School holidays are a great time to learn new swimming skills
We are committed to keeping our tamariki safe in the water so have some super affordable options available for the holidays!!!
January 2026 Holiday Programme
We’re really excited about our January holiday programme!
We have 2 types of programme over the following dates:
Week 1: 5 – 9 January (Monday to Friday)
Week 2: 12- 16 January (Monday to Friday)
Week 3: 19-23 January (Monday to Friday)
The Day programme
i) For the Day programme you book your child in with us for the day between 9.00am and 3.00pm. They’ll be given a swim lesson, other activities such as arts & crafts, outdoor visits to nearby playgrounds, playing tennis, soccer etc, all while supervised by our staff.
Cost is $50 per child per day; 10% discount if booking all days of a week, ie $225 for 5 days. BYO food, drinks, snacks.
This programme is available for school-age children only.
Let us help you with child care while you’re at work!
The Swim lesson only
ii) You book the swim lesson only. Lessons for Level 6 and above are 60 minutes, Levels 4 and 5 are 45 minutes, Unaccompanied classes are 30 minutes.
Cost for Level 6 and above is $18.50 per session or $80 for 5 days (in one week, not split between two); sessions are 9.15-10.15am; or 10.35-11.35am; 11.45-12.45pm
Cost for Levels 4 & 5 is $16.50 per class or $70 for 5 days (in one week, not split between two)
Level 5 sessions: 9.15-10.00am; 10.55-11.40am; 11.45-12.30pm
Level 4 sessions: 9.45-10.00am; 10.05-10.50am; or 11.45-12.30pm
Cost for Unaccompanied classes (restricted to 3 students per class) $18.50 per session or $80 for 5 days (in one week, not split between two)
Unaccompanied sessions: 9.15-9.45am; 10.05-10.35am; or 11.10-11.40am
Children in the unaccompanied classes must be 3 years of age or older. A parent/caregiver is not required in the water for these classes.
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You don’t have to book every day of the week – but it’s cheaper if you do!
All families with 3 or more children on the programme will receive 10% discount.
If you’re already registered with us you can book the full week online via our SimplyPortal App. If you are wanting to book part of a week or for the whole Day programme we will still need to do that for you
Race training & stroke clinics!
Race training clinics for school sports – 90 minute sessions, cost $27.50 per session
- Thursday 22 January: 1.30-3.00pm
- Saturday 31 January: 9.15-10.45am
- Saturday 7 February: 9.15-10.45am
- Saturday 28 March: 9.15-10.45am
Why choose a race training clinic?
- Most school swimming sports take place within 2 or 3 weeks of the start of the school year so, with weekly lessons not starting until 26 January, there’s not much time to get additional practice before these events take place
- Race clinics will give your swimmer confidence and the best opportunity to do well in their swimming events.
- Racing, and learning to race, are skills to master in themselves
- Swimmers will be shown how to warm up correctly to minimise injury and maximise their speed from the get-go.
- Extra attention will be paid to starts, turns, finishes, relay changeovers.
Stroke clinics – 60 minute sessions, cost $20 per session
- Saturday 21 February freestyle/backstroke 9.15-10.15am
- Saturday 7 March breaststroke/butterfly 9.15-10.15am
Why choose a stroke clinic?
- Stroke clinics are an opportunity to learn new skills,
- to spend more time on an aspect of swimming which a 30 minute lesson cannot always encompass,
- to address an area of a stroke you may be having some difficulty with,
- to provide that extra boost to allow you to move to the next level.
Contact us at info@canterburyswimschool.co.nz for more info!
