Dinkies Swim School - Durham

Gorgeous feedback from this morning summer themed session 🐠🦀🐢🦈 🪼

I love getting emails/messages like this 💙

& I love teaching your little ones how to swim 🫶🏼

Next weeks theme - we’re going on a bear hunt 🐻🍃

Swimming is more than just a fun activity—it's a life skill that every child deserves to learn 🏊

Starting swimming lessons from a young age helps children build confidence in the water, develop essential safety skills, and improve their strength, coordination, and overall fitness. The earlier they begin, the more comfortable and capable they become around water.

Beyond safety, swimming teaches resilience, discipline, and perseverance while creating happy memories that can last a lifetime.

Give your child the confidence to enjoy the water safely—because learning to swim isn't just another activity, it's a skill that could one day save a life 💦💙

⏱️30 minute lessons
💷£10.50 per session

Skills for life 🛟

My September term lessons are ready to book 🎉⬇️

https://dinkiesswimschool.co.uk

Ideal time to get your little one into swimming lessons, fresh term = new skills incoming 🏊💙

Classes run every day at The Dinkie Den from age 12 weeks + 💦

Swimming is so much more than just learning a life skill—it’s about building confidence, resilience, and a lifelong love of being in the water. 💙🏊

For children, learning doesn’t happen overnight. It happens through repetition, play, and positive experiences. Every game, every splash, every practice of the same skill helps build muscle memory, confidence, and understanding.

When lessons are fun, children are more engaged, more willing to try again, and more likely to retain what they’ve learned. Repetitive play isn’t “just playing”—it’s one of the most effective ways children develop essential swimming and water safety skills.

By giving children regular opportunities to swim, we’re not just teaching them strokes—we’re equipping them with skills that could one day save their life.

So let’s celebrate every little achievement, every repeated game, and every smile in the pool, because that’s where confident, capable swimmers are made, and at Dinkies, we do just that 🌊💙

Summer swimming lesson themes revealed…

9th August - finding nemo/under the sea 🐠🐢🦈🚤

16th August - we’re going on a bear hunt adventure 🐻🌿🪵🌱

Excited to have lots of fun & make splashes with you all 🌊

Session times and ages are;

10am - 12 weeks - 11 months
10:30 - 1-2 years
11am - 3-4
11:30am - 4 yrs +

Email [email protected] or DM to book!

I still have some slots available for summer swimming lessons 🌞🌊

£12 per session - payments to be made to Dinkies business account

9th & 16th August

10am - 12 weeks - 11 months
10:30 - 1-2 years
11am - 3-4
11:30am - 4 yrs +

Email

[email protected]

to secure your slot 💙

The summer holidays are now well underway, I hope you all have a great break, make lots of lovely memories and if you’re around water - please stay safe 🌞🌊

Our new term starts in September, this is a great time to start swimming lessons ready for a brand new school year. See you all soon for lots more fun, splashes, safe risk taking and swimming success stories 🏊

Book here ⬇️

https://dinkiesswimschool.co.uk

Still some summer slots available too, to keep those skills up during the break or great if you can’t commit to weekly lessons but want your child to learn basic water safety 💙 email [email protected] for more info!

Still slots left…

Summer swimming lessons with Kate are now available to book 🌞🩵💦⛱️🏊

These are pay as you go at £12 per lesson

A great way for children to continue to practice their skills throughout the summer break or a chance for people who can’t commit to weekly lessons, to bring their child and have fun together whilst learning valuable water safety skills 🩵

All lessons are at The Dinkie Den Trimdon Grange

Dates: 9th and 16th August 2026

Payment required on booking to secure slot

Please email
[email protected]
With your child’s name, age, contact details, medical information if necessary and which date/time you would like and payment info will be sent

10am - 12 weeks - 11 months
10:30am - 1-2 years
11am - 3-4 years
11:30 - 4+

All parents in pool 🤍

These are ran slightly differently to our regular term swimming lessons, they will be packed full of fun but also covering the important stuff 🏊🩵💦