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Clinics and Intensive Learn to Swim School Holiday Programmes for kids and adults
Whether you’re looking to help your child learn to swim faster, refine their stroke technique, or start your own swimming journey, Northern Arena offers a range of swimming programmes designed to build confidence, improve skills, and support progression in the water.
From intensive school holiday learn-to-swim lessons, to small-group skill clinics focused on stroke technique, through to our welcoming adult learn to swim programme, each option is designed to help swimmers develop the skills they need to feel safe, capable, and confident in the water.
Explore the options below to find the programme that’s right for you. Not sure which option is right for you? Our team can help guide you to the best programme for your swimmer.
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Focused Stroke Clinics for Skill Breakthroughs
A Week of Lessons. Months of Progress.
Learn to Swim with Confidence. At Any Age
Dive into a transformative swim experience with the Northern Arena week-long intensive learn-to-swim school holiday program in New Zealand. As the Swim School of the Year, we offer your child the perfect opportunity to master this essential life skill while enjoying a fun-filled holidays.
Children thrive on repetition, and our intensive holiday program provides a concentrated burst of learning. Through consecutive daily swimming lessons, your child will make rapid progress, gaining confidence, improving fitness levels, and accelerating their swimming abilities.
Our intensive learn-to-swim school holiday program spans 4 or 5 days, depending on public holidays, and includes expert instruction in all aspects of swimming. We teach all aspects of swimming in order to enhance enjoyment and confidence in the water, as well as the skills to survive. These school holiday activities take place in our swimming pools each day.
Whether your child is a current Northern Arena student or new to our swim center, we offer a diverse range of learning-to-swim programs tailored to their individual needs. If you're new to our swim school, a quick five-minute swimming assessment will ensure we place your child in the appropriate level before embarking on their learn-to-swim intensive course.
Join our Northern Arena swimcation and dive into a fun-filled program designed to fine-tune and boost your skills and level up your strokes in no time! Give your child the gift of swimming proficiency, confidence, and a lifelong love for the water.
Holiday Intensive Learn to Swim Programme
Learn to Swim Faster These School Holidays
Our Intensive Learn to Swim Holiday Programme is designed to help children accelerate their swimming progress through daily lessons across the school holidays.
Children learn best through repetition and consistency, and this short burst of consecutive lessons helps swimmers build skills faster than weekly lessons alone. Many swimmers make noticeable improvements in confidence, technique, and water safety in just one week.
Whether your child is currently learning to swim or working toward the next level, our experienced instructors provide structured lessons that focus on water confidence, stroke development, breathing, and essential water safety skills.
This programme is ideal for swimmers who want to build momentum, progress through swim levels faster, and feel more confident in the water.
Programme Dates
Week 1: Tuesday 7 - Friday 10 January | $116 per student
Week 2: Monday 13 - Friday 17 January | $145 per student
✔ Daily structured swimming lessons
✔ Progress-focused coaching
✔ Suitable for current and new swimmers
Give your child the chance to build skills, confidence, and independence in the water this summer.
Swim Skills Clinics
Small Group Stroke Clinics for Faster Progress
Northern Arena Skill Clinics are small-group swimming sessions designed to help swimmers refine specific stroke skills, or to break through skill plateaus and accelerate swimming progression.
Unlike regular swimming lessons that cover many skills, these clinics focus on one key technique area, allowing swimmers to receive more personalised coaching and targeted feedback.
With lower class ratios and focused drills, swimmers can strengthen their technique, improve efficiency, and build confidence in specific strokes such as freestyle, butterfly, and breaststroke.
These clinics are ideal for swimmers who want to:
• Improve freestyle technique and breathing
• Strengthen butterfly rhythm and coordination
• Develop a powerful breaststroke kick
• Refine stroke timing and efficiency
Spaces are limited due to small coaching ratios.
Brand new and exciting small-group sessions focused on improving specific stroke skills including freestyle, butterfly, and breaststroke. Perfect for swimmers who want to refine technique and move confidently to the next level and beyond.
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Foundations
Freestyle Foundations Clinic
Designed for swimmers currently in Herrings Sprats and Tarakihi, this clinic focuses on building strong freestyle foundations.
Swimmers will work on body position in the water, effective kicking, early breathing skills, and coordinating arms and legs to create a smoother freestyle stroke.
Through targeted drills and small-group coaching, swimmers will strengthen
their freestyle technique and build greater confidence moving through the water.
Monday 13 April
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Ratio 1:3
$40 | 30 minutes
A great option for swimmers who want to strengthen the building blocks of freestyle and progress confidently through the early school-age swim levels.
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Efficiency
Freestyle Efficiency Clinic
Designed for swimmers currently in Eels, Super Snapper, Fur Seals and
Wicked Whitebait. This clinic focuses on improving freestyle efficiency so swimmers can swim longer distances with better control.
Swimmers will refine body position, breathing rhythm, and stroke technique to help them move through the water more smoothly and with less effort.
The focus is not speed or racing, but developing a freestyle swimmers can maintain comfortably over longer distances.
