World Book Day is on 5 March and we’ve come up with some ideas so you can bring books to life in your swimming lessons. Using the power of storytelling is a great way to inspire your swimmers and get participants to have fun while learning new skills. Miss Trunchbull Lookout - Matilda Miss Trunchbull is the Headmistress / Principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School, attended by Matilda. In the book, she is depicted as a ‘gigantic terror,

Active Luton has successfully created opportunities for its BAME community, specifically targeting Muslim women and girls to embrace learning to swim and beyond. In partnership with the Institute of Swimming, Active Luton trained 64 female swimming teachers through their Level One and Two Swim England Qualifications (SEQ) last year, with 21 of the newly qualified teachers having BAME heritage. Active Luton has also timetabled women-only and

Marcia, 16, has been working part-time as a lifeguard at Abbeycroft Leisure’s Newmarket Leisure centre since she qualified in August 2019 and will continue her aquatic training in May, when she undertakes her Swim England Qualifications (SEQ) Level 1 Swimming Assistant (Teaching) qualification. Marcia has always loved to swim and started having regular swimming lessons at Newmarket Leisure Centre when she was just five years old after

A new online course to help improve the recruitment of pool Judge 1 technical officials has been officially launched. Candidates taking the Swimming Technical Officials – Judge 1 Theory will be able to understand the roles of timekeeper, chief timekeeper, inspector of turns and chief inspector of turns. They will also be introduced to the relevant FINA rules along with video footage. The theory element is now available through online

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history and is China's most important festival. The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar: the holiday falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. This means that each time the New Year falls on a different day between 21 January and 20 February. This year it falls on the 25 January, beginning a year of the

As the way we absorbed and interact with information changes, so do our learning needs. Many of us are looking for relevant, mobile, self-paced, and personalised training. To make sure we are providing that most relevant form of learning for our customers, we are evolving our online learning platform. Our new e-learning system will be rolled out across our online and blended learning courses with our Blended Learning SEQ Level 1 Swimming