic Development Conference (WADC) which is a European swimming teaching conference held in Lund, Sweden in January 2016, surrounded by …

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Parental Guide; How Children Learn to Swim  Has your child ever told you, ‘I don’t want to do swimming lessons anymore’? And going to each lesson after that turned out to be a challenge at home? Have you ever wondered how you could help your child to progress more easily and to have a smoother …

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‘Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes about through his movements.’ Dr Maria Montessori, Italian educator and physician In October 2015, I attended a conference in London on Child Development in Education run by the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP). INPP has been researching the effects of immaturity in …

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History of Teaching Swimming Swimming is a fun sport and a life skill, and it is no wonder that it’s high on most children’s activity lists. Teaching children to swim dates back to early biblical times and it was part of the ancient school programmes in Greek and Roman empires. Roman soldiers had to be …

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Teaching Little Ones to Swim, French Style In May 2015 I had the privilege to be invited to a swim school in France and observe their toddler swimming classes. These Parent and Child swimming classed for under 5 year olds have been established by clinical psychologist Dr Daniel Zylberberg. The classes are now running in …

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Swimming is a sport that depends upon developing a base level and gaining skills over time. Most people think that, in swimming, you start with teaching and then move onto coaching. However, the reality is that you never stop teaching swimming, since you always have to show swimmers how it’s done correctly when you teach …

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Blue Swim School Goes for a Prestige Award! We are one of the finalists for the ‘Best Business in SW19’ category of Merton Best Business Awards 2015 (organised by Merton Chamber of Commerce) and the only swim school which has become a finalist for this award. The finalists have been picked by a panel of …

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