WHAT IS PROGRESSION

A thought from us at Little Bubbles Swim Stars We are always so very proud of all of our superstar swimmers. Sometimes progression can be shown in how many meters a child can swim, and that is amazing, when we have our non swimmers who have swum 5 meters to our higher wave swimmers who have completed a mile , we are so very proud of each and everyone of you.🤩 But often, this is not,and should not be, measured against all the hard work the children are putting in achieving their 11 wave outcomes set out by swim wales. A whole lot of the time as teachers we see other progressions and achievements that have been made by our superstar swimmers that may not involve a meters badge, we see the child that was petrified to come into the water suddenly start to come in with a huge smile ... progress 💖 We see our children who have been scared to put their eyes in the water and be able to put their eyes in the water and blow bubbles longer ... progress 💖 We see children that have difficulty keeping their kick going and keep kicking that little bit further... progress 💖 We see children who are correcting their stroke little by little each week ...progress 💖 We see so much progression through every lesson every night through outcomes achieved through our swim, wales outcomes, and personal battles won by your children as well as those who are achieving their distance badge .. progress each and every one 🤩🤩 We also ask that you understand that on occasion, children will be carrying out foundation and wave outcomes that involve them not moving as much as when we are practising leg kicks or arms, for example . We need to work on fundamentals so the rest of the strokes are easier for the children going forward , fundamentals may be teacher led floating , where they will need to give each child their individual attention for a minute Work on the wall where they will practice roll to breathe or arms/legs . All of which are set out in our scheme of work to help the children 🤩WE CANNOT BE PROUDER OF ALL OF OUR SUPERSTAR SWIMMERS 🤩 We would like to thank all of our parents, grandparents ,aunts ,uncles, and all who come and support our children through their swimming journey Thank you