World Baby Swimming Congress 2016-Stockholm

World Baby Swimming Congress 2016-Stockholm

Last weekend we had the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful seminar, with impeccable organization and unique speakers, in Sweden, the Nordic baby swim Conference.

We gathered from all over the world, America, Australia, Europe and Asia, people who love water and children, to unanimously agree on how wonderful the work we do and how many countless benefits we offer to the children! Of course we also got some great ideas!

One of the most important things we learned is that a four-year study in Australia showed that children who swim acquire not only motor skills – which is to be expected – but also language skills, up to 16 months earlier than children who do not attend a program.

An equally notable finding in the research was that in Australia, it was almost impossible (!) to find children who did not swim, as everyone has been participating in programs for months!!!… Let's see when we will achieve this in our own coastal country!

We learned this and much more in Stockholm! We thank all the participants and of course the organizers for the unique experience!

See you again in two years in Iceland!
Thank you all for the wonderful sharing of knowledge, ideas and love!! See you all again in two years in Iceland!!!

Παγκόσμιο συνέδριο βρεφικής κολύμβησης Παγκόσμιο συνέδριο βρεφικής κολύμβησης Παγκόσμιο συνέδριο βρεφικής κολύμβησης Παγκόσμιο συνέδριο βρεφικής κολύμβησης

Departments for night owls!!!

We know that there are some “lucky” parents whose little one has been up all night, straight to the bouzouki! It’s 10:00 PM and it’s still morning for them and nothing else, but they’re also full of energy! They don’t sit still anywhere, they just reboot every 10 minutes and want to play like crazy…and bravo to them!

It's nice to have a child or children full of life, but at the end of the day, when you've taken them to school, brought them back, dressed and undressed them 1,000,000 times, cooked 2 to 32 meals, and fought with them 5,000 times over whether to let them eat chocolate, lollipops, and the like, it's a little hard to bear.

PISCES HAVE THE SOLUTION

In each of our locations, there are evening baby swimming classes that start at 20:30 and end at 21:00, (see all the classes here) class schedules) so the kids get rid of all this energy and almost guaranteed – if they don't fall asleep when they get out of the pool – they will fall asleep in the divine super-sleeper called a car! But BEWARE!!!!! Don't miss this window of sleep after the pool, because if you miss it, you know what awaits you? A wonderful rebooting and we're off to a wild game again!

We are waiting for you to come to our little classes, which are for the little ones!!!

P.S.: Instead of nuts, you can offer rice crackers!!!

Pisces Aqua Club Registrations 2016-2017

Pisces Aqua Club Registrations 2016-2017

All good things have an end... But an end always marks a new beginning!!! So let's say goodbye with joy - and maybe a little melancholy - to the summer that has passed and let's welcome together, with plenty of optimism, all the news that is coming!
Everything you need to know about registrations, tours and re-registrations is here:
See you in person! Have a nice autumn!

End of an era!

Our wonderful swimming days are over and the sweet time of rest has arrived. The time to unleash our talent in the sea, but also to do a little review of the year, to see how much we could improve in our lives, but most importantly to recognize all the beautiful things we have offered to ourselves or to others. This last one is very important, I think, because unfortunately it is not always easy to find the good in ourselves and we are usually very strict with ourselves…
So, we would like to leave you with the softest wishes for relaxation and joy, (take a breath, there's more...) to each and every one of you, as we share all these wonderful experiences together!

Based on this review and development that we would like to have for ourselves and Pisces, we ask you to complete the following questionnaire, so that we can face our mistakes head-on, but also rejoice in our good times! There is no better advisor than you, who trust us and support us with a smile and understanding, in the easy and the difficult, all these years! ( click here for the questionnaire)

Have a great time everyone!

See you again on Monday, 8/22/16 for re-registrations.

Saturday 3/9/16 we swim again!!! Keep the dates!

Oh! and a little song for extra relaxation!

Have a good rest!!

Free First Aid Seminar 2016

With great impatience we are organizing our established event again this year. free first aid seminar for infants and children, so we can "refresh" our knowledge in preparation for summer!
On Thursday 2/6/16 and Friday 17/6/16 at 17:00, at the cultural and sports center ''We'' (September 3rd and Gr. Lambrakis), a Free First Aid Seminar will be held, this time by the Bayline Lifeguard Academy of Greece and Mr. Athanasios Kotsomytis, with topics:
Drowning for infants and children, summer dangers and general minor accidents.
This is a purely informative seminar that aims to enrich our general education on issues of emergency response and safety.
 
The seminar is primarily aimed at our active or former members and places are limitedIn case they are not covered, then some will be given to the general public.
Unfortunately, our little swimmers will not be able to attend, although we would very much like to. The important information you will receive requires your undivided attention.
 
