Benefits of School Half-Term Intensive Swimming Course for Children School half-term breaks are the one (or sometimes 2 weeks) of the break that kids get during each 3 terms of school in England. At teh start of each school term, our regular swimmers are back in the pool as well as the new learners who …

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Importance of the Quality of Your Swim School On a scale of 1-10, just how good was your swimming instructor when you were a child? I’m not just talking here about asking if got on well with your teacher, rather how good were your swimming lessons? Was your teacher caring about teaching swimming-one of the …

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School Holiday Swimming Crash Courses in Southwest London Our school holiday swimming crash courses are designed to provide rapid progress through intensive, back-to-back weekday lessons. At Blue Wave Swim School, we specialise in helping children and adults build confidence and master new skills during key breaks like Easter, Summer, and Half-terms. Looking for 2026 Easter …

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Swimming Is Fun, But, Do You Really Need A Swim Teacher and Lessons? More than  20 years of teaching baby swimming lessons has shown me all babies can seriously enjoy a gentle-approached baby swimming lessons. What’s there not to like really? A fun environment for babies to socialise with other children and bond with parents …

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Weekly Swimming Lessons Vs Swimming Crash Courses Once a week lessons or termly swim lessons over school term time are very popular. But, swimming crash courses are getting more and more popular too. This is what a Harvard University’s scientist tells all parents about swimming lessons: all children should have them. Although swimming lesson are …

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How Do Babies Communicate in Water? Doing baby swimming classes is part of modern parenting in the 21 century. With scientific evidence confirming many benefits of baby swimming, communication and reading the ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ of a non-verbal child in the swimming pool enviroument could be a puzzle for many specially new parents. Although our …

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Summer Means Swimming for All Specially for Children Swimming is great fun and a good way to stay cool and fresh when the weather is hot and sunny. Swimming for leisure and water safety are definitely the main reasons parents sign their children up for swimming lessons. But, there are plenty more other benefits into …

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Your goggle questions answered, by Marjan Moosavi, founder of Blue Wave Swim School These days swim goggles have become an inseparable element of ‘swimming kit’ and buying goggles has become like swimming customs. Parents buy their children goggles regardless of whether or not they can swim. I get questions like ‘does my child need goggles?’ …

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Parents, Children And Swimming If you are a parent and reading this blog, more likely you are a parent who is really keen on making sure your child learns to swim. Learning to swim is the most important stage of becoming a confident swimmer. A child who enjoys being and moving in the water, will …

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Swimming Books For Toddlers and Pre-schoolers The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ~Dr. Seuss These days a parent could offer their young child storytime with a picture book as well as by playing an audiobook or with an animated film or just …

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