Swimming Lessons

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  14th Nov  15th Nov 16th Nov 17th Nov 18th Nov 19th Nov
2 21st Nov 22nd Nov 23rd Nov 24th Nov 25th Nov 26th Nov
3 28th Nov 29th Nov 30th Nov 1st Dec 2nd Dec 3rd Dec
4 5th Dec 6th Dec 7th Dec 8th Dec 9th Dec 10th Dec
5 12th  Dec 13th  Dec 14th  Dec 15th Dec 16th Dec 17th Dec
6 19th Dec 20th Dec 4th Jan 5th Jan 6th Jan 7th Jan
7 9th Jan 10th Jan 11th Jan 12th Jan 13th Jan 14th Jan
8 16th Jan 17th Jan 18th Jan 19th Jan 20th Jan 21st Jan
9 23rd Jan 24th Jan 25th Jan 26th Jan 27th Jan 28th Jan
10 30th Jan 31st Jan 1st Feb 2nd Feb 3rd Feb 4th 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 31st July -4th 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