Is Swimming Pool Water Safe and COVID-19 Secure?   We returned back to pool last week as soon as all pools, outdoors and indoor were permitted in England. funny enough, London weather has been very summery  since indoor pools re-opened on 12 April 2021 and if like us, you have missed swimming in pools and …

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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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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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A competent swimmer is a swimmer who travels in water independently, smoothly and efficiently with good technique. Swimming can look really easy when one watches good swimmers, but it is actually very technical. If you have been watching any TV coverage of 2017 FINA World Championships which is on now, you know what I mean. Swimming …

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Father’s Day is on June 18th this year. It’s the one day a year when we celebrate fatherhood. At Blue Wave Swim School, we don’t really think it’s enough. Dads have busy lives. They deserve to be spoiled a little bit more often. In fact, we believe at every weekend we should have a ‘Father’s …

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My journey to discover how Blue Wave Swim School’s learn-to-swim programme and children swimming could continue to improve took me to Paris recently.  Attending the French Federation for Aquatic Activities for Early-Years & Leisure (FAAEL) ’s 35th anniversary international congress in April  was a great opportunity to deepen my understanding about the French approach children …

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Dos and Don’ts of Teaching Swimming from 2016 Nordic Baby Swimming Conference As the UK starts to warm up, I cast my mind back to a wonderful cold icy few days in Stockholm at the end of last year when I went to the Nordic Baby Swim Conference organised by the Swedish Swimming Federation and …

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How Swimming Lessons Are Done Elsewhere in Europe Embracing the idea of continuously improving our teaching practices and the learning environment for our swimmers is one of our core values here at Blue Wave Swim School. There are many different ways of doing this but peer-observation is my favourite method. Connecting with experts and sharing …

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Benefits of baby & Toddler Swimming Classes Joggling schools runs and busy academic schedules are the biggest challenges for most families in big cities like London.  If they are not enough, every year, in addition to school and nursery, most parents choose and add other extra-curriculum activities, like swimming, to their kids’ already busy timetables. …

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Baby & Toddler Swimming Classes in Southwest London Since 2010, when we started to offer baby swimming lessons and toddler swimming classes on Saturday afternoons, the response has been excellent. Parents’ feedback coming to our classes is positive. So, we have decided to add new toddler swimming prgrammes and offer toddler swimming lessons on Thursdays …

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