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School holiday lessons
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Build your child’s confidence in the water during the school holidays with the Swimsmart school holiday programme.
Holiday lessons are a great opportunity for school-aged children to rapidly improve their swimming skills and burn some serious energy.
Children new to the Swimsmart programme can start their swimming journey with us - no prior experience is needed. For children who already attend our lessons, we will further build on what they are already learning to super-charge their progress.
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Your child will be taught seven key skills throughout the programme:
- Water safety and awareness
- Entering and exiting the water
- Submersion (going under the water)
- Personal buoyancy (floating on the water)
- Orientation (rolling and turning in the water)
- What to do in an emergency (safety of self and others)
- Propulsion (moving through water)
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PriceSwimsmart school holiday programme$30 per week
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Lessons run during school holidays.
School holiday lessons can be booked online 3 weeks prior to the beginning of the school holidays. A timetable of school holiday lessons will be available on this page when bookings open.
If you would like to register your interest in Swimsmart school holiday lessons, please subscribe so we can contact you when bookings open.
Step by step information on how to make a Swimsmart booking can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
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School holiday dates
January school holidays
- Monday 12 - Friday 16 January 2026
- Monday 19 - Friday 23 January 2026
- Monday 26 - Friday 30 January 2026
April school holidays
- Monday 7 - Friday 10 April 2026 (no lessons on Easter Monday)
- Monday 13 - Friday 17 April 2026
July school holidays
- Monday 6 - Friday 9 July 2026 (no lessons on Matariki)
- Monday 13 - Friday 17 July 2026
October school holidays
- Monday 28 Sept - Friday 2 October 2026
- Monday 5 - Friday 9 October 2026
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TimetableView school holiday programme availability by first selecting the 'Any semester' filter, then selecting your child’s class with the ‘Level’ filter. If you are unable to book through the timetable below, please login first by clicking the green 'Log in' button above.
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