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For more than 100 years YMCA has been teaching people of all ages to swim, and inspiring children to develop a lifelong love of the water. Our swimming lesson program strives to ensure all students create a positive connection to the water and its surrounds, and helps them develop vital lifesaving survival skills, not for just the pool, but rivers, lakes and the ocean.

Step 1 – Class Self Assessment

This short questionnaire is designed to help you find the best suited swim lesson class to enrol into - responses are not recorded/collected.

What age bracket is the student?

Teens and Adults, click here to see timetable.

Babies / Toddler Classes

Babies/Toddler Classes use songs, games and activities to teach a variety of skills including entry, floating, breathing and movement. With the parent/carer and child in the water together, the focus is on water familiarization, exploration and safety skills.

Swim lesson class placement for children under the age of 3 is based on age.

How old is your child?

Preschool Classes

Preschool Classes focus on water confidence and basic foundation skills in swimming, survival and water safety. It guides children through fun activities, gradually building upon their breathing, floating and movement skills, while encouraging independence.

Has your child had prior swimming lessons?

Preschool Classes

Is your child willing to put their eyes/face in the water, jump into the pool and return to the side wall without assistance?

Preschool Classes

Can your child do a 5m torpedo / independently swim without assistance?

Preschool Classes

Can your child swim freestyle and backstroke arms for 5m?

School Age Classes

School Age Classes teach a range of skills and knowledge to develop swimming, water safety, survival and basic rescue skills that can save lives. Focusing on stroke development, it promotes a healthy respect for the aquatic environment and is a solid foundation for a range of aquatic recreation, fitness and sporting activities.

Has your child had prior swimming lessons?

School Age Classes

Can your child go underwater, independently float on their back and do a 5m torpedo?

School Age Classes

Can your child swim 5m basic freestyle including breathing and swim 5m basic backstroke?

School Age Classes

Can your child swim correct freestyle with side breathing for 12m, correct backstroke for 12m, do basic frog kick (breaststroke kick) and confident in deep water?

School Age Classes

Can your child swim competent freestyle (25m), backstroke (25m) and breaststroke (12m)?

Based on your responses, we recommend:

Starfish

Starfish
  • Parent in water with child
  • Parent/carer aquatic safety education
  • Socialising with group activities
  • Water exploration activities
  • Buoyancy & floatation activities incorporating attempted movement towards target with & without aids
Age Range
6 - 12 months
Class Size
8:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Periwinkle

Periwinkle
  • Parent in water with child
  • Parent/carer aquatic safety education
  • Comfortable & confident in an aquatic environment
  • Independently follows simple requests
  • Comfortable & confident submersion on request
Age Range
1 - 2 years
Class Size
8:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Minnow

Minnow
  • Parent in water with child
  • Buoyancy/floatation activities
  • Introduction to kicking & arm movement
  • Introduction to bubble blowing & kicking
  • Deliberate movement towards a target
Age Range
2 - 3 years
Class Size
8:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Tadpole

Tadpole
  • Push & glide with bubbles
  • Independent submersion with bubbles
  • Aided jump & return to edge
  • Extended arm paddle
  • Aided kick on front & back
  • Aided treading water
  • Torpedo 3m
Age Range
3 - 5 years
Class Size
5:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Goldfish

Goldfish
  • Jump entry & return to edge
  • Independent rollover
  • Recover object from chest depth water
  • Torpedo 3m
  • Kick on back 5m
  • Freestyle & Backstroke arms
  • Tread water for 15 seconds
Age Range
3 - 5 years
Class Size
5:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Flying Fish

Flying Fish
  • Step in entry & recover
  • Freestyle & backstroke 10m
  • Introduction to breaststroke, survival backstroke & butterfly kick
  • Duck dive, swim underwater for 3m & recover an object
  • Throw a buoyant aid & direct a partner to safety
Age Range
3 - 5 years
Class Size
5:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Octopus

Octopus
  • Push & glide
  • Kick on front & back with aid 5m
  • Paddle & kick
  • Torpedo 3m
  • Treading water
Age Range
5 years +
Class Size
6:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Sardine

Sardine
  • Jump entry into deep water & recover
  • Kick on front with aid & side breathing 10m
  • Kick on back 10m
  • Backstroke, freestyle & torpedo 5m
  • Float, scull & tread water for 30 seconds & signal for help
  • Duck dive
Age Range
5 years +
Class Size
6:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Salmon

Salmon
  • Seated dive
  • Step in entry & recover
  • Freestyle & backstroke 12m
  • Survival backstroke with aid 5m
  • Breaststroke kick with aid 5m
  • Float, scull & tread water for 1 minute & signal for help
  • Duck dive, swim underwater for 3m & recover object
Age Range
5 years +
Class Size
7:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Tuna

Tuna
  • Stride entry
  • Freestyle & backstroke 25m
  • Survival backstroke 12m
  • Breaststroke kick with breath 12m
  • Forward somersault
  • Crouch dive
Age Range
5 years +
Class Size
7:1
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Based on your responses, we recommend:

Dolphin

Dolphin
  • Compact jump
  • Freestyle & backstroke 50m
  • Survival backstroke
  • Breaststroke 25m
  • Tumble turn
  • Dolphin kick 12m
  • Shallow dive
Age Range
5 years +
Class Size
8:1
Step 2 – Browse Timetable
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