MINNOWS/SEALS
Henleaze Minnows, in partnership with Clifton High School, runs every Sunday (term time circa 38 weeks a year - see dates below) at the School pool and offers lessons from babies to advanced, charting all components of the Swim England National Teaching Plan with the addition of our own, bespoke Club Development criteria.
We commence with Parent and baby/toddler groups on a Sunday morning - a fun, sing-a-long active session to spend quality developmental aquatic time, developing and exploring fundamental aquatic skills, with your little one.
We then run through 4 Minnows stages, that develop the skill sets, movement patterns and strokes for lifelong enjoyment and create the potential opportunity for further development in our Club “bifrost” sessions, or our Seals programme! Here, the skills are transferred to lane swimming in preparation for Junior Squad and entry into our competitive and/or fitness pathways.
At Minnows we keep class sizes very small (ususally 4:1) to ensure the best learning environment, particularly at beginner stages and also offer 1-2-1 sessions as required.
Holiday Intensives
Intensive learn to swim courses run every school holiday. It is a wonderful opportunity to get lots of exposures to swimming in small class sizes.
Upcoming dates:
Tuesday 27th May - Friday 30th May 2025 (09:00-09:30)
2025 Term Dates
summer term 1
Tuesday 22nd April - Thursday 22nd May
(No Minnows/Parent&child/Seals on 4th May)
summer term 2
Sunday 1st June - Sunday 20th July
School year 25/26
autumn term
Sunday 7th September - Thursday 23rd October
Winter Term
Sunday 2nd November - Thursday 18th December