SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming to Babies and Toddlers – Hartsdown Leisure Centre, Margate

This course develops your knowledge, skills and abilities as a teacher for babies and toddlers. It builds on the SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification and gives you the skills to independently plan and deliver a series of baby and toddler swimming lessons.

Who is the course designed for?

Anyone who has a SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification who wants to provide baby and toddler swimming sessions.

Course content

The course is delivered through a mixture of classroom activities and practical poolside learning. You will participate in at least two 30-minute swimming lessons to gain hands on practical experience.

You will learn about:

• How early years development, stages of play and reflexes impact on swimming ability
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, health related conditions and how to respond and adapt to them
• How to introduce and teach the core aquatic skills in a fun way
• The different supports and holds to use in lessons
• The advantages and disadvantages of different types of equipment
• How to plan, adapt and teach lessons which cater for groups with different levels of ability
• Key teaching and lesson management skills

How to Enrol:

• For more information or to make a booking please contact Ellie Purvis

Prerequisites:

Entry requirements

• Learners must be 16 years of age or older on the first day of the course
• hold the Swim England Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification (or equivalent)