The children often occur the swimming classes, that serve to develop to the technique of swimming and the confidence. Generally, the children do not swim of independent way until the 4 years of age.
In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland, the curriculum for the degree fifth degree (quarter in Estonia), establishes that all the children must learn to swim, as well as the way to handle the situations of emergency near the water. Generally, the children hope that they are able to swim 200 meters (660 feet) - of which at least 50 meters (160 feet) in the back after the first deep water fall and to obtain his head under the water. Although around the 95 percent of the children of the Swedish school to know how to swim, it continues being the third cause commonest of death between the children.
In the Netherlands and Belgium lessons of swimming in scholastic schedule (they schoolzwemmen, swimming school) they are supported by the government. Most of the schools they offer swimming classes. There is one long tradition of the classes of swimming in the Netherlands and Belgium, the translation to Netherlands for the swimming style style chest is still schoolslag (schoolstroke). The children learn a variant of the fathom, that is, technically, not absolutely correct. In France, swimming is an obligatory part of curriculum of primary. The children usually spend a semester per year of learning of swimming during CE1/CE2/CM1 (2 º, degree 3d and 4 ª).
In many places, the swimming classes are provided by the local swimming pools, as much administered by the local authority and the companies of private leisure. Many schools also include classes of swimming in their curricula of Physical education, as long as it is in the swimming pool of the own centers, or in the nearer public swimming pool.