Parent & Child

Lesson Time: 30 minutes
Ages: 6 months to 3 years
Available at: Dunedin North Intermediate and Te Puna only

Our Parent & Child classes are the perfect introduction to the water for babies and toddlers. These fun, engaging lessons focus on building confidence through songs, repetition, play-based learning, and parent-child bonding.

Children are gently introduced to important water safety and survival skills in a supportive environment, while also developing social confidence through their first structured class experience.

Beginner Classes

Lesson Time: 30 minutes
Ages: 3 years and up
Teacher-to-Pupil Ratio: 1:4

Our Beginner classes are designed to help children become comfortable and confident in the water while learning essential swimming and water safety skills.

Swimmers will develop:

• Independent movement in the water
• Submersion confidence
• Back floating skills
• Safe water entry and exit
• Self-help and water safety strategies

Small class sizes allow for personalised attention and faster progress.

Coordination Classes

Lesson Time: 30 minutes
Teacher-to-Pupil Ratio: 1:5

Swimming requires strong coordination, balance, and body awareness. These classes are designed to help children develop the ability to coordinate arm and leg movements while building confidence in the water.

Through structured activities and stroke development, swimmers improve balance, timing, and movement patterns that support all swimming strokes.

Whole Stroke Classes

Lesson Time: 30 minutes
Teacher-to-Pupil Ratio: 1:5
Goal: Swim 15m freestyle and 15m backstroke

Whole Stroke classes focus on refining technique while building strength, stamina, and confidence.

In a fun and encouraging learning environment, swimmers work towards developing strong freestyle and backstroke skills while continuing to build lifelong water safety abilities.

Bi-Lat Classes

Lesson Time: 30 minutes
Teacher-to-Pupil Ratio: 1:6

These classes are designed for swimmers who can confidently swim:

• 15m freestyle
• 15m backstroke
• Basic breaststroke

Swimmers will further refine breaststroke technique while developing endurance and efficiency in freestyle and backstroke.

Squad Classes

Lesson Time: 45 minutes
Teacher-to-Pupil Ratio: 1:8

Our Squad classes are designed for swimmers ready to advance their skills and endurance.

Swimmers focus on:

• Increasing distance and stamina
• Improving freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke technique
• Learning butterfly
• Developing tumble turns and competitive swimming skills

Holiday Intensive Programme

Our Holiday Intensive Programme is a concentrated swimming and water safety programme run over five consecutive days during the January, April, September, and December school holidays.

The intensive format provides swimmers with the opportunity to rapidly improve skills, build confidence, and reinforce technique through consistent daily practice.

This programme is ideal for swimmers wanting to:

• Fast-track progress
• Maintain skills between terms
• Improve confidence and water safety
• Enhance stroke development

Adult Learn to Swim Programme

Available at: Dunedin North Intermediate and Moana Pool only

Our Adult Learn to Swim Programme is designed for adults of all abilities — whether you are entering the water for the first time, building confidence, improving fitness, or refining stroke technique.

Lessons are tailored to individual learning needs and goals, with three class levels available:

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Our supportive instructors help adults improve water safety, endurance, confidence, and overall swimming ability at a pace that suits them.

School Programme

Our qualified swimming instructors deliver programmes aligned with New Zealand curriculum standards and Water Safety New Zealand’s “Swim 4 Life” campaign.

We provide lessons for all school ages and ability levels, with flexible scheduling designed to fit your school’s timetable and requirements.

Our programmes focus on:

• Water safety
• Swimming confidence
• Stroke development
• Lifelong aquatic skills

Swim Club

Available at: Moana Pool only

Our Coaching Programme is offered through Neptune Swim Club and operates on Monday evenings from 6:15pm to 7:15pm.

This programme is designed for swimmers looking to further develop their competitive swimming skills in a structured coaching environment.

Please contact Neptune Swim Club directly for further information or to join the programme.