Swimming Lessons

Swimming Lessons

Swimming is a valuable skill for anyone to learn.

Our Instructors will assess your child's ability and adapt our lessons to suit their needs, and help build their confidence while having fun at the same time!

The Copeland Pool and Fitness Centre offers a wide variety of swimming lessons for all ages and abilities; read on to find out which of the lessons would be most suitable for you or your child.

Our swimming lessons are separated into the following categories: Swimbies, Preschool, Foundation, Development, SEND, and 1 to 1 lessons, all of which are 30 minutes long; we also offer Academy (for advanced swimmers) and Adult Swimming sessons which are 45 minutes long.

All the children need to bring is suitable swimming attire, and goggles if they wish to use them.

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Better Lessons Home Portal

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The HomePortal is a lessons & courses tracking site that allows you to manage multiple children and courses from one account.

It enables you to view each child and all of their courses (and their days/times) with a single glance, and if you click on your child’s name or lesson, you have a more in depth view of that child’s courses.

Where you can view your child’s attendance and progress towards skills and awards, so it keeps you updated as they progress in each course.

You can even book onto new courses through the HomePortal!

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Our Lessons

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Swimbies

Our Swimbies sessions are for toddlers aged 18-24 months, with you in the pool right alongside them.

The sessions focus on basic safety exercises for the both of you, developing their muscle strength and motor skills, as well as teaching them that water can be fun!

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Preschool

Our Preschool classes are for children aged 3-5 years, with yourself in the water.

The sessions consist of developing your childs water confidence, the basics of water safety, and the key skills that will lead them to swim unaided.

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Foundation

Foundation classes are designed for beginners, and we offer two separate age groups to aid in confidence in the water: 4+ years and 9+ years.

There are three award levels the children in these classes will work towards, developing their ability in essential swim strokes and water skills.

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Development

The Development classes are for children aged 5+ and can already swim 15m confidently.

There are further awards within these sessions, building upon what they learnt in the Foundation, developing those skills and techniques further, as well as basic water survival & rescue skills.

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Academy

The Academy is for children who can confidently swim more than 200m.

The Academy is designed to help your child develop further and more confidence, with more self-led sessions where they will set personal targets and learn advanced safety techniques.

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SEND

At Better, we believe that swimming is for everyone, no matter what your support and access needs are.  

The SEND classes are for children with special educational needs; we have a session in the Learner Pool and another in the Main Pool.

We would prefer it if you could come into the centre so we can assess your childs ability with the teacher before you book a session.

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1 to 1 Lessons

We also offer private 1 to 1 lessons, available for children and adults alike.

These sessions are tailored to the participant and their goals. 

Please email the centre for more information and for availability. 

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Adult Swimming Lessons

Adult Swimming Lessons are drop-in sessions; we have two types available, read on to see which would be best for your skill level.

Adult Swimming Lessons is best for beginners and improvers; our instructors will teach you the basics skills and techniques needed to become confident in the water.

Adult Swimming Coaching is best for confident swimmers looking to improve technique or to help prep for an event.

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