Swimming Lessons | Mardyke Arena Health & Leisure Centre

Children Swimming Lessons

Swim Assessments are fully booked. Keep an eye on our website for new dates, to be announced soon.

Swimming Lessons cater to children between the ages of 4 and 12 years. Our swimming lessons cater for children of all abilities and our experienced staff will be on hand to assist and encourage all children to progress from Level 1 to Level 5. We offer a lane-swimming programme to children who have completed Level 5, in order to continue to develop their stamina and skills in the water.

All children are required to complete a pre-assessment before joining lessons. Assessment dates will be advertised below as soon as dates are set. These assessments are carried out before each term begins.

Assessments are limited and unfortunately booking a swim assessment will not guarantee a space in lessons. Spaces in our lessons are dependent on children moving up a level.

Course Dates: 14th November – 4th February 2023

Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	14^th Nov	15^th Nov	16^th Nov	17^th Nov	18^th Nov	19^th Nov
2	21^st Nov	22^nd Nov	23^rd Nov	24^th Nov	25^th Nov	26^th Nov
3	28^th Nov	29^th Nov	30^th Nov	1^st Dec	2^nd Dec	3^rd Dec
4	5^th Dec	6^th Dec	7^th Dec	8^th Dec	9^th Dec	10^th Dec
5	12^th Dec	13^th Dec	14^th Dec	15^th Dec	16^th Dec	17^th Dec
6	19^th Dec	20^th Dec	4^th Jan	5^th Jan	6^th Jan	7^th Jan
7	9^th Jan	10^th Jan	11^th Jan	12^th Jan	13^th Jan	14^th Jan
8	16^th Jan	17^th Jan	18^th Jan	19^th Jan	20^th Jan	21^st Jan
9	23^rd Jan	24^th Jan	25^th Jan	26^th Jan	27^th Jan	28^th Jan
10	30^th Jan	31^st Jan	1^st Feb	2^nd Feb	3^rd Feb	4^th Feb

Course Days & Times

Level 1 – 5

Monday – Friday: 15:30, 16:15 & 17:00
Saturdays: 09:00, 09:50, 11:00, 11:45 & 12:30

Lane Swimming

Monday – Friday: 17:40

For more information, please contact our Receptionist on 0214904751 or by email childrensactivity@ucc.ie

Adult Swimming Lessons

Our Adult Swimming Lessons is currently not running due to current operational restrictions. We will announce new courses in the coming months.

Intensive Swim Lessons for Children

The Mardyke Arena UCC will host 4 weeks of Intensive Swim Lessons for Children.

Our swim programme offers a wonderful way of fast-tracking a child’s development and provides a healthy structured activity for them during the summer holidays. Our intensive course will further develop the skills children have already acquired and assist in refining technique to make swimming less of a challenge and more of an enjoyable experience.

Each course offers different levels:

Beginner Class (Level 1 & Level 2) will be to gain confidence, by playing games and learning basic Fundamentals including hopping, bobbing, floating, breath control, basic safety rules etc. in order to make the water their friend. This group will take place in our learner pool.
Improver Class (Level 3) Children will further work on these skills, gliding, streamlining, sculling, sitting dives and learning to retrieve objects from the ground with plenty of fun and games. This group will take place in the shallow end of the main pool.
Deep End (Level 4 & Level 5) The deep-end group will work on stroke development, treading water, breath control, straddle jumps etc again having great fun, learning through play. The children will work on developing a greater sense of self-safety by understanding their own limits.

COURSE DETAILS

Course 1 3rd-7th July 2023:

15:30 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End
16:15 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

17:00 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

Course 2 17th-21st July 2023:

15:30 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End
16:15 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

17:00 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

Course 3 31^st July -4^th August 2023:

15:30 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End
16:15 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

17:00 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

Course 4 14th- 18th August 2023:

15:30 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End
16:15 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

17:00 Class Beginner, Improver, Deep End

*Classes will last 40 minutes in duration

Course Cost:
• Members/UCC staff – €60
• Non Members – €70

*Places are limited and available on a first come first serve basis.
For more information or to book, please contact Reception on 021 490 4796