Charity Pyjama Week is here once again!
Three times a year we hold a Pyjama Week, where our swimmers attend lessons in their pyjamas and learn vital lifesaving and personal survival skills, and in our autumn Pyjama Week (10th - 16th October this year), our swimmers raise money for charity.
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Puddle Ducks Pyjama Week teaches invaluable personal survival skills as well as being lots of fun!
Three times a year we teach a special lesson plan. Our children (and adults who are in the water) wear their pyjamas to replicate how it would feel to be in the water in your clothes - the most likely scenario if you fell in.
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Remembering Puddle Ducks' 10th Birthday
Puddle Ducks celebrates it's 20th birthday this year, and to celebrate, we've been delving into our archives. Here is a blog post written by one of our founders, Tracy Townend, back in 2012 to celebrate our 10th birthday!
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Congratulations to Jemma Irven from Puddle Ducks Tees Valley!
Jemma's nomination was picked by Lina Higuita, Centre Manager for Barons Quay in Northwich. Find out why she was nominated and why she won.
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How swimming helps your little one's body
Swimming very famously exercises all parts of the body, but we’ve gone in to detail about how it helps give your little ones healthy lives.
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Find out how to safely enjoy swimming away from our classes - on holiday or just out on a day trip!
We often get asked about how to safely enjoy swimming away from our classes, especially on holiday and how to help children retain and gain even more confidence during the long summer break. Read on for more details!
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When Puddle Ducks was founded, Facebook, Twitter and the iPhone didn’t exist, Pluto was still a planet, and a 17-year-old Michael Phelps was 2 years away from his first Olympic gold!
15 years later, Puddle Ducks is one of the largest swim schools in the UK, teaching just under 20,000 babies, toddlers and children to swim each week in England, Wales and Scotland.
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Our Summer PJ Week runs from 9th - 15th May, and always runs in conjunction with the STA's International Learn to Swim Week. To mark the launch of this, the STA have published a survey about the effects of children missing out on swimming, the details of which you can read in their article below.
To mark the launch of International Learn to Swim Week, the STA have published a survey about the effects of children missing out on swimming.
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We've explained why working in a franchise can help a parent's work-life balance
Going back to work after any length of maternity leave is hard; the guilt that we all feel about leaving our babies, even if we are going back 2 or 3 days a week, can be overwhelming.
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