Monday 13 April
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Ratio 1:3
$40 | 30 minutes
Ideal for swimmers looking to swim further with better technique and build confidence progressing toward squads and longer lessons
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Efficiency
Breaststroke Efficiency Skills Clinic
Designed for swimmers in Wicked Whitebait, Hot Kahawai, and Hectors Dolphins, this clinic focuses on developing the full breaststroke stroke.
Swimmers will work on coordinating the breath, pull, kick, to create a smoother and more efficient breaststroke.
Friday 17 April
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Ratio 1:5
$50 | 30 minutes
Ideal for swimmers wanting to refine their breaststroke technique and swim the stroke with greater control and confidence.
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Skills Clinic
Butterfly Skills Clinic
For swimmers in Hot Kahawai to Hector Dolphins, this clinic focuses on building confidence and rhythm in butterfly.
Swimmers will develop a stronger dolphin kick, improved timing, and better coordination between kick and arm movement to make butterfly smoother and more controlled.
Wednesday 15 April
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Ratio 1:5
$50 | 30 minutes
A great opportunity for swimmers to gain confidence in butterfly and develop the rhythm needed to sustain the stroke
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Kick
Breaststroke Kick Skills Clinic
Designed for swimmers in Snapper and Fur Seals, this clinic focuses specifically on developing a strong and effective breaststroke kick.
Swimmers will work on correct leg movement, timing, and propulsion to create a more powerful and efficient kick.
Friday 17 April
2:45 – 3:15 pm
Ratio 1:5
$50 | 30 minutes
Perfect for swimmers wanting to strengthen their breaststroke kick and improve distance and control in the water.
Adult Learn to Swim Programme
From Poolside to Pool Ready - It’s Never Too Late to Learn
Our Adult Learn to Swim programme is designed for adults who want to build water confidence, learn to swim, or improve their technique in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Whether you are getting comfortable in the water for the first time or looking to improve the way you swim our instructors guide you through skills step by step in a supportive environment.
The goal is simple:
Leave the week a stronger, more capable swimmer than when you started.
Across the week you’ll train in small groups with experienced teachers in the water with you. Each session builds on the last, focusing on breathing, body position, kicking and freestyle technique so you can move through the water with greater ease and control.
Many adults join our programme to overcome fear of water, prepare for swimming fitness, or simply gain the confidence to enjoy the beach, pool, or open water with family and friends with most adults surprised how quickly things start to click with the right coaching and a few days of consistent practice.
Get Comfortable in the Water
For many adults the hardest part is simply feeling relaxed in the pool.
This programme helps you become more at ease in the water while building the basic skills needed to swim with confidence.
Improve the Way You Swim
Small adjustments to breathing, body position and stroke technique can make a huge difference.
You’ll learn how to move through the water more efficiently so swimming feels easier and more enjoyable.
Progress Across the Week
Each day builds on the last.
We start by seeing where you’re at and then guide you step by step so you can see and feel real improvement by the end of the programme.
Small Groups, Real Support
With small groups and teachers in the water with you, you’ll get clear guidance and plenty of support throughout the week.
See Your Progress
At the beginning and end of the programme we look at how far you can comfortably swim.
Programme Details
Week 1: Tuesday 7 - Friday 10 January | 8:15 -9am | $116 per student
Week 2: Monday 13 - Friday 17 January | 8:15 -9am | $145 per student
Swimming is a life skill, and it’s never too late to start.
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Terms and Conditions apply. Offer ends 19/06/25
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Terms and Conditions
The holiday Programme is for aged 3+. 60-minute squads not included. Not valid with any other offers or promotions. Not exchangeable for cash or transferable. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer make ups for missed holiday program lessons as you have already pre-booked a space, we are unable to fill. The Intensive Learn to Swim Holiday Programme is non-refundable. Credit can be applied onto your swim account only when you have cancelled before the beginning of your first lesson for the week. No credit or refunds can be given once the intensive week you have booked has started as you have pre-booked a space, we are unable to fill. Spaces are limited and subject to availability. Holiday Programme Swimming Lessons run between the hours 9am-12pm. We are unable to book you into spaces outside of these times as these are reserved for swim school make up and ongoing bookings. If your child moves up a level and there is no space in their new level in a subsequent booked Holiday Programme week, we can ensure that we extended your child in their current class. The move up can then be actioned in their regular on-going lessons or in the next booked Holiday Programme. You must abide by the House rules and swimming terms and conditions. Only available at Northern Arena, 8 Polarity Rise, Silverdale, Auckland, New Zealand.
Book and pay for 1 week of intensive learn to swim school holiday programme comprising of one lesson a day Monday - Friday use the promo code and get $40 off. Offer only available until 19/06/25. Subject to availability. PLUS you will go in the draw to WIN one free Holiday Programme held in October. Draw made 20/06/25. Does not include babies swimming lessons. Not valid with any other offers, promotions, gifts, sponsorship or auctions purchases outside of Northern Arena. Not exchangeable for cash or transferable. You must abide by the House rules and swimming terms and conditions. Only available at Northern Arena, 8 Polarity Rise, Silverdale, Auckland, New Zealand.
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NORTHERN ARENA
8 Polarity Rise
Silverdale
Auckland
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Saturday: 6am - 6pm
Sunday: 8am - 6pm
Public Hols: 7am - 6pm