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Connolly Swim Academy

Building water confidence and skill through lessons tailored to YOU 

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About Me

"My name is Lauren Connolly and I am a Lifesaving Society certified lifeguard and swim instructor. I am passionate about teaching swimming technique and water safely in a fun and personalized way. My goal is for every child to feel confident and capable in the water."
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Why Choose Us?

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Personalized swimming lessons with one on one instruction

Flexible scheduling allows for lessons that fit your schedule​ Available June - August

 

Heated outdoor pool in a serene neighbourhood environment located in Peterborough, ON

״With a focus on stroke enhancement, water safety, and fun learning, I aim to create an encouraging and educational learning environment for every swimmer. Join me in this swimming journey!״

Lessons

Testimonials

Our clients speak about their wonderful swimming experiences with Lauren. Discover how tailored swimming lessons have transformed their skills and confidence in the water.

Jacqui (child age 7)

My daughter Maeve received private swimming lessons by Lauren last summer. Lauren demonstrated a high level of maturity, patience and reliability. She created a calm and encouraging environment that helped build my daughters confidence in the water while  also making her lessons enjoyable. She showed excellent communication skills, clearly explaining techniques in an age appropriate way and adapting her teaching style to suit my daughters learning pace. It was evident that she genuinely cared about her role and took pride in helping my child improve her swimming skills. Lauren was a pleasure to work with, and I would gladly hire her again in the future.

Heidi

Lauren is a wonderful swimming instructor. She is professional, patient, and fantastic with kids. She is highly skilled in her technique and communicates clearly while demonstrating each skill. I highly recommend working with Lauren.

Cathy

We started at Connelly Swim Academy in the summer of 2022. Just coming out of a major pandemic. Lauren provided us with  lessons in a beautiful environment that made our toddler feel safe. She very quickly learned to trust Lauren as her lessons were consistent and very well organized and fun! Madison was motivated and looked forward to her classes each week. This summer will be out 4th year, we love Lauren. Connelly Swim Academy has made our girl confident around the water. I highly recommend this wonderful opportunity to have strong capable swimmers.
 

Nicola (children ages 9 and 11)

"My children really enjoy their swimming lessons with Lauren - a million times more than their prior ("boring") group lessons at local community centres. After a couple of summers benefiting from Lauren's guidance, their comfort, confidence and skills in the water have developed exponentially. Lauren has a lovely manner with her young students: calm, professional, attuned, respectful and always weaving in a little fun and play. Highly recommend!"

Approach

Personalized Guidance

"To provide exceptional, relationship-based swim instruction catered to each swimmers needs. Where every child feels seen, supported and empowered to thrive in the water."
Stroke Improvement

Improving stroke technique is at the core of our lessons. We emphasize proper form and efficiency to help swimmers reach their full potential.

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Water safety is a priority of ours. Though interactive learning we build confidence, awareness, and emergency response skills for all swimmers.

Water Safety
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Fun Learning

We believe learning through games and fun challenges is key to building lifelong skills.

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