FRIENDSHIP - RESPECT – EXCELLENCE
Qualified Instructors
Holistic Development
Structured Learning
Registered School
25 Years Experience
WE GO AGAIN!
Welcome to Dolphins 2024/2025 Season
At Dolphins we remain committed to ensuring that each swimmer is supported and gets every opportunity to progress so that they reach their full potential. We look forward to getting our swimmers active again and to re-establish routines so that they can achieve their personal goals in the season ahead.
Dolphins offers lessons from beginners Learn-to-Swim all the away to competitive swimming. We believe that swimming is more than just a physical skill as it develops personal discipline and promotes ethical social values. Like all sport, swimming develops social skills, builds confidence, and forms a character of resilience and discipline. These values are the best gifts that we can give our children as well as a life skill that promotes healthy living.
Committed to being more than a swim school, we have since our inception, partnered with Atlantis Swimming Club who are celebrating 25 years in competitive swimming. Over this period our instructors have coached hundreds of swimmers many of whom have gone on to enjoy success at the highest national levels and many have also represented South Africa at international events. We thus wish them well for the years ahead and encourage all our swimmers who have graduated from our programme to continue club swimming.
All our current instructors were swimmers and thus have the experience and expertise to best teach and develop our young athletes. We also ensure that they are registered and that we comply with the regulations of Swim South Africa, including attending regular LTS instructor programmes.
Note that due to the late arrival of the winter cold front we will again phase in our return to swimming.
Our older swimmers who are largely in Level 4 (Swordfish), Level 5 (Marlins), Level 6 (Stingrays) and Level 7 (Sharks) will commence with lessons on Thursday 1 August 2024.
Younger and newly registered swimmers mainly our Level 1 (Tadpoles), Level 2 (Starfish) and Level 3 (Seals) will start their swim season on Monday 2 September 2024.
Re-registration details will be communicated with existing swimmers while notes regarding new registrations, bookings, lesson times, school rules and fees will be updated on our website.
Thanks once again to everyone for your ongoing support and commitment to Dolphins Swim School. Know that your effort to get our kids swimming and active is the best investment you can make. Together we can ensure that our children learn to be positive, manage their time, develop self-discipline and establish a culture for healthy living.
Looking forward to another wonderful and meaningful season of swimming.
Yours in Swimming
Julie and the Dolphin’s Staff
About Us
Dolphin’s was established in 1997 to provide valuable life skills and a service to local neighbourhood kids.
Owner and now professional coach Julie has a lifelong passion with swimming. Having been a swimmer who experienced the limits of apartheid on her swimming development, Julie has committed herself to give children born into our new democracy the opportunity to swim, train and compete as equals.
Dolphins is now 25 years in existence and has grown from a backyard start-up to a fully-fledged Learn to Swim School with qualified and registered staff.
As a school, Dolphin’s offers an efficient and progressive Learn-to-Swim programme for children and adults of all ages. Our programmes starts with the very basics of water safety and confidence and develops towards technical stroke development and squad training. A breakdown of the Skills targeted in each of our course levels is available on our website.
Dolphin’s also supports the local Atlantis Swimming Club by preparing athletes for the competitive world of swimming with many of our swimmers having been selected to represent South Africa and many more who compete at national and regional championships annually.
We offer seasonal lessons during the warmer months of August to April in a heated and enclosed facility as well as at the local municipal pool for more senior swimmers.
Dolphins is an established swim school that is registered with Swimming South Africa
REGISTRATION WITH DOLPHINS
- Last year we introduced a single process for Registration and Bookings. This simultaneous process will continue for this year as well.
- We will open this process for returning swimmers on Wednesday 17 July 2024 and for new clients on Saturday 20 July 2024. Note that if any new client completes a booking before 20 July, priority of placement will be given to returning swimmers.
- We will Email a Booking and Registration link to all our current swimmers.
- Note that each Swim Level will have its own Booking & Registration Page. It is therefore important to ensure that you are on the correct swim level page before completing your booking and registration. New swim levels are reflected in your last report.
- The booking section allows you to choose from the available classes on the schedule for your level. A schedule of available days and times for different levels is available on the website for you to peruse prior to the opening of the booking process.
- Note that once the class reaches capacity, it will no longer be available for selection, as a ‘first booked first placed’ policy will apply.
- Ensure that you have the following details when registering:
- Swimmer’s full Name and Surname
- Swimmer’s correct date of birth YYMMDD
- Primary parent contact information
- Secondary parent contact information
- Swimmer information, including the 2024/2025 LEVEL(Check last Season’s Report Card)
- A valid and working Email Address and WhatsApp number
- Once you have chosen your class you will need to complete the registration as outlined in the steps below
REGISTRATION NOTES
The following steps will assist you with your registration.
Go to our Correct Swim Level Registration Page, use the link that we send
Choose your preferred class
Enter Your Personal Data
Agree to the terms & Conditions
Submit
Book a second class or go to Payment
- Annual Registration Fees will remain R250 per swimmer.
- Once submitted you will have a choice to complete a booking for a second class or swimmer or proceed to the checkout for payment.
- Note that bookings and registrations will be done per individual swimmer. Hence, a new booking, registration and payment will need to be done for each child.
- You will need to login to complete your lesson booking
SPECIAL THANK YOU!
Thanks once again to everyone for your ongoing support and commitment to Dolphins Swim School. Know that your effort to get our kids swimming and active is the best investment you can make.
Together we can ensure that our children learn to be positive, manage their time, develop self-discipline and establish a culture for healthy living.
Swimming, like all sport develops skills and builds confidence, resilience and discipline. These values are the best gifts that we can give our children.
Thank you for making us part of your lives.
Dolphin’s Staff
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