Thank you all for your understanding.
A prerequisite is the declaration of participation in person, or by telephone at our secretariats.
Everyone be there, we are waiting for you!
 

Summer Camp Pisces Aqua Club 2016

Ιχθύς Summer Camp 2018

This year, Pisces, we are also swimming in the sea!

Summer Camp Pisces Aqua Club 2016

We are pleased to announce the most super summer sports program, for children 4 years and older (without parents). ALWAYS with safety, awareness and entertainment as the main priorities!

In a wonderful beach bar on the Epanomi River – particularly kid-friendly – the Carousel, We will spend the weekdays of June and July with our kids!

Daily except weekends, the children will be picked up in the morning (without parents), from central points of the city. We will all go together at the sea for play in and out of the water and at noon we will return fed, dry, and full of joy – but a little tired – to the pickup location.

The program starts on Monday, June 20 and is completed on Friday, July 15. It includes transportation, creative activities – entertainment – exercise and food.

It is divided into two periods:

First period: 20/6/16 – 1/7/16

Second period: 4/7/16 – 15/7/16

 

*Places are Limited. 

*The program is aimed at children 4 to 10 years old. Of course, parents of younger children are welcome to come along with our little fish, any time they want and whenever they want for a coffee, the sea and company!

Friday, June 10th at 9:00 PM  an open meeting will be held at WE for presentation, registration and questions about the entire program! and then a drink he he!!

Information

Escorts

All attendants are lifeguards with first aid certificates and trained by Nikolas Hadjigiakoumis.. The landscaped area with abundant shade – outside the water – especially for us, is located next to the beach lifeguard tower, while there will be 12 adults – instructors for a maximum of 60 children (including extra children from the beach – if any). That is, for us it will be 1 adult to 5 children, while the law provides for 1 to 20(!) for sea excursions.

The children will enter the water in sections and here again we will have a specially limited space with routes in the sea and many coaches!

The coaches who will cover the excursions are the following:

Nikolas Hadjigiakoumis, Yannis Mylonas, Yannis Tzioufas, Nikoleta Simopoulou, Yannis Tseflios, Avgi Hourlia, Katerina Paraskevopoulou, Elias Rossiadis, Vasilis Tsakiris, Voula Tavridou, Mohamed Magami and Dora Kalpaki.

Safety

First, you should know how it will be given to you. solemn declaration which will give us permission to travel and have fun with your children, which must be signed by both parents. This statement will also detail any special needs of the child in relation to health issues (e.g. allergies), food hygiene, etc.

At the same time, there will also be insurance coverage from Ethniki Insurance.

Medical coverage

We will always have it with us. first aid kit (fully equipped) on the bus and in the play area.

In collaboration with pediatrician Mrs. Vlaidou Eleni (6980142939) and with an open pharmacy next to the doctor's office, 5 minutes away from Carousel, we will be able to have peace of mind for our little friends.

Child's bag

They should have 2 changes of underwear, light clothes, (the immortal Greek mother's cardigan), 3 swimsuits (sos), 2 towels, Baby wipes, sunscreen and cereal bar or rice crackers or some easy snack that doesn't spoil in your bag, if you think the food we offer (see below) won't be enough for your child.

If there is any medication that the child is taking, it would be good for us to know so that we can keep it and hand it to the bus attendant with the child's name on it.

Sun

As soon as we arrive, we will go to the shaded area and apply sunscreen, put on our hats and begin the organized or unorganized activities.

Itinerary

The itinerary will be announced a few days before the start of the program and will be adjusted depending on the number of participants. The general idea is to have 3 meeting-pickup points. We start from the Thessaloniki KTEL bus station for the westerners, next stop Aristotelous for the centralers, then Krini, Miaouli 18 to our swimming pool for the easterners and off to Potamos Epanomis!

Food

We will provide an individual - child's portion of fruit salad, a fresh natural juice, a water and a cold sandwich at the end before we leave. A responsible declaration with allergies etc. will be given (see above).

Our equipment

Spaghetti, Boards, Body boards, Balls, Rackets, Flippers, Various toys, Buckets, Painting equipment, etc.

Sports include:

Sand gymnastics, beach volleyball, rackets, surfing, beach soccer, buckets, apples, lifeguard exercises in the sea, and much more.

In case of rain, storms and flooding

The entire program is transferred to the sports and cultural center.  WE, for rollers, climbing and much more!!!

Let's have a wonderful summer, full of sporting experiences!!!

