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During May Half Term we will be running swimming crash courses for children from Ducklings to Stage 5.

Please see the entry requirements for each stage:

Ducklings: Little to no water experience is required. 

Ideal for the youngsters, this popular 20 minute class is centred around building water confidence and skills from an early age.

Stage 1:

  • Swim with armbands
  • Unable to swim any distance
  • Little or no water confidence
  • Working towards 5m and National Teaching Plan Stage 1 award

Stage 2:

  • Unable to swim more than 5 meters on front or back
  • Unable to complete floating on front or back then returning to upright position
  • Working towards National Teaching Plan Stage 2 award

Stage 3:

  • Able to swim 5m front and back
  • Working towards 10m front and back National Teaching Plan Stage 3 award

Stage 4:

  • Able to swim 10m front and back.
  • Working towards front and side breathing.
  • Working towards 25m front and back National Teaching Plan Stage 4 award.

Stage 5

  • Children will have completed all elements of Stage 4. 
  • Will be introduced to deep water skills such as treading water, somersaults and jumping into deep water. 
  • Children must be able to swim 25m of each Backstroke, Front Crawl, Breaststroke and 10m Butterfly with good technique.

Timetable

  • 09.30 Stage 2
  • 10.00 Stage 1
  • 10.30 Stage 2
  • 11.00 Stage 1
  • 11.30 Ducks

Please note: payments and stage timings can be enquired at the relevant centre reception

During school holidays, we run popular Water sports camps to keep your kids entertained at Fairlop Outdoor Activity Centre. The multi-activity week includes sailing, kayaking, canoeing, raft building, bell boating and orienteering. 

October Half Term

Monday 28 October – Friday 1 November

Ages 8+

Timings daily are from 9.30am-4pm, with drop off from 9.15am and pick up by 4.15pm. The course runs all week from Monday to Friday. There is no daily booking option available.

We invite the Redbridge community to join us in commemorating victims of persecution in a special service on Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday 27 January at 10am. It will be held at the Holocaust Memorial Garden, Valentines Park with the theme For a Better Future.

Map of Valentines Park including location of Holocaust Memorial Garden

The service will feature a number of speakers including the Mayor of Redbridge, Redbridge Council Leader, faith leaders and more.

There will be readings by Students from Redbridge Schools. The Deputy Mayor of Redbridge, Faith leaders will lay a wreath of remembrance for all faiths in unity. Other representatives and groups will also have the opportunity to lay wreaths.

This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.

80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, antisemitism has increased significantly globally, many UK communities are feeling vulnerable, with hostility and suspicion of others rising. We hope that HMD 2025 can be an opportunity for people to come together, learn both from and about the past, and take actions to make a better future for all.

Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE visited us at Valentines Mansion and shared her experiences during the Holocaust and the importance of commemorating the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. Watch Susan’s story via youtube.

Join the nation and Light the Darkness at 8pm on 27 January light a candle and put safely in your window, to remember those who were murdered for who they were and to stand against prejudice today.

Redbridge Libraries have curated booklists for young people and for adults to widen knowledge and understanding of the holocaust and genocides:

There are special curated Holocaust Memorial Day collections of eBooks and eAudiobooks available on Libby:

For more information please visit the Holocaust Memorial Day website.



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