Summer Holiday, Children and Swimming! All schools soon will be out for summer and with seven weeks of free time to fill in for children, most families start getting some programme together for their children. To avoid your child spending most of his or her time watching TV or staring at a mobile device, it’s Read More
Swim Goggles: To have or not to have – That is the Question
Published on June 30, 2019
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’ for all ages., Parents are increasingly prone to buying goggles for their toddlers and children regardless of whether or not they can swim or whether they are yet familiar with Read More
Top Learning to Swim Tips for Parents!
Published on May 1, 2019
Positive language, water confidence, formal swimming lessons and patience are the key to help your child with swimming. Parental Positive Language It’s no-brainer but, using positive words and being enthusiastic about swimming as a parent is very helpful to your child. When your child starts his/her swimming adventure, whether it’s through visiting your local swimming Read More
Explaining England Swimming Certificate and Badge System
Published on January 10, 2019
Did you know that swimming is England’s most popular mass participation sport with 2.5 million people swimming at least once a week? In the light of that and the fact that there are well over 5,000 publicly accessible swimming pools in England it makes it surprising that a third of primary schoolchildren in England and Read More
Baby Swimming Lessons; The Icelandic Way
Published on November 26, 2018
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 Read More
