Parks, Recreation and Culture Winter 2025 Activity Guide

Register online at recreation.nanaimo.ca General Inquiries 250-756-5200 68 Junior Lifeguard Club 8 to 12 Years Are you interested in a pause from swimming lessons? This program emphasizes fun and aquatic skill development based on personal-best achievement. Building on skills they have from swimming lessons, participants will work to develop and improve swimming and other aquatic skills with emphasis on swim and lifesaving knowledge, leadership and teamwork, community education, competition, and personal fitness. This is serious fun! Prerequisites: Ability to meet the Swim to Survive Standard (roll into deep water, tread water for one minute, swim 50m). Tue, Jan 14-Mar 4 | 6:45-7:30 pm | $88/8 | 123236 Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Home School Lessons NEW! Swimmer 1/2 Starting with assisted floats, glides, kicks and jumps, these new swimmers will develop their confidence and learn how to open their eyes, exhale, and hold their breath underwater. With practice, they will develop their ability to tread water, improve their kicking skills and try their front and back crawl. Prerequisites are Swimmer 1 or Preschool 5. Thu, Jan 16-Mar 6 | 10-10:30 am | $56/8 | 127032 Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Home School Lessons NEW! Swimmer 3/4 Swimmers learn how to dive and do in-water somersaults and handstands to develop weight- transfer skills. They’ll learn the Swim to Survive® skills and standard, practice whip kick on their back and further develop their front and back crawl. Swimmers will become better at diving, treading water and swimming underwater with an introduction to breaststroke. Thu, Jan 16-Mar 6 | 10:30-11 am | $56/8 | 126959 Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Teen & Adult Swim Lessons NEW! Whether you’re just starting out or just want help with your strokes, this teen and adult swim program is for you! Work with certified instructors to learn to swim or improve your current swimming ability and fitness. You’ll develop confidence in the water and smooth, recognizable strokes. You’ll be able to set your own goals in consultation with your instructor. Water Smart education is included in all adult levels. Level 1: ShallowWater Orientation You will work towards 10-15m swim on your front and back. You will learn safe entries into shallow and deep water, develop skills while wearing a PFD and learn breath control and underwater skills. Floats, glides, flutter kick and vertical whip kick are introduced. Your fitness will improve through interval training and learning how to perform front crawl and back crawl. M/W, Jan 13-Feb 5 | 6:30-7:30 pm | $112/8 | 127302 Sat, Jan 18-Mar 15 | 12-1 pm | $126/9 | 127313 M/W, Feb 10-Mar 12 | 6:30-7:30 pm | $126/9 | 127303 Beban Park Pool Tue, Jan 14-Mar 4 | 11 am-12 pm | $112/8 | 127130 Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Level 2: Stroke Development Develop your fitness by working on two interval training workouts, sprints and further developing your front crawl and back crawl. You will learn Swim to Survive® skills and further develop deep water entries/skills while wearing a PFD. Whip kick is further developed along with an introduction to breaststroke. Swimmers in this lesson should be comfortable in deep water. (Prerequisite: Teen & Adult Level 1.) Sat, Jan 18-Mar 15 | 12-1 pm | $126/9 | 127336 Beban Park Pool PLEASE NOTE: Registration for Fall &Winter Aquatic programs opened on August 7 and are available now.