Aqualand Swim School & Wanaka Community Swim School

Welcome to Aqualand Swim School & wanaka community swim school

The Southern Lakes newest and most exciting aquatic education provider.

Located at Alpine Aqualand and Wanaka Community Pool, Aqualand Swim School and Wanaka Community Swim School provide opportunities for everyone to learn to swim. From 6 months of age right through to adults there is a learn-to-swim level here for you!

Aqualand Swim School and Wanaka Community Swim School will provide a positive, comfortable learning environment in which to instruct the life skills of swimming and water safety. Through our professional delivery of aquatic education to the community, we will provide swimmers with the means to safely access and utilise the many surrounding water ways of the Southern Lakes.

For your FREE swimming assessment, please contact us

SCHOOL HOLIDAY SWIM PROGRAMME

Join us for an intensive five day programme to be held during the summer holidays:

Alpine Aqualand:
Programme 1 – 18-22 January
Programme 2 – 25-29 January

Wanaka Community Pool:
25-29 January

enrol now for TERM 1 2010 lessons!

Learn-to-swim in the warmth of Alpine Aqualand and Wanaka Community Pool
Term 1 classes start 1 February 2010.

Free swim assessments available.

Call Aqualand Swim School 03 450 9115 or email: swimschool@lakesleisure.co.nz

Call Wanaka Community Swim School on 03 443 9334 or email: wanakapool@lakesleisure.co.nz to book.

Who We Are

Aqualand Swim School and Wanaka Community Swim School is committed to providing a positive comfortable learning environment in which to instruct the life skills of swimming and water safety. Through our professional delivery of aquatic education to the community, our swim schools will provide swimmers with the means to safely access and utilise the many surrounding waterways of the Wakatipu and Wanaka areas.

All surpluses generated from our swim schools go directly back into the community via the development of initiatives such as the New World Schools Aquatic Education Programme to improve children’s water safety and to the ongoing operation of Alpine Aqualand and Wanaka Community Pool.

our Instructors

All our instructors hold an Assistant Swim Teacher Award from Swimming New Zealand and also attend regular in-house training. In addition, all learn-to-swim staff have attained the National Pool Lifeguard Award to ensure the safety of all our swimmers at all times.

facilities

Aqualand Swim School conducts its classes at Alpine Aqualand while Wanaka Community Swim School is based at the Wanaka Community Pool. At Alpine Aqualand swimmers will enjoy our purpose built learners pool maintained at a comfortable 32˚C. The 25m lap pool is also available for our more advanced swimmers which is maintained at a temperature of 27˚C. The Wanaka Community Pool is maintained at a temperature of 29˚C.

Baby Classes - 6 - 36 months

It's never too early to learn! Babies love water and getting them in the water early means they will gain a life long skill. Classes are conducted with mum or dad in the water so take this opportunity to bond with your child and improve their water confidence.

Rubber Duckies (ages 6 – 12 months)
8 per class, 25 min
• Introduce your infant to the water
• Basic water safety at home and the pool

Frogs (ages 12- 24 months)
8 per class, 25 min
•    Submersion of your child
•    Increased independent movement
•    Floating and rotation skills

Sprats (ages 24 – 36 months)
6 per class, 25 min
•    Develop independent movement in the water
•    Increase water confidence
•    Encourage basic swimming

While in classes and swimming, Aqualand Swim School recommends the use of Huggies Little Swimmers, available at reception.

Pre-School classes - ages 3 – 5

Introduce your pre-schooler to the wonderful world of swimming! Our fun programme and awesome instructors will allow your pre-schooler to discover the water independently and gain confidence whilst learning how to enjoy the water safely.

Happy Hippos
3 per class, 20 min
•    Developing confidence
•    Assisted floating
•    Basic breaststroke

Busy Beavers
4 per class, 25 min
•    Independent floating
•    Rotation
•    Stroke development

Crazy Crocs
4 per class, 25 min
•    Development of breathing technique
•    Increased distance
•    Refining strokes

Super Squid
5 per class, 25 min
• Continued development of technique
• Refinement of stroke to 15m

School age classes – ages 5 -16

Our school age levels cater to all ages and abilities. Work your way through all the strokes: Breaststroke, Freestyle, Backstroke, and Butterfly. Swimmers will have a progressive set of goals to achieve and will receive a certificate at the completion of each term.

Turtles
5 per class, 25 min
•    Water confidence
•    Breath control and submersion
•    Assisted floating
•    Basic breaststroke

Penguins
6 per class, 25 min
•    Independent floating
•    Rotation from front to back
•    Basic stroke development

Water Rats
6 per class, 25 min
•    Introduction to breathing in freestyle
•    Develop stroke to 15m
•    Timing in breaststroke

Otters
6 per class, 25 min
•    Develop all strokes to 25m
•    Introduction of Butterfly
•    Rhythmical breaststroke

Dolphins
7 per class, 30 min
•    Develop strokes to 50m
•    Introduce butterfly arms
•    Introduce survival strokes

Sea Lions
8 per class, 30 min
•    Develop core strokes to 75m
•    50m butterfly
•    Introduce competitive elements

Eels
8 per class, 40 min
•    200m Swim for Life challenge
•    Medley swimming
•    25m rhythmic butterfly

Sting Rays
10 per class, 40 min
•    200m Individual medley
•    400m freestyle time trial
•    Race starts and turns for all strokes

Sharks
12+ per class, 60 min
•    Increasing endurance
•    Introduction to squad swimming
•    Refining technique

Adults Classes

Aqualand Swim School and Wanaka Community Pool provide swimming tuition and technique correction for adult swimmers as well. If you have never had the opportunity before, there is no time like the present to get into the swim of things. Even if you just need a technique touch-up, our experienced and qualified staff are here to help. Our adults program is broken up into two five week blocks per term.

PRIVATE LESSONs

Aqualand Swim School and Wanaka Community Pool offer private lessons which can give you the complete attention of one of our instructors and allows you to work on exactly what you need to work on.

Private lessons also provide a safe and supportive environment for those who, for whatever reason, have never learnt to swim.

ABILITIES PROGRAMME

Our abilities programme provides lessons in a supportive and fun environment for young people with special needs or disabilies. Funding for this programme can be obtained from the Halberg Trust’s Activity Fund Grant.

FEE STRUCTURE

Rates
Children’s classes:
Per Term	$85
Adult classes: Fees per 5-week block
Non-members	$72.50 (includes unlimited practice time)
Members	$42.50
Private tuition:
Abilities programme	$20 per half hour
Lesson	$40 per half hour

To contact Aqualand Swim School regarding information and bookings call 03 450 9115 or email swimschool@lakesleisure.co.nz

To contact Wanaka Community Swim School regarding information and bookings call 03 443 9334 or email wanakapool@lakesleisure.co.nz

Download our Aqualand Swim School brochure here.

To register for lessons and to schedule your FREE swimming assessment, please complete the form below:

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ALPINE AQUALAND Contact Details

Queenstown Events Centre
Joe O'Connell Drive, off State Highway 6, Frankton
PO Box 2009,
Queenstown
Phone: 03 450 9005
Fax: 03 442 3665
Email: info@lakesleisure.co.nz