Swimming Lessons Build Skills
26 June 2019
When you’re living by one of the country’s best beaches, it’s pretty important to know how to swim – and the children at Lollipops Papamoa are off to a great start thanks to their weekly swim classes at Bartlett Swim School.
Available to children aged 3 – 5 for an additional fee, centre manager Toni Thorne says the lessons are proving invaluable.
“Children have built confidence in and around the water and they are loving learning to swim.”
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