Swimming Lessons
QPRC Aquatics provides a range of swimming lessons across two of our pools; Braidwood and Queanbeyan.
Offering swim programs for babies through to adults, our qualified learn to swim instructors will advise you on which swim program is best suited for you or your children.
Levels
A water familiarisation program for parents and their children aged six months to 36 months. Our Babies classes are a child-centred program which is taught with parent or carer and child together in the water. Babies classes use songs, games and activities to teach children a variety of skills including entries, floating, conditioning and movement. Our Babies classes have three stages that are arranged by age groups.
Babies One (six to 15 months)
Water familiarisation and conditioning
Babies Two (one to two years)
Propulsion through the water
Babies Three (two to three years)
Preparing for transition to an independent class
A program that builds water confidence for preschool aged children between the ages of three to five years. This program is fundamental to the development of basic foundation skills in swimming, survival and water safety. The program progresses from initial parental participation to children interacting independently with the instructor. Our Infant program has two levels arranged by ability.
Early Beginner (up to five years old)
- Submerge and blow bubbles
- Front Torpedo
- Independent swim with eyes in
- Back float back kicking
- Jump in turn around a reach for wall
Experienced Beginner (up to six years old)
- Unassisted front torpedo with kicking
- Unassisted swim with arm reach and correct kicking action
- Back torpedo
- Jump in and back float
The late beginner program caters for school age students with little to no water experience. The aim of this class is to build water confidence and skills, and to then transition the student into the appropriate school age level.
- Correct kicking action
- Freestyle arms
- Back float
- Deep water experience
A swimming and water safety program for school aged children between the ages of five to 14 years. This program is a broad and balanced program teaching a range of skills and knowledge to develop swimming, water safety, survival and basic rescue skills. The School Age program has seven levels to progress through based on ability.
Level One (swimming five metres with correct technique)
- Side torpedo
- Over arm freestyle with continuous bubbles
- Backstroke
- Sitting Dive
Level Two (swimming 10 metres with correct technique)
- Freestyle with side breathing
- Backstroke with correct body position