Kindys & Schools
We offer discounted swimming and/or water safety lessons for larger groups in all our private, heated pools, or alternatively we can also send instructors out to your own school pool and have them teach your students there.
Our team will design a programme to meet your needs that can include:
- Learn to swim lessons (at our pool or yours)
- Water safety lessons that include river safety, beach safety, reach rescues and boat safety (at our pool or yours)
- Water safety sessions (out & about)
- Aktive Auckland Water Skill for Life Lessons
- ECE Centre / Classroom water safety sessions (includes a visit from our Mascot Spike)
- Free Learn to swim scholarships for schools to use at school assemblies and fundraising events
Group Lessons:
The standard programme includes:
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- Lessons for children from Year 1 to Year 8
- 5 x 1 hour lessons with a mixture of water safety and learn to swim. Key skills covered include: Supervision, submerging, floating, rotation, sculling, treading, swimming, lifejackets, river safety, beach safety, boat safety and reach rescues.
- Ratio 1 instructor to 10 swimmers
- Swimmers are shuttled from school to pool in groups of 2 classes
- For Year 7 & 8 students we offer out & about sessions at moving water locations across Auckland, to allow students to practise and apply the skills they have learnt in the pool.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
Have your own school pool and would like your teachers up-skilled to teach your school swimming/water safety programme? We can help!
Our team is trained to provide professional development for school teachers on water safety and learn to swim activities.
To find out what options are available for your team please contact our swim school manager.
PARTNERING WITH YOUR SCHOOL
Swimsation has delivered learn to swim programs in over 45 heated and unheated pools throughout New Zealand. In that time we have developed a quality learn to swim program, pool operating system and a wealth of knowledge on what it takes to run a successful swim school and aquatic facility.
Our successful partnership with Peninsula Primary to facility manage their pool facility through a MOE License to Occupy, is one that we would like to replicate. We have spent the past 10 years working with Peninsula Primary, and are keen to assist other schools with creating and managing their pool complexes. This would offer school students as well as the wider local community to benefit from year-round swimming lessons and water activities.
Today is the day! From today, Friday 9 October 2026, everyone on board recreational craft 6 metres or less must wear an appropriately sized lifejacket while the craft is underway—anywhere in New Zealand! This includes small boats, kayaks, paddleboards and jet skis. Underway includes drifting, so even with the engine off, the rule applies unless the craft is anchored, aground or tied to the shore or a dock. The Maritime Transport (Lifejackets on Recreational Craft) Amendment Act 2026 comes into force today, bringing this nationwide requirement into effect. As we head towards summer, make a correctly fitted lifejacket part of every family adventure on the water. Lifejackets save lives. Wear yours and help spread the word!