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Turtle Tots Northern Ireland – Donegal is run by Cathy Smallwoods. She offers our award-winning swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, 3 and 4 year olds from their lovely warm pool facilities in Donegal and Dundrundian.

Our supportive and child-led swimming lessons offer a wonderful bonding experience, packed with songs and games to ensure that you and your little one enjoy your time in the pool together and develop a life-long love of the water. Our programme is taught by our fully qualified and highly skilled teachers who are trained to the highest possible standards. They have an in-depth understanding of early years communication and are attuned to your child’s needs to ensure that every skill is taught at a pace that is right for them.

Check out our pool timetables below to find and book lessons online. Or, if you cannot find what you are looking for, GET IN TOUCH using the form or contact details below and we’ll help find the best day and time for you.

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    • Great lessons with turtle tots ni. they learn so much and build great confidence in the water. my little girl has been going to turtle tots for years now and loves it.

    • Myself and daughter are enjoying the swimming lessons with Cathy. She is brilliant at her job.

    • Cathy from turtle tots NI is a great instructor, I started my son really early as I wanted to make sure he enjoyed swimming and wasn’t afraid of the water! Cathy always made sure we were both safe and comfortable in the water and made the experience much more enjoyable! Thank you Cathy for all your help!

    • I can’t recommend Turtle Tots enough, it’s always a very warm welcome and has helped our little one gain so much more confidence in and out of the pool.

    • My little girl loves coming to Turtle Tots and looks forward to the following week and no tears. It’s great the group is a smaller number of 7. Pool is lovely and warm. Only downside is can’t shower child after lessons have to wait til we’re home.

    • Very friendly and relaxed. My 2 year old loves it and when he throws a strop, Sapphire is always very kind and patient. Would highly recommend.

    • I’ve been taking my daughter to classes since she was 12 weeks. She is as comfortable in the pool as she is outside it, total water baby! The classes are fun and engaging, the teachers are all great and they work so hard. I’ve seen my daughter come on so much in such a short space of time. As a mum, I love the class too, I enjoy getting to meet other mums.

    • Since starting, my daughter has made such good progress and she has got so much more confident going in the water. Cathy & Christina make each lesson fun and my daughter looks forward to her swimming class every week!

    • We have been coming to Turtle tots in Donegal now for almost 2 years. Firstly with Lauren, who now at 2 years old can jump into the pool and confidently blow bubbles under water! It’s the highlight of her week coming to class and seeing Sapphire and her little friends she’s made.

      We have recently started taking our baby Hannah and both Cathy and Sapphire ensure that it is a gradual and fun introduction to the water. The building blocks in the baby classes help them progress quickly in the toddler classes. It also helps that a solid nap is guaranteed after class!

      We couldn’t recommend turtle tots with Cathy and her team enough ❤️

    • I have attended turtle tots with my daughter since she was 6 weeks olds at teeny tots and then continued to go to swimming lessons from 3 months old. It has been the best decision I have made and has really built my daughter’s confidence in the water from such a young age. It has been amazing watching her develop to now holding on at 13 months old. I would highly recommend turtle tots to everyone.

    • Turtle Tota North West & Donegal has been instrumental in teaching both my children water confidence and swimming life skills, both of them absolutely love it! Both Christina and Cathy have been amazing in their swimming journey providing advice, guidance and understanding of my little swimmers. Highly recommend them to anyone.

    • Been taking Teidí to Turtle Tots with Sapphire since he was 4 months, he’s almost one now and will be definitely keeping the classes up as he enjoys the water so much! We also love to see his confidence grow in the water week by week and enjoy the quality time in the pool.

      The girls were very accommodating when I was going back to work and got us moved from the Friday class to the Saturday class with no hassle. As working parents, weekend classes are great as alot of places don’t offer this service.

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