Programs

Manta Swim School tailors lessons to the individual, taking each swimmer on their own aquatic journey. We approach teaching through gradual skill-building, play-based activities, and self-paced learning strategies, which all help towards safer swimming and water confidence. 


Babies and Toddlers
Swim and Sing

Get ready to sing with a splash! Manta Swim School’s Babies and Toddlers Swim and Sing lessons start from 4mths new, with carers in the water. The lessons are super fun whilst building confidence, basic mobility, motor skills and most of all – learning to love the water. 

All lessons are 20 or 30mins and require pool temperatures to be between 29-33°C. Therefore, these lessons are usually more popular in the warmer months from October to April. 

Wherever possible, lessons should take place earlier in the day, when pool water quality is at its best, having had overnight filtration.

When your little ones are ready for transition to the Kids Learn to Swim program, independent swimming is slowly introduced to ensure they are happy to swim without you in the water. 

Kids Learn to Swim

Child swimming in pool

This program is all about developing the four strokes and finessing technique in the water whilst having fun. 

Kids Learn to Swim starts with Level 5 (Platypus) from around 4yrs old and is an independent swimming program (parent/carer no longer in the water).

All classes, across both programs, include teaching water safety skills that will help children understand key survival techniques in, around and out of the water.

The Kids Learn to Swim program follows the National standards of teaching swimming – freestyle, followed by backstroke, breaststroke and then we introduce butterfly.

This program offers private one-to-one lessons or semi-private lessons with up to 4 kids per class. Please see pricing for more info.

Our Levels

Please see overview for the two programs. Each stage highlights the skills required for each level.

Program levels

Babies and Toddlers Swim and Sing

Level 1: 4-9mth (Guppies)

Parent and teacher in the water – introduction to swimming.

Level 2: 10mths - 2yrs (Seahorse)

Parent and teacher in the water - building confidence, basic mobility and cognitive skills.

Level 3: 2-3yrs (Frogs)

Parent and teacher in the water - growing confidence. Gaining mobility, motor and cognitive skills.

Level 4: 3yrs+: (Octopus)

Mixed abilities with growing confidence and the aim of transitioning to independent class with no parent.

Kids Learn to Swim

Level 5: 4yrs+ (Platypus)

Little experience, some might have fear – happy to swim without parent.

Level 6: skills based (Turtle)

Confidence in the water. Can do a push and glide (rocket), unassisted overarm (freestyle) and backstroke kick to teacher in water.​

Level 7: skills based (Barra)

Can do continuous freestyle with bilateral breathing. Can perform a streamlined backstroke kick.

Level 8: skills based (Seals)

Can do continuous freestyle and backstroke. Can tread water for 30 seconds and perform a kneeling dive.

Level 9: skills based (Dolphins)

Can do continuous freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. Can perform butterfly leg kick to collect objects from the bottom of the pool.

Level 10: skills based (Whales)

Can perform basic technique for all four strokes and has a good knowledge of water safety.