Waldorf Seminar and Pie Cutting Pisces Aqua Club 2016

We cut our traditional Vasilopita cake again! In early March (better late than never), the whole team gathered to wish for the new year and for another very important reason!

The prize was won by our beloved Irene, who makes sure every day, with undivided love, that our space stays clean!

The other reason is that we welcomed the wonderful Lambrini Tsilikitidou, a teacher at a German Waldorf school, who with much love and contagiousness, shed light on the holistic Waldorf method of education. This is a holistic pedagogical approach, which is based – above all – on love for the child and his soul. Our children are constantly bombarded – from preschool age – by logical things that they need to learn, while at this period of their lives, these operate mainly emotionally and not cognitively. How wonderful it would be, then, for them to reach the cognitive part, after first learning about their emotions? We discussed these and other wonderful things and promised to do more!

As romantic as it may sound, all our children need is love and understanding. And a method based on holistic knowledge of the child's nature certainly has a lot to offer us! Anyone interested in more about Waldorf can visit the link below!

Lambrini, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the wonderful sharing!

 

Σεμινάριο Waldorf Σεμινάριο Waldorf Σεμινάριο Waldorf Σεμινάριο Waldorf

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Infant and preschool swimming coach seminar STA and ANE 2016!

Infant and preschool swimming coaches seminar 2016

The first seminar for infant and preschool swimming coaches, as well as first aid certification for coaches, by the Swimming Teachers Association ( www.sta.co.uk ) and the ANE Association ( www.aquahealthfit.com ), in Northern Greece, ended with great success!

Mixed emotions: Tiredness, joy, anxiety, laughter, friendships, emotion! A three-day trip full of knowledge and experiences!

We warmly thank all the participants (especially the coaches who visited us from all the cities of Northern Greece), for their time, their active presence and of course the trust they showed us. A big thank you, of course, to the babies and the parents who once again stood by our side, for the practical part of the seminar! We hope and wish that we lived up to your expectations!

We wish all participants to use this valuable knowledge wisely! Teaching many children to swim with joy, love and respect!!

See you again!

See here information about Infant Coach Certification Seminar & Preschool Swimming 2017

Σεμινάριο προπονητών βρεφικής και προσχολικής κολύμβησης 2016

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Σεμινάριο προπονητών βρεφικής και προσχολικής κολύμβησης 2016

Σεμινάριο προπονητών βρεφικής και προσχολικής κολύμβησης 2016

 

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Σεμινάριο προπονητών βρεφικής και προσχολικής κολύμβησης 2016

Merry Christmas!

Our dear parents, marmots, whales, sea breams, eels, sharks, dolphins, pregnant women!!!

We would like to inform you that the infant swimming program, the Pisces and Aqua Yoga academies for pregnant women, will remain closed, from Tuesday 22/12/2015 until  on Sunday 3/1/2016  because of Christmas!

The Monday 4/1/2016  We're back at the pool!

We wish everyone from the bottom of our hearts, happy and healthy holidays!

Have a great time and relax with your loved ones!
Thank you once again for your preference and trust!

Christmas Celebration 2015!

Χριστουγεννιάτικη Γιορτή 2015

Christmas is here!!!

And a simple thank you is not enough!

That is why we invite you all - with great joy - young and old, friends, acquaintances and strangers, to honor us with your presence on Tuesday, December 22nd, arrival time 17:00, at the ''WE'' Sports and Cultural Center http://www.weskg.gr/, so we can say “Thank you” in person and eat melomakarona!

A big celebration for our kids and for us too!

Our artistic entertainment will be provided by the wonderful team Theatraction (https://www.facebook.com/theatraction.company) presenting “the Christmas Quartet” to travel together through the magic of Christmas.

And of course, there's no celebration without dancing and magic!

We will get massages, dance, sing and be enchanted by the wonderful Marmelos Marmelada. (https://www.facebook.com/marmelo.manizates?fref=ts )

And since we're all going to get together to talk in person, how about we help some kids too?

Pisces in collaboration with the Melissa orphanage (http://www.stegimelissa.gr/) and the Papafeio Foundation, we will collect things that some of our friends need! Anyone who wants to “get rid” of any of the following, we will be happy to collect them and take them to where they are needed!

Detailed product list you will find it here.

At the same time, our little friends will be able to climb the climbing wall, ski, roller skate, trampoline or do crafts with us and the children in action (http://www.kidsinaction.gr/)!

It will also be a great opportunity to talk to your coaches – since we will all be there – about the children's development!

From Nikola, Christina,

Manos, Alexandra, Argyro, Nicoleta,

John, John, John, John, Angelos, Marios, Avgi, Katerina and Elias,

We are waiting for you with great joy – dressed up this time – to play and celebrate together!

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