Free Swimming  in Merton During 2025 Easter Break With the arrival of Easter school holidays, parents normally look for activities to fill in the children’s holiday time. So, if you live in South London and looking for engaging activities to keep your children active and entertained over the Easter holidays, why not consider our Easter …

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Start Once, Start Properly with Our Private Lessons in Wimbledon We are proud to be a Wimbledon-based swim school, and we strongly believe that swimming excellence starts with the right and strong foundation. Whether you are a beginner looking to learn to blow your first bubbles or an experienced swimmer aiming to improve, our private …

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2024 Holiday Wishes From Blue Wave Swim School We would like to thank you for taking the time to read our last blog of 2023. Firstly, merry Christmas and happy holidays. 2023 was a challenging year as we couldn’t run any swimming lessons after the end of our 2023 summer crash courses in Wimbledon and …

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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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Visiting the famous Baby Swimming School in Iceland Visiting other swim schools to learn from others and share best practice in baby swimming approaches has always been part of our development at Blue Wave Swim School in London. So when I was in Iceland in October to attend the bi-annual Nordic Baby Swimming Conference, I jumped at …

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“The closest thing to mindfulness”, Iceland’s president extols the benefits of Baby Swimming I’ve attended 20 swimming conferences over the last 10 years in six different countries. But this year’s Nordic Baby Swimming Conference held in Selfoss, Iceland was a first. A first in that one of the speakers was none other than the country’s president! …

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Learn How To Put a Swim Cap on for your child before Swim Lesson Your child is desperate to get in the swimming pool and lesson is about to start but, you are struggling with the swim cap and just keep trying to pull the cap over the head without any success! The swim cap …

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Benefits of Baby Swimming for Babies And Parents Finding time to do everything is a big challenge these days and picking the best activities to do for your little ones isn’t always easy. But knowing which activity to do to get the most benefits, can make all the difference. When your baby isn’t old enough to walk, it is …

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Swimming Lessons for 3 Year Olds and Pre-schoolers Pre-Schoolers Starting With Swimming Lessons All swimming experts recommend starting children young and these days many parents do! The reason is, that learning to swim must always start by getting used to water and learning to relax in it. The younger a child is, the easier the …

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Do You Know When Your Child Has Done Enough Swimming Lessons ‘When is the best time to start swimming?‘ is one of the most popular questions we often hear from parents. But, parents rarely ask us about when it’s time to stop swimming lessons. How do you know your child has done enough swimming lessons? When …

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