Would you like to be a guest blogger?
Email UsTrending...
Ideas for hosting a Baby ShowerSpotlight on Scarlet Fever
What to buy for Baby
How to Wean a Baby
Tennis Tots looks to Expand Franchise
Categories...
Sponsored childParenting Advice
KalliKids News
Things to do
Family Fun
Learning and Education
Kids health and food
Ideas for kids
KalliKids Favourite Blogs
Authors...
Sarah RymanElizabeth O'Shea
Ann Guindi
Sarah Marsh
Mel Harwood
Olivia Donnithorne
Karen Bach
Debbie Clifton
Sam Hartley
Mel Lucas
Kate Matthews
Fiona Mostyn
Stuart Willis
Karen Newby
Charley Cole
Maddie Sinclair
Charlie Plunkett
Dee Besant
Guest blogger
Jessica Richard
Catherine Roche
A KalliKids Champion
Aquatots swim the Channel for NSPCC!
Aquatots is one of the largest swimming schools in the South East and teach babies from 10 weeks old to the age of 6 and 7 when all are accomplished swimmers.
A big part of the Aquatots journey is a child's first independent 5 metre swim around the age of 3. Then on to some fantastic distances with children as young as 5 achieving anything from 500 to 2000 metres. Pretty amazing considering the National Curriculum specifies children are able to swim only 25m when they leave primary school aged 11.
This term we decided to set our little swimmers a challenge and support the fantastic work of the NSPCC.
SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!
All of the kids have been swimming like crazy in pools across the South East including some of our youngest toddlers making their first independent swims. We have combined all their individual distances and…
They’ve done it!
Together they have achieved 68000 metres! That’s almost 42 miles! (The Channel is 33,800 metres / 21 miles).
With some swimmers still to go, who knows, they may all make it back by Christmas!
If you would like to send a message of support to our Aquatots little swimmers please leave a comment below. And if you are able to support the amazing work of the NSPCC financially this Christmas please donate here www.justgiving.com/aquatots.
Happy Christmas
This entry was posted in KalliKids News, Things to do and tagged Classes, Awards, Achieve, Swimming, swim safety, Charity, Aquatots .