Learn to swim at PaddlePod
Here at PaddlePod, you'll find POOLS of swimming lessons. We've got classes for babies, classes for toddlers, classes for pre-schoolers, classes for school-aged children, and even classes for adults!
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Take your first Paddles with us
Baby & toddler swimming lessons at PaddlePod are delivered by the wonderfully-talented team at Nemo Swimming. These guys really are amazing, and we are so proud to have them in our pools. In fact, our pools are the only place you will find these award-winning classes in the North Tyneside area!
Use the links below to search for Nemo Babies and Nemo Toddlers classes (note this will take you through to DoDays, which is an external booking platform).
Suitable for children aged 0-12 months. Advised if you are new to baby swimming lessons, for premature or smaller babies, or for grown-ups and children who may be a little anxious in the water.
Can be booked for babies who are aged 6-16 months. They are perfect for grown-ups who have attended baby swimming classes previously
Suitable for children aged 16-28 months. We advise joining these classes if you - or your toddler - are new to swimming classes, or if either of you are a little anxious in the water.
Can be booked for toddlers who are aged 28-38 months. For children who are between age ranges, we advise you select these classes if your toddler has attended lessons previously and if they are confident in the water.
Time to start coming into the water without a grown-up!
Pre-school swimming classes at PaddlePod are really exciting. Delivered by Nemo Swimming, these classes see children come into the water without their grown-ups for the first time. With two teachers to support, you can expect lots of fun, lots of games and lots of carefully-crafted activities designed to help children start moving around around the pool confidently and independently.
Use the links below to search for Nemo Pre-school classes (note this will take you through to DoDays, which is an external booking platform).
This is where most Nemo Pre-school swimmers will start. These classes support children who are transitioning from swimming with a grown-up to coming into the water on their own. Expect lots of game-based activities to build confidence and get children moving around the pool using a SwimFin.
These classes are for children who have swam previously and are confident moving through the water with a SwimFin or similar floatation aid (this may include children who have graduated from our Nemo Toddlers classes or who have moved from a different swim school).
Swimmers in these classes should be able to swim short distances without any floatation aids. They should also be swimming with their faces in the water and with a nice, flat body position. Typically, these classes will be for children who have been attending classes for a couple of terms already.
Let's learn to swim!
Small group sizes, expert teachers, warm pools and comfortable viewing areas... these are just some of the reasons why swimming lessons at PaddlePod have been voted best in the country... TWICE! Delivered by SwimNE, these classes are offered for school-aged children (in reception upwards) working towards stages 1-10 and beyond!
Use the links below to search for SwimNE classes (note this will take you through to DoDays, which is an external booking platform).
For those swimmers who have not had previous lessons or are not yet moving in the pool independently on front and back.
Swimmers who are confident in the water and can cover short distance without floats.
Swimmers who can cover 5+ metres in the pool without aids on front and back with a flat body position.
Those comfortably completing 10m front and back with overarm recovery.
Swimmers who can complete correctly all 4 leg kicks and have an understanding of the arm movements related to each stroke.
Swimmers who can comfortably complete 25m front and back and know how to time their arm actions into the strokes.
Swimmers who can comfortably complete 50m front and back and know how to time their arm actions into the strokes
Those comfortably swimming greater distances of all 4 strokes with good technique, and can swim 200m in one go.
For swimmers who completed stage 8. The final two stages (9 and 10) make up SwimNE's pre-competitive swimming stage
For swimmers who have completed all stages 1 to 10 and want to continue swimming for fitness.
It's never too late to learn!
Looking for swimming lessons for an adult? You'll find these at PaddlePod, too! Delivered by SwimNE, these adult swimming classes are offered as small group and 1-1 sessions and are available at our Shiremoor and Killingworth venues.
Interested? Contact SwimNE for more information.
After something a bit more flexible?
Then check out our huge range of pay-as-you-go swimming sessions! We've got options for babies & toddlers, sessions that are suitable for the whole family, and others that are exclusively for adults.