Julington Creek Plantation CDD

2011 Summer American Red Cross Swimming Lessons

Private and Semi-Private Information

In the fall/winter months private and semi-private lessons are available during limited times.
Please call the aquatic office for availability.
Private Lesson: $30/lesson; $210/package of eight
Semi-Private: $45/lesson ($22.50/person); $315/package of eight ($157.50/person)

Please note that we do not match semi-private lessons,
you must come prepared with the two students that will attend the semi-private lesson(s).

Non-JCPCDD Residents: additional guest fee of $3 per lesson day

For any questions please contact the aquatic department:
(904) 821-3635 or amcveagh@jcpcdd.org

The Julington Creek Plantation Aquatic Department offers American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Lessons.
All lesson instructors are ARC Water Safety Instructors.
Julington Creek teaches correct swimming from the beginning levels to the advanced. Using an organized teaching method,
children progress from getting comfortable in the water until they are proficient in all four strokes and basic water safety skills.

Benefits

Small Class size. (5-7 students depending on the level)
Water Safety Instructors that are trained to teach swimming in an organized, fun fashion.
An evaluation of each swimmer on the first day ensures that they are placed in a class that is most suitable to their abilities.

Group Swimming Lessons - Will start again Sping 2012

Group Level Descriptions

Parent/Child (6 months – 36 months)
This program is designed to orient young children, along with their parents, to the water and prepare them to learn to swim in the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim courses. Parents are required to be in the water with their children. They are taught to safely work with their child in the water, including how to support and hold their child in the water and how to prepare and encourage their child to participate fully and try the skills.

Preschool Aquatics:

For children about ages 3 – 5. Designed to orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to begin working on basic aquatic skills such as enter and exit the water, blow bubbles through mouth and nose, go under water, bobbing, front and back glides, retrieve submerged objects and learn how to stay safe in the water.

American Red Cross offers six comprehensive course levels that help swimmers of all ages and varying abilities develop their swimming and water safety skills.

The prerequisite for each level is the successful demonstration of the skills from the preceding level.

Children participating in the Group Levels 1-6 classes must be 3-years-old by the last day of the class.

Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
Purpose: to help students feel comfortable and safe in water. Skills taught include breath holding, front and back float, entering water independently, introduction to flutter kicking, swim on front and back using arm and leg actions. Students with water experience may move through this level quickly.

Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Children should already be able to: float on front and back and put head under water.
Purpose: to give students fundamental and self-propulsion skills. Skills taught include unsupported front and back glide, front crawl coordination with breathing, beginning back crawl arm action.

Level 3: Stroke Development
Children should already be able to: swim front and back crawl.
Purpose: to build on and practice Level 2 skills. Skills taught include coordinating front crawl and back crawl, introduction to elementary backstroke, introduction to treading, retrieving objects, and introduction to diving.

Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Children should already be able to: swim front and back crawl 10 yards, elementary backstroke, and dive in kneeling and compact position.
Purpose: to develop confidence and endurance in the front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, and existing skills. Skills taught include standing dive, deep-water skills, introduction to breast stroke, sidestroke, treading water (scissors kick, rotary kick).

Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Children should already be able to: swim front and back crawl 25 yards, elementary backstroke 10 yards, scissors kick, whip kick, treading water, and diving.
Purpose: to coordinate and refine the key strokes. Skills taught include underwater swimming, diving from block, breast stroke, sidestroke, introduction to butterfly and dolphin kick, feet-first surface dive, open turns.

Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Children should already be able to: swim front and back crawl 50 yards, elementary backstroke 25 yards, breaststroke 25 yards, butterfly 25 yards, sidestroke 10 yards, tread water for 3 minutes, and dive.
Purpose: to refine strokes so students may swim with ease, efficiency, and endurance. Skills taught include approach strokes, coordinating butterfly stroke and kick, introduction to breast stroke pullout, front crawl flip turn, head-first surface dives.