In English

English-spoken swimming lessons for children starting fall 2025!

Oulun Uinti is excited to launch English-spoken swimming lessons for children starting from the autumn season 2025! These lessons will be taught entirely in English and are available on all swim school levels from Minivesipeuhula to Vesitaiturit, with one group per level held on Saturdays.

Early registration for families already involved in Oulun Uinti’s activities will open on Monday, May 26 at 18:00, and public registration will begin on Monday, June 2 at 18:00.

More info about our swimming lessons will be provided here.

Come join us for fun and safe swimming lessons in English!

PS. You can also find English-written info on all our groups via the group’s registration link below the Finnish info! Just click the link and scroll down the page.

Other information

These are the home pages of Oulun Uinti, where we gathered instruction and information for all of our members about our activities and events. The point of this page is to help you to understand our policies and to give practical advice.

• Webpage: www.oulunuinti.fi

• Facebook: Oulun Uinti

• Instagram: oulun_uinti_1906_ry

Adress PL 17, 90571 OULU

Office phone-times: Monday, Thursday and Friday 8.30-14.00 and Tuesday 12.00-18.00

Office 040 5323 813

The meaning of our work: Our Vision and our Mission

• The meaning of our work is to provide a chance for people from different starting points to swim at the highest level and to cultivate swim-school, exercise and its health benefits with association activities if need be.

• The goal of Oulun Uinti is to cultivate and grow ethically sustainable team activities by offering different age groups a variety of options to exercise in the association and support the sport in mainly the water-sport industry in accordance to the Tähtiseura policy. This grows the wellbeing and joy of life through exercise for all age groups.

Our Values

The basics of our values are built to promote the things, that help increase the physical and mental wellbeing of different age groups and to support the growth and development of children and teenagers. In Oulun Uinti it is important to have Joy and will, learning, friendship, parity, tolerance, and respecting other people.

Oulun Uinti is:

• A top-sports team on the national level and in international pools

• A quality teacher from the basics of swimming to adult technique courses

• A team, where it is fun to swim with other similar people

• A lot of happy activities together, taking individuality and independence in to account

Minivesipeuhula and Vesipeuhula

These our our introductory level swim schools. In Minivesipeuhula and Vesipeuhula levels, children use the EasySwim-learning method. Children practise in the multi-purpose and teaching-pool for 45 minutes once a week, the suggested age for the multi-purpose pool groups is 3-5 years and the teaching-pool groups suggested age is 5-7 years. For children EasySwim opens the possibility of amazing swimming experiences. The cornerstones of these swimming lessons are always fun and safety. Behind it all is a unique teaching method combined with innovative tools. The comfortable high-quality float-suit which is used in swim-school, allows for safe and natural movement in water.

Vesipedot

A continuation-level swim school for children aged 6–9. The instruction covers the basics of all swimming styles (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly), while also continuing to build comfort in the water through playful activities.

The goals of the group include:

• Learning body control in water
• Learning to dive, float, and glide
• Learning the basic techniques of different swimming strokes
• Learning how to function in a group setting
• Providing enjoyable experiences through water activities
• Preparing the child to progress to the Vesitaiturit level of the club’s swim school

 

Vesitaiturit

A swim school for children aged 8–11. Learning focuses on the techniques of all swimming styles (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly), while also continuing to build comfort in the water through playful activities. These groups practice once or twice a week depending on the group.

he goals of the group include:

• Learning body control in water
• Learning to dive, float, and glide
• Learning proper technique for different swimming strokes
• Learning how to function in a group setting
• Providing enjoyable experiences through water activities
• Preparing the child to progress to the club’s competitive, recreational, artistic swimming, or diving groups