It doesn’t matter if your child swims for fun, or has dreams of becoming the next Olympic superstar – Overseas Family School has a swim programme just for them.
Curriculum and teaching styles aren’t the only factors that will determine if a school suits your child; their interests and hobbies should be taken into consideration as well. You’ll want to check if your shortlisted schools have the facilities to support your child’s interests, as well as extracurricular or enrichment programmes that they can participate in to further their passion.
And if your child’s passion happens to be swimming – we’ve got the school just for you. We’ve listed down the reasons why Overseas Family School (OFS) is a great school for aspiring swimmers and kids who just love the water.
1. OFS has an inclusive Sports Program
Inclusivity is one of OFS’ big selling points. Academically, the school doesn’t preselect its students for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The same applies to sports, where every student is allowed to join its Sports Program – regardless whether they’re elite student-athletes or recreational sports players.
Swimming is offered as an enrichment programme for students of all ages in OFS, including those in its Kindergarten. As for students who want to try competitive swimming, the school offers rigorous training programmes starting from Elementary School onwards.
2. All swim programmes focus on growth and self-improvement
Whether they’re swimming to compete or not, your child will pick up more than just swimming techniques in OFS’ swim programmes.
The swimming enrichment programme teaches them water safety skills on top of fundamental techniques, at the same time empowering them to be confident swimmers. For the competitive swimmers (aka OFS Tigers Swim Team), students polish their skills through three approaches: starting from learning-to-train, to training-to-train, and finally training-to-compete. This allows the OFS Tigers Swim Team to develop crucial skills in all aspects: endurance (physical), conditioning (mental), strategising (cognitive), as well as teamwork and discipline (soft skills).
3. The programmes are effective!
If you’re wondering how good OFS’ swim programmes are – just look at its track record. A number of OFS Tigers Swim Team members have competed in local and international levels, some even alongside world record holders and Olympic champions!
Recently, OFS Tigers Naya Verma, Jill Meines, and Jiunn Hern Lim qualified, competed and were the top international school swimmers at the prestigious Swimming World Cup. The trio credited their success to their training sessions (10 two-hour sessions are offered weekly), practices, and countless hours in the gym; not forgetting the support from OFS’ professional coaches and their friends.
Sounds like a good fit for your child?
You can find out more about OFS and its swim team (and other sports) through its website, or speak to its friendly admissions team.
If you and your child are ready to take the plunge, register to join the school now.
This post is in partnership with Overseas Family School.
