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Swimming lessons - Edinburgh?

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gillymac · 14/06/2002 19:54

My ds is 4 (5 in August) and I'm very keen for him to start swimming lessons.
Problem is, I work full time and all the lessons I know of are at times which don't suit.
Does anyone know of any pool in the Edinburgh area (preferably east of Edinburgh or Musselburgh) that does children's swimming lessons at the weekend or early weekday evenings?

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SofiaAmes · 14/06/2002 23:03

gillymac, I don't know about edinburgh, but in london a lot of the pools do week long crash courses (1/2 hour a day) during the half term holidays. I brought my step kids to several of those and they were very effective. Just make sure that the pool where they are learning to swim is deeper than your ds is tall. I've found that is the best way to keep them from "cheating" and encourages them to actually learn how to swim. For ages my step son would only swim in water that he could touch the bottom in.

gillymac · 16/06/2002 12:42

SofiaAmes - thanks for your reply. I actually found out yesterday that our local high school runs classes on Saturday mornings. Hopefully ds will get a place. Thanks for your tip about making sure the depth of the water is higher than he is. I'll remember that when the lessons start.

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