Ripples Swim School

Inclusive Quality Aquatic Education Program

Learn swimming & water safety through our structured and holistic 8-stage program.

Our program builds progressively across 6 key areas —entries and exits, foundational movement, aquatic breathing, stroke development, underwater skills and water safety.

The journey begins by instilling a love and respect for water to keep oneself safe in the water and culminates with holistic aquatic skills for effective, efficient and safe engagement with water in a pool and beyond.

Aquatic Education, like any core subject, takes time and patience to learn, practice, understand and apply under different environments and situations. A slow and steady approach through the year gives children the comfort and confidence to be able to execute the skills correctly and consistently.

Dive in — and let every stage bring your child closer to becoming a confident, capable, and joyful swimmer.

Stage 1 - Your child’s first gentle steps into the aquatic world through play, support, and discovery.

Assisted entries and exits

Supported floats and glides

Introduction to aquatic breathing

Basic kicking movements

Safe water behaviour

Awareness of aquatic environments

Stage 2 - Building comfort, independence, and essential foundational skills in the water.

Confident entries and exits

Floats, glides, and simple rotations

Controlled aquatic breathing

Introduction to freestyle and backstroke

Comfortable underwater exploration

Reinforcement of water safety

Stage 3 - Developing confidence and control in deeper water with early stroke and safety skills.

Independent entries and exits in deeper water

Tuck position and simple rotations

Aquatic breathing in deeper water

Glides with kicks (10m)

Basic freestyle and backstroke

Surface dives

Water safety& basicSurvival Skills

Stage 4 - Building strength, coordination, and control while developing efficient movement and survival skills.

Confident entries and exits in deeper water

Vertical and horizontal sculling

Aquatic breathing integrated into stroke technique

Freestyle and backstroke (upto 15m)

Underwater skills up to 5m

Survival skills: floating, sculling, and kicking to safety

Stage 5 - Refining technique, control, and awareness with advanced skills.

Fall-in entry and sitting dive

Advanced rotation and sculling

Bi-lateral breathing

Freestyle (up to 25m)

Backstroke & survival stroke (up to 15m)

Surface dive and 5m object recovery

Introduction to non-swimming rescues

Stage 6 - Advancing stroke skills, breath control, and rescue readiness in deep water.

Compact jump and kneeling dive

Vertical, horizontal, and sideways kicks

Breath control for survival and rescue

Freestyle (50m)

Backstroke, breaststroke, survival and rescue stroke (25m)

Deep water object recovery (5–7m)

Survival swimming and non-swimming rescues

Stage 7 - Building endurance, mastering all four strokes, and developing strong survival skills.

Dive Variations

Forward and backward somersaults in water

Continuous swim (minimum 200m) demonstrating freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and survival strokes

Butterfly (15m)

Underwater swim through obstacles

Survival swim (minimum 3 minutes)

Stage 8 - Demonstrating advanced technique, endurance, and survival confidence in a variety of aquatic conditions.

Dive Variations for deeper water

Treading water with various kicks (3–4 minutes)

Tumble turns at the wall

Continuous swim (minimum 400m) with 50m of each stroke: freestyle, backstroke&breaststroke

Butterfly (25m)

Survival and rescue strokes(upto 50m)

Underwater swim through obstacles (minimum 10m)

Tread water (1–2 minutes) followed by survival swim (minimum 3 minutes)

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Inclusive Quality Aquatic Education Program

Learn swimming & water safety through our structured and holistic 8-stage program.