Welcome to our Parent Information Page
Le Mourier has been teaching swimming across the island for over 45 years and we are delighted to be able to teach your little one to be confident and comfortable in the water. With over 100 years of combined experience in our senior teaching team, we uniquely design our lessons bespokely based on swimmers current ability in the water to ensure they are getting the very best tuition in the water.
As with all our venues there are eccentricities which we need to be aware of to make the most of the time in the water. This page details some of the key bits of useful information to assist as well as our Ripple Award Scheme.
2025 Term Dates
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Spring Term 2025
Monday 6th January – Sunday 30th March
Half Term: 17th – 23rd February (No Swimming)
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Summer Term 2025
Tuesday 22nd April – Monday 14th July
Half Term: 26th May – 1st June (No Swimming)
Bank Holiday – Monday 5th May – NO Lessons – Replacement on Tuesday 15th July
Public Holiday – Friday 9th May – Lessons as normal
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Autumn Term 2025
Wednesday 17th September – Tuesday 9th December
Half Term: 27th October – 2nd November (No Swimming)
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Term Time Lessons
During their term time lessons they will continue to progress through their swimming journey alongside their instructors in the water.
As part of their term plan, swimmers will undertake a Distance Assessment and Survival Themed Lesson
Distance Week – typically taking place on week 7 or 8 of the term, distance week allows swimmers to swim in much smaller groups / 1 on 1 with their teacher to demonstrate their progression over the term. This will show their teacher if they are ready to move up a Ripple (See details below)
Survival Week – following on from Le Mourier’s core value of instilling water confidence and safety, our Survival week aims to continue their learning about remaining safe around the swimming pool & open water environment which is critical to enjoy island life. As they grow older this will move into Lifesaving whereby they will learn skills on how to assist a person in difficulty and who to call! Repeating these skills once a term is vital to ensure natural actions are learnt and understood from a young age.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our main office or speak to their teachers directly.
What to bring
- Properly fitted swimming costume – ideally no board shorts or bikinis please as this can sometimes change how your little one sits in the water
- Well fitted Goggles if they wear them – Teachers will be on hand to help fit them properly if needed
- Please wear their correct Le Mourier swimming hat (Orange, Red, Green, Light Blue or Dark Blue). When they move up to their next hat, they will receive this during the final lesson of the term.
Younger Swimmers
- Arm Bands if they prefer to wear their own. Please be advised the teachers may change or request useage of our armbands to ensure they have the correct buoyancy in the water.
- If applicable – Swim Nappy, if disposing of these at the pool after the session, we request that they are put in the sanitary bins located in each toilet area.
Should you need any items for your swimming lesson, please visit our online store to view some of the many items available for delivery to your lesson! https://shop.lemourier.je
Le Mourier Ripple Award Scheme
Throughout their term time lessons, swimmers are continually progressing in their confidence, stamina and most of all technique in the swimming pool. Their progression is highlighted in our very own, Le Mourier “Ripple” scheme. Each term, swimmers will recieve an STA award badge that highlights where they are on their Ripple. As these badges work on slightly different skills, they work in parallel to each other in an order specially designed by our Senior Team of Instructors with a combined 100 years worth of experience. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask and they will gladly help out.
Please find below information relating to our Ripple Award Scheme:
Le Mourier Droplets
Le Mourier Droplets is the First Stage in our swimmer progression scheme.
In this Ripple your little one will start to discover the wonders of being in the water for the very first time alongside their parents in our Parent & Child Classes. Blowing Bubbles, submerging Underwater, Jumping and Splashing are all brand new skills which will be learnt in this stage.
Ripple 1
Congratulations! By moving to this Ripple you have now moved onto our Orange Hat
Having successfully transitioned to being in the water by themselves, your little one will begin to work on their independent movement in the water alongside their teachers. Independence, free-movement and confidence are all skills learnt in this stage
Ripple 2 – 5 meters
Congratulations! By moving to this Ripple you have now moved onto our Red Hat
To enter this ripple, your little one has demonstrated that they can successfully use the skills they have learnt to safely swim a short distance by themselves. During this ripple we will work to build on their fantastic achievement to swim even further by themselves and develop basic swimming technique
Ripple 3 – 20 meters
Congratulations! By moving to this Ripple you have now moved onto our Green Hat
Having Progressed through Ripple 2 your little one has now learnt how to swim and use their arms in a front crawl and back crawl action. In this ripple we will work with them to improve technique and introduce correct breathing for them to progress into Ripple 4
Ripple 4 – 50 meters
Congratulations! By moving to this Ripple you have now moved onto our Sky Blue Hat
Your little one has now learnt more advanced techniques in their swimming! This includes the starting stages of breathing towards the side. In this Ripple they will work towards being able to improve this technique and get them ready to progress to the bigger pool!
Ripple 5 – 100 meters
Congratulations! By moving to this Ripple you have now moved onto our Royal Blue Hat
Your child has now reached the final stages of the smaller Inverness Lodge and Les Roche venue. They will now be working towards their transition towards Langford. This will include Stamina and technique work as well as skills such as Sitting Dives, Surface Dives, Tumble Turns and Underwater Swimming
Ripple 6 & 7
In this ripple Swimmers will progress through the Le Mourier Advanced Swimmer Scheme , progressing through our Bronze -> Honours hats.
During which time they will continue to improve their swimming and aquatic skills. As they approach their Gold Hat they will also be eligible to join our Dolphins Aquatics Club. More details can be found on the links across
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