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Swimming At Poolside Manor
Poolside Manor prides itself on the quality of the swimming services it offers, from term-time tuition for children and parents & toddlers, to adults and school groups of all abilities, to holiday crash courses and membership swimming.
When you choose Poolside Manor you're joining a family run, independent swimming tuition centre that puts the safety, comfort, happiness and progress of you and your family first.
Poolside Manor is designed and operated to be unique in many ways. Our pool has an extended shallow end to build beginner confidence. The entire pool length is scaled by a purpose-built viewing gallery to bring the experience to life for spectators. The viewing gallery is also home to a beautifully redesigned open plan reception, snack and coffee bar and activity room so that swimmers or siblings can watch television, read or complete their homework. We also provide free WI-FI for all clients, please ask at reception for the passcode.
In line with our commitment to overall health and well-being, Poolside Manor is now offering informative sessions on managing healthcare costs, specifically focusing on medications such as Rybelsus. These sessions are designed to educate our clients on ways to access more affordable medication options, including advice on how to get Rybelsus cheaper - https://mdisite.com/rybelsus-coupon/. By providing this additional service, we aim to extend our care beyond the swimming pool, offering valuable health and financial guidance to our community, ensuring that our support encompasses not just physical well-being but also aspects of health management and cost-effectiveness.
Outstanding water quality is maintained by regularly refreshing the water rather than adding high levels of chlorine that can irritate skin and breathing disorders. All swimmers are required to wear swim hats to further maintain our water quality. We are unique in heating our pool to a very comfortable 31+ degrees, enabling all customers from babies to the elderly to enjoy their experience all year round.
Poolside Manor is an approved RLSS tuition centre and STA Centre of Excellence. All of our teaching staff hold teaching, first aid and either a lifeguard or teacher rescue qualification. Our thorough recruitment process combined with our ongoing training programme ensures that we select and retain professional teachers who share our philosophy and values towards teaching; meeting the standards that we demand, and those our clients deserve.
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Our Swimming Philosophy
Poolside Manor has been, and will always continue to be, about swimming. Central to this is our belief in the value of learning to swim, and for seeking constant improvement. We strive to deliver the highest standards of teaching and do so through a recipe of five factors
- Our careful selection of the finest swimming teachers.
- Our 1:6 teacher to swimmer ratio averaged across all swimming lessons.
- Our unique approach to teaching: supporting beginner swimmers in the water.
- Our ability to adapt to the learning needs of each swimmer as necessary.
- Our warm, purpose-built teaching pool and viewing gallery.
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Our Teaching Programme
All term-time swimming courses run throughout each school term and are typically twelve to fifteen weeks long. We provide lessons seven days per week, both during the day and after school. Lessons take a break during half term and end of term holidays, making way for our swimming crash- courses and multi-activity day camps. Each lesson is half an hour long at the same time each week.
Existing clients are able to book on before availability is opened up to sibling and crash course clients and then new clients.
- Bookings can be made in minutes by telephone. We do not offer an online booking facility so as to ensure each swimmer is placed into the correct class band.
- Bookings are only made upon full payment and are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Clients who book onto a term after it has begun will receive a price pro-rata for the number of lessons missed and remaining. This is only available for late joiners and not for those who book on time and then miss lessons through any other commitments.
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The Last Four Weeks
The last four weeks of every term follow the cycle below:
Assessment Week
This is a chance to see how every child has progressed. During their normal lesson, every swimmer is observed by their teacher. This establishes the present ability level of the swimmer to determine if the child is ready to move to the next class level or if further time is needed to consolidate their swimming ability and confidence. As children progress levels, classes do get harder and more demanding. Any class level change is made for the following term (see ‘Registration week’) when booking on. This occurs in the fourth last week of each term.
Badge Week
Swimmers have the opportunity to gain a badge and certificate by demonstrating they are able to meet set criteria; awarded for swimming a set distance or for the skills or technique on show. Our badge system is unique to Poolside Manor and has been developed over more than twenty years to offer a challenging, stimulating and rewarding programme, tailored to every swimmer’s ability.
Registration Week
In this penultimate lesson, existing clients have priority to register for the same time as currently swimming for the following term.
Fun Week
Swimmers close out the term by celebrating their achievements with a fun swim session including free play and water games.
