Silverstream Swim Academy is a swim school at 1 Whitemans Road in Silverstream, Upper Hutt. Its distinctive feature is the age-based classes, which start with babies from four months and run through to school age and teens. The baby and toddler classes are small, with no more than eight in a class, and a parent or caregiver goes into the pool. Older children work at their own level within their age group, and classes of three and four year olds have no more than four children.
Adults can learn to swim, improve their stroke or join SwimFit classes at Stokes Valley Pool on Monday evenings. Teen SwimFit lessons, which are an hour long, also run at Stokes Valley Pool. The academy also runs a Mini Squad that prepares children for school and club swimming. Ante-natal groups are welcome. The website says there are waitlists for every group, so families are advised to enrol early.
The academy holds intensive four-day programmes in the school holidays, with 45-minute lessons for school-age children and 30-minute lessons for pre-schoolers. Free assessments are available for families who are unsure of a child's ability. The pool can be hired on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 2pm, with play equipment, tables and a pool deck supervisor included for past and current clients. Lessons are taught by qualified instructors, and there is always a first aid-qualified instructor on site.