Swimming stages advice

[Moxiechick]

So my daughter has been having swimming lessons in groups with me going in for adult and toddler then when she turned 3 started pre school 1. After 3 months she went in to pre school 2.
She's just turned 4 and with her starting school in September I've moved her lesson to a weekend. Her teacher said for her to go in to a stage 2 class as she's completed all the stage 1 requirements.
So yesterday I took her to her first lesson and she tried really hard and loved it. I asked the teacher how she found it at the end of the lesson and he said that her swimming was good but she needs to improve her focus and that she didn't understand some of the instructions. I said that I thought that might be the case as I could tell through the window that sometimes she was watching the others for a minute then copying what they were doing rather than straight away doing what he said. I told him that she'd just turned 4 so that might be why she didn't understand everything he asked and he was really surprised (she's super tall).
I asked him whether he thought I should move her classes and he said he was happy to teach her as the class is the best fit for her swimming ability it was just the misunderstanding instructions which could be down to her age (the other kids looked to be 7-10).
I've said I'll talk over some of the instructions and language with her to prepare her for next week but other than that I'm not really sure what to do.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Would she be better in stage one which she can do everything but the teacher might be more used to younger children?
TIA

Our staged lessons only take children from 5. So majority in stage 1/2/3 are aged 5 or 6.
I'd stick with it if I were you. There's not much 'lingo' as such to pick up, once she's been a few weeks and covered all strokes then I think she'll be fine. A good teacher will demonstrate poolside as well as verbally instruct.

I would stick with it as the classes will have a 'routine' which she will pick up. Once she's done all the drills a couple of times she'll be fine.

It is a problem with really tall kids that people expect too much of them, we have this with DS too. I expect the teacher just misjudged her age.

Oh that used to drive me mad!

Little children sometimes struggle to transfer instructions or watching their teacher into doing the same thing with their own body. And that is when they are paying attention.

Having had a few people teach DD, I found the most effective way for her to be taught/corrected when young was for the instructor to move DD's arms/legs/head when describing what to do.

It's great that your daughter is enjoying her swimming...I'd leave her where she is if she is happy (though you might find that she will only be able to do some strokes underwater for a while).

Thank you for all your advice. I think I will leave her and hopefully she'll pick up the routine quickly.
lowdoor Its tough on tall kids isnt It? The looks I would get when she had an age appropriate tantrum out and about 🙈