To enrol you need to come into the Swim School office. The swim school office is open:
Monday-Friday 3pm - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
To book in you need to bring in your child to have an assessment to detemine their level and then we can book them in.
Whether you are new or were here last summer we need to do an assessment.
If you are already booked into Term 4, or any January programs, you don't need an assessment.
Programs this Season 2011-2012
TERM 4 ‐ STARTS MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2011 Enrolments closed
1 lesson per week for 6 weeks
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday afternoons 3:30‐6:00 pm
Saturday mornings 8:30 am‐12 noon
January Holiday Programs
1 30 min lesson per day for 5 days
Timeslots between 8:30 - 12:00pm
Jan#1: (Tues-Sat) 3 - 7 January 2012 Enrolments closed
Jan#2: (Mon-Fri) 9 - 13 January 2012 Enrolments closed
Jan#3: (Mon-Fri) 16 - 20 January 2012 Enrolments closed
Jan#4: (Sat-Wed) 21 - 25 January 2012 Enrolments closed
$70.00 per child per program
Term 1 - starts Saturday 4 February 2012
(please note contrary to previous years, the weeks lessons will start on the Saturday).
1 30 min lesson per week for 6 weeks
Saturday mornings between 8:30 - 12:00pm
Monday*, Tuesday, Wednesday afternoons, timeslots between 3:30 - 6:00pm
$84.00 per child.
*Monday is five weeks only and therefore $70.00.
Why learn to swim at Dickson Aquatic Centre?
Here at the Dickson Aquatic Centre there is a great atmosphere for learning. Water is great fun, but swimming lessons ensure that your child develops the skills they need to fully enjoy the water with safety.
All our teachers are Austswim Qualified. This means that they are trained in the appropriate teaching techniques for water and swimming skills. They are also caring and motivated people.
We now use the Royal Life's "Swim and Survive" program. This allows for children to develop water survival skills as well as swimming technique.
Small class ratios ensure maximum results.
All the pools are heated. The Learners' Pool provides many advantages, it is shallow at the ends for toddlers, but deep enough in the middle to accommodate for children learning arm circles.
There are also partial shade covers on the pools.
Two types of programs are on offer. The Term programs enables children to develop their skills over a longer period of time. The January programs are highly intensive day-after-day lessons, when children can rapidly build on knowledge.
Lessons start from children as young as 3 years old.
Mad Ducks Water Polo
This is a chance for children bored by swimming lessons to try something new.Water polo is a great water activity which allows the development of new skills.There will be two groups running, one for under 8s and one for under 12s.Children must be able to swim 25 metres freestyle continuously.
The program is focused on survival skills, but it also recognises the importance of learning correct swimming technique to accompany water safety.
The new Swim and Survive levels include more competencies to achieve. This may mean that while a child may stay in a particular level for longer, it is not because they are not learning, rather there is more to learn.
We are excited to use Swim and Survive because it is a comprehensive and fun program!
Clicking on the link above will give you a pdf. of our levels here at Dickson Aquatic Centre. The numbers in brackets indicate the corresponding Swim & Survive level.
Private Lessons
Another option is private lessons. Private lessons are 30 minutes in length and one-on-one with the instructor. There are many advantages of having private lessons, including the fact that the instructor can work exclusively with the student and they can work on specific areas of improvement. Both adults and children can benefit from private lessons.
You can book private lessons as an individual or as a group. We can organise a lesson for two or three people if all are at relatively the same swimming ability. Prices vary between individual and group lessons, prices are as follows;
One student to one instructor = $35.00
Two students to one instructor = $60.00
Three students to one instructor = $75.00
The number of lessons depends on the individual. You can book for a one-off lesson, or regular lessons.
Adult Beginner Classes
Wanting to learn to Swim?
Do you want gain confidence in the water or learn some water safety skills or maybe you want to start to learn stroke technique?
We have classes available for all beginner levels.Our Austswim certified teachers provide quality, sensitive and responsive teaching. We have a maximum of four people to a class which are scheduled separately from the children's programs.
There are two programs on offer this summer:
January Intensive
One (30min) lesson a day for five days in a row.
16 - 20 Jan 2012
8.00am
$75.00
JUST ADDED!! Second January Intensive
One (30min) lesson a day for five days in a row
21 - 25 Jan 2012
8.00am
$75.00
Term 1
One (30min) lesson per week for six weeks.
Either Monday*, Tuesday or Wednesday at 6.00pm
$85.00
*Monday is only five weeks, and therefore $75.00
The above group classes are for beginners only. For anyone who can swim more than 25 metres of a recognisable stroke we offer private lessons.
Make-Ups
We are unable to give make-up lessons.
Due to the fact that:
our programs are so short (only 6 weeks or 5 days),
most of our classes are full,
and make-up lessons are not always beneficial to learning.
If you can provide a doctors certificate we can give you a single family pass valued at $19.00.
If your child falls ill and has to cancel all/or all remaining lessons, let swim staff know and we can work something out.
