Baby Classes

(Adult & Child)

Child-led

Themed classes

Aqua Sensory trained

Warm pools

Build water confidence and safety awareness

Develop essential motor skills and coordination

Experiencing the joy of movement and exploration in water

Form special bonds with their parents and other caregivers

Promote early childhood development

Enhance cognitive and physical skills

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Gently introduce your little one to the joys of water. Our nurturing and engaging adult & child classes provide a safe, warm and stimulating environment for your child to develop a lifelong love of the water.

All our baby classes are for littles ones aged 8 weeks up to 4 years old with an adult to attend with them in a pool. We offer class 6 days a week across both pools at various times to fit in with busy schedules. 

Our baby classes are carefully planned by our team to deliver a fun and enjoyable sensory experience while providing a safe and comfortable environment for all babies. 

Our teachers are Aqua Sensory trained and very much believe in a child led approach. Our ethos that starts with our youngest swimmers, allowing them to take the lead in their learning makes for a more enjoyable and positive experience for you both!                     

Every week we bring an exciting new theme to classes and incorporate various different sensory equipment and skills to keep our little swimmers interested and engaged.

Our experienced and certified instructors will guide you and your child every step of the way.

FAQs below.

Baby Classes

FAQs

  • These classes are for adults who are looking to build up water confidence, safety and sensory experiences for their babies with progress into learning basic swimming skills to set them up with a swimming based for classes when the come in the pool on their own.

  • Our adult and child classes cater for babies from 8 weeks to 3-4 years old.

  • Our baby swimming approach is child led. We use a mixture sensory toys, equipment, songs and themes each week to make it an enjoyable experience for the both adult and child.

  • Our adult and child classes run Tuesday-Friday at Meadgate pool and Saturday mornings at the Gemstone Pool. Our weekday classes start from 10:00am and our weekend classes start from 8:30am.

  • All children in out baby classes must be accompanied and supported by an adult.

  • You will need the following for your baby swimming classes:

    • Disposable nappy

    • Happy Nappy if not fully toilet trained (can be purchased at the pool)

    • Child’s swimwear

    • Your swimwear

    • Towels for both of you

    • Milk if they are still having milk during the day

  • Meadgate pool starts at 0.9m and graduates to 1.8 metres deep but a rope is placed across the pool to stop any adults going out of their depth.

    Gemstone Pool has a depth of 1.2m.

  • All our swimming classes are 30 minutes long.

  • Meadgate Pool is kept at 32 degrees

    Gemstone Pool in kept at 30 degrees

  • There is a maximum of 8 swimmers in a baby class with 1 class in the pool at a time.

  • Our classes run roughly in line with the Essex school terms are closed during the school holidays with the exception of the baby classes running through the summer school holidays. Terms tend to be 11-15 weeks.

    Please note dates may vary slightly and can also be different from each location. Exact dates will be given in your welcome letters and renewals.

  • Email us at info@getintheswim.co.uk and will help arrange your booking.

  • We can have spectators at both pools. However, due to space we can only have 1 spectator per swimmer at Meadgate pool as we are on individual chairs on poolside and although we have a viewing room at East Hanningfield we still advise keeping spectators to a minimum.