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We were really worried about this but much to our relief, when Kelly took Aaron and Coby back to swimming two weeks ago, she said it was perfect and that they had done a very good job in keeping children and parents socially distant.  There were actually only two groups of children in the pool, which was Coby’s Stage 2 in the small pool and Aaron’s Stage 5/6 in the big pool.  This meant that it was nice and quiet in the cafe for Kelly to stand and wait for them, which was the main concern really.  The only other change was that the boys’ lessons finished 5 mins earlier to ensure time for them to change and leave the premises before the next groups arrived and that they are meant to turn up in their swimming gear ready to go.  The turning up part is the hardest as Kelly takes them straight from school so they still do get changed in the changing rooms as they don’t have much choice really.  As it is so quiet, it isn’t much of an issue though, thank goodness!

For the swimming itself, they both were very rusty when they started again as they hadn’t been swimming since March!  Aaron had forgotten how to do Butterfly completely! haha  They will soon get into it again though, as long as the pool doesn’t get shut down again!!  It is good that they are back as they really need to get through this now and get on and complete their swimming lessons!

Over the past 2 weeks, Aaron has suddenly found the confidence and skill to do really well at swimming. It has come out of nowhere really, but he is now very happy to do stuff in the big pool! He has been jumping in on his own, swimming on his own and, this last Monday, was floating on his back in a star shape on his own and then turning and swimming back to the side. It is amazing really how he has suddenly started to be so happy in the water. For a reward, he had double his pocket money this month, so hopefully that will spur him on to continue doing so well. Kelly and I are very proud of him! 😉

Just over a month ago, we took Ben and Aaron to Tavistock swimming pool, for a taster swimming lesson. It was only for 30 mins but we hoped they would be fine and we could get them to learn to swim.  They both enjoyed it, so we signed them up for weekly lessons, and they have now had about 5 proper lessons each, and are progressing really well! They both have proper swimming hats and goggles, so they look the part.