Swimming is a great form of exercise. When you swim, your whole body is involved in the exercise, in other words, swimming utilises most major muscle groups in your body, and that’s why swimming is such a great way to keep fit and stay fit – the benefits of swimming are not just rumours. Swimming …

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‘Parent & Child’ Swim Lessons for babies & Toddlers Young children can benefit from swimming immensely. Swimming and water activities have a positive effect on children’s learning and their physical and psychological development. Shortly after we started operating in Feb 2010, we were asked repeatedly if we could provide swimming lessons for children who were …

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Learning the Fundamentals with ‘Push & Glide’ Swimming requires a set of skills which can only be built over time by different practices.  A swimmer who swims with correct technique can travel in water with his/her body as close as possible to the surface of water. Swimmers need to do variety of drills and practices to learn …

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2013 Spring Term Dates: @ Wimbledon College venue: From Saturday 5 January 2013 till Saturday 23 Match 2013. Half-term break: No swimming lesson on 16 February 2013. @ Burnt Wood School venue: From Monday 7 January 2013 till Monday 25 March 2013. Half-term break: No swimming lesson on Monday 18 February 2013. 2013 Summer Term …

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A group of scientific researchers in  Australia have shown that participation in swimming lessons benefits the overall health and well-being of children. The results of a study at Griffith University in Queensland has revealed that children who learn how to swim at a young age have physical, social, intellectual and language development advantages compared to …

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Baby Swimming For Promoting Physical Development Did you know baby swimming happens to be more than just having quality time for you and your baby in water and enjoying splashing around in the pool? A scientific study in Norway has shown children who start swimming as babies, have better body balance and better gross motor …

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October half-term break is finished and our swimming lessons are back today, Monday 5th of Nov 2012. Hope everybody had a wonderful break and we are looking forward to seeing all of our swimmers again. I thought providing some updates about how our swimming lessons are going this term might be interesting. This term we …

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Hello, Our 2012 Autumn term started on 8th of September 2012 and so far, we have had 2 weeks of swimming lessons. We are so pleased to be back again at Burntwood School (in Wandsworth) and our lessons are going great in this venue as well as at Wimbledon College. Burntwood school has recently had …

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Dear All, Thank you very much for visiting this blog. Just to let you know that our Summer term just ended and we are so happy to had so many new learners joining us for our swimming lessons. 2011-12 was a very good year for us and we saw so many learners who started as …

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2012 Spring term finished on Saturday 31 March 2012. This term was a bit different term compared to previous ones because, we only had our swimming lessons at Burntwood School (Sw17 0AQ) running till February half-term. Burntwood School pool’s is closed for a few months for a major refurbishment work and unfortunately, we cannot run …

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