07/02/2026
I now have spaces available on Mondays and Fridays from birth to stages 1 and 2. Contact me for further information or drop on to the total fitness swim academy website . 🐠
With over a quarter of the British population unable to swim competently to the Primary School standard of at least 25 metres and with swim schools across the country offering swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, children, teens and adults, it is never too early or too late to take the plunge and learn this important life skill.
Learning to swim from a young age will help children gain water confidence, water sense and skills if they were to find themselves out of their depth unexpectedly.
Swimming along with ensuring children have the best possible start to life is something I’m very passionate about. Coming from a family background of swimmers within my family I had no option as a child to learn to swim from a young age, which then developed into competitive swimming throughout my childhood and teenage life . When having a family of my own I created 3 competitive swimming children that followed in my footsteps, with another one along with my grandchildren who will be following suit .
Not only am I doing childminding I am also a fully qualified swim teacher /baby swim teacher and life guard. This has allowed me to not only look after my childminding children but also give them the experiences of being in the pool and gaining water confidence from such a young age . I try to take the children in my care as often as I can to build on these water skills in a fun safe environment.
These two little fishes have been in my care for a long time now and have blossomed into confident children in the water. Albert went from being terrified of the water for weeks on end to now confidently entering the water safely and jumping in and out with support, allowing water to be sprinkled on his face and do scoops and kicks with aids across the pool.
Arabella is so confident in the water and will confidently jump in and out without support, do star floats on her back with no aids and minimum support from myself and today managed to swim a short distance on her back independently.
I’m so proud of how far they have come in both developing in and out of the water ❤️💙
