The Jolly Roger Junior Crew

Our Junior Crew programme is designed for children between three and five years of age, and offers four different class levels – all running for 25 minutes.  Each class has a clear objective as well as a water safety element, and the child has four goals to pass before they progress to the next level.  All classes are taken by one of our qualified instructors.

Our four class levels follow the swimming progression objectives of submerging, floating, kicking, and stroking, and are set out as follows:

1. Third Mate

  • Submersion
  • Assisted  floating - front and back
  • Assisted kicking - front and back
  • Water safety - entries/exists from side of pool

2. Second Mate

  • Unassisted floating - front and back
  • Push and glide
  • Kicking with board - front and back
  • Water safety - Uturns, monkey walks

3. First Mate

  • Streamlined kicking on front
  • Freestyle on board
  • Kicking on back without board
  • Water safety - back> front rotation

4. Captain

  • Freestyle
  • Backstroke
  • Endurance kicking
  • Water safety - front > back rotation
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