Raring2go! Burton & Ashby

10 raring2go . co.uk Swimming Offers Vital Life Skill to Children Learning to swim is a vital life skill which every child should experience. Swimming lessons teach children independence and give a sense of accomplishment as they feel themselves improving. As well as contributing to an active lifestyle, swimming gives children the ability to get out of potentially dangerous situations, enabling them to fully enjoy trips to the seaside and beach holidays. The need to develop swimming skills is underlined by the Royal Life Saving Society UK, which says that accidental drowning takes an average of 402 UK and Irish citizens each year. Once your children can swim confidently and competently, the door opens to a huge range of other activities, like kayaking, canoeing and water polo. These provide further opportunities for keeping active, meeting friends and developing new skills. Everyone Active ’ s awarding - winning learn to swim programme offers lessons for all ages, with child classes starting at four months, right through to adult classes. These are available at sites around the country and all swimming teachers are Swim England level 2 – or equivalent – qualified. All stages are progressive and continually assessed, initially developing water confidence and then teaching children to swim. As they improve, this distance is increased and all strokes are introduced. They also have the opportunity to develop water safety skills and other aquatic disciplines such as rookie lifeguard, synchronised swimming, diving and water polo. For more information, visit: https://joinonline. everyoneactive.com/lessons