Immunisations and swimming
Can babies go swimming before they are immunised?
Parents often ask us whether their babies can swim before their immunisations. The answer is yes...
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Puddle Ducks on TV!
We were delighted to be asked to talk on TV about baby swimming and franchising!
Jo Stone (co-founder of Puddle Ducks) and Suzanne Horton (Puddle Ducks Greater Manchester) discuss taking your baby swimming, water safety and the benefits of owning a Puddle Ducks franchise.
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Settling your fears about Hyponatremia and Secondary Drowning
Do you know what hyponatremia and secondary drowning are? What causes them? Is there a risk when you take your baby swimming?
As with all scaremongering, there has to be a scientific argument to back it up and quite often there isn’t! This article will settle any fears parents may have about taking their babies swimming.
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Diary of a Puddle Ducks Teacher: The Final Stage
Did Nikki pass her assessments?
Back in February, Nikki Riley took her first steps to becoming a Puddle Ducks Teacher with our Doncaster and South Humberside franchise. Now she faces her final hurdle - her assessments!
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Swimming Teacher to Programme Assessor
Career development at Puddle Ducks
Rebecca Turner-Wyld, one of our teachers at Puddle Ducks West Kent & East Sussex, tells us how her career as a swimming teacher is developing at Puddle Ducks.
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Puddle Ducks at Butlin's
Puddle Ducks classes come to Butlin's resorts!
Enjoy Puddle Ducks swimming lessons even when you’re on holiday, at the award-winning Butlin’s resorts! That’s the Puddle Ducks’ difference.
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Teacher of the Term, Spring 2016
Congratulations to Rosie Waudby, National Teacher of the Term competition in Spring 2016
Rosie was nominated by Kirsty & Mark Reed. Find out why she was nominated.
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Puddle Ducks Swimming Teachers Go The Distance
Find out just how far our teachers go to support the development of all of the children in their classes
Two of our many fabulous teachers Nicola Wragge and Vanessa Watts have been jointly selected as ‘Teachers of the Term Spring 2016’, due to their support to deaf children in their classes and commitment to learning sign language.
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Diary of a Puddle Ducks Teacher 4
Nicola attends her STA training course.
Find out how our trainee teacher, Nicola did on her STA training course. Did she pass???
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