Children older than 36 months are in the pool independent of their parents. A teacher to children ratio of 1:5 allows for better supervision and time to cater for the needs of individual child in a group setting. Teacher uses games and activities to develop children s skills and water safety education. It is important that parents understand the philosophy of the children swimming lesson for this age group. For this age group, we continue to focus on water familiarisation and safety as opposed to specific swimming stroke development. During the children swimming lessons, basic aquatic skills are taught to enable the children to float and be mobile in water.