THE founder of a popular swimming school is “excited” to be opening a new location near Halstead after the success of her three other areas.
Samantha Peel is the owner of Bubbles and Breathe, which teaches babies and children vital skills.
Sam started out as a scuba diving instructor and then went on to work for other swim schools, before starting Bubbles and Breathe in 2022.
The school provides fun-filled lessons for babies aged from three weeks up to children aged 11, and has separate baby and parent classes, as well as evening mainstream lessons for school-aged children.
Due to its success over the last two years, Sam now runs classes at pools in Dunmow, Ongar, Ashen and as of September, in a privately-owned pool at Little Maplestead, near Halstead.
Sam said: “Little Maplestead is an 8m by 4m pool within a lovely home setting.
“I'm so excited to be able to expand the swim school. Increasing to four locations within two years allows us to offer more spaces for new children to join us.
“It’s just brilliant, our biggest ethos around the company is that swimming is a life skill.
“We want to get children water-confident in their early years as it is so important.
“It could save their lives. Drowning is a still a leading cause of accidental death for children.
“I am a scuba diving instructor - I’ve always been happy in water.
“I became a swimming instructor for other people’s schools and realised I have a natural ability for teaching children and taking away any fear they have and making everything fun.
“I’ve taken everything I learnt and amalgamated it into Bubbles and Breathe.
“We teach through play - we don’t teach children through drills. We have them in 'noodles', and build up their stamina.”
The Little Maplestead sessions are already booking up in advance.
Parent and baby classes will be every Thursday and Friday morning, with sessions for young children from 10am to 1pm.
Thursday and Friday evenings will be for after-school lessons that serve all abilities, from 4.30pm until 7pm, and Saturday mornings will be for parents and babies again.
To reserve a space, contact Sam on WhatsApp on 07867 434669.
To find out more about Bubbles and Breathe, visit bubblesandbreathe.co.uk.
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