swim school- North Shore
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Topic: swim school- North Shore
Posted By: Mum2ET
Subject: swim school- North Shore
Date Posted: 07 January 2011 at 10:37am
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Can anyone recommend a good swim school on the North Shore for lessons for a preschooler? Have been looking at the Mairangi Bay swim school or the Millennium centre- has anyone been to either of these places? TIA ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 07 January 2011 at 8:38pm
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We haven't heard about either of those, but checked out both the Glenfield Leisure Centre and Helen's School of Swimming and went with Helen's in the end - I think their website is www.swimschool.co.nz - and they are fabulous! Small classes, great teachers, and of course it helps that it is really close by (less than 5min for us). PM me if you'd like more info :) ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: gossamer
Date Posted: 08 January 2011 at 1:00am
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The swim centre is really good too, I went there when I was little so its been around for a while, its smaller than some of the other places, I really like it there. I think their websites just www.swimcentre.co.nz.
My friends daughter goes to Millennium and she really enjoys it, shes been there about a year now (shes almost 5) and has gained water confidence but not a huge amount of swimming skills, although Im not a swimming teacher so I dont really know what the focus is meant to be at that age. ------------- T (6) A (2) Our angel baby Sep 2011 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 08 January 2011 at 1:53pm
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We also went to the Swim Centre, we took DS at 6 months old and they were great. The place isn't big but the class sizes are small and the teachers seem fantastic, ours definitely was.
We shop at Countdown Westgate and got a set of lessons for half price (8 or 9 weeks) it was $59 so if you can get a voucher you could try it for that price and see what you think. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 1:03pm
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thanks for the recommendations- will check those websites out. I think the Helen's one is one of the ones i was looking at- Hippymama what were prices like? ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 10:16pm
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We went to Hilton Brown in Albany which was great.
Now we've moved to the other side of the shore so I've contacted Helen's School of Swimming to see if they have spots for our kids. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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