School holiday lessons
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Build your child’s confidence in the water during the school holidays with the Swimsmart school holiday programme.
Holiday lessons are a great opportunity for school-aged children to rapidly improve their swimming skills and burn some serious energy.
Children new to the Swimsmart programme can start their swimming journey with us - no prior experience is needed. For children who already attend our lessons, we will further build on what they are already learning to super-charge their progress.
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Your child will be taught seven key skills throughout the programme:
- Water safety and awareness
- Entering and exiting the water
- Submersion (going under the water)
- Personal buoyancy (floating on the water)
- Orientation (rolling and turning in the water)
- What to do in an emergency (safety of self and others)
- Propulsion (moving through water)
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Lessons run during school holidays.
School holiday lessons can be booked online 3 weeks prior to the beginning of the school holidays. A timetable of school holiday lessons will be available on this page when bookings open.
If you would like to register your interest in Swimsmart school holiday lessons, please subscribe so we can contact you when bookings open.
Step by step information on how to make a Swimsmart booking can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
July school holidays 2026 (Term 2 holidays)
Bookings open 15 June
- Monday 6 - Friday 9 July (no lessons on Matariki)
- Monday 13 - Friday 17 July
October school holidays 2026 (Term 3 holidays)
Bookings open 7 September
- Monday 28 Sept - Friday 2 October
- Monday 5 - Friday 9 October
January school holidays 2027 (Term 4 holidays)
Bookings open 30 November
- Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January 202
- Monday 18 January to Friday 22 January 2027
- Monday 25 January to Friday 29 January 2027
April school holidays 2027 (Term 1 holidays)
Bookings open 22 March
- Monday 12 April to Friday 16 April 2027
- Monday 19 April to Friday 23 April 2027
July school holidays 2027 (Term 2 holidays)
Bookings open 14 June
- Monday 5 July to Friday 9 July 2027
- Monday 12 July to Friday 16 July 2027
September/October school holidays 2027 (Term 3 holidays)
Bookings open 6 September
- Monday 27 September to 1 October 2027
- Monday 4 October to 8 October 2027
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TimetableView school holiday programme availability by first selecting the 'Any semester' filter, then selecting your child’s class with the ‘Level’ filter. If you are unable to book through the timetable below, please login first by clicking the green 'Log in' button above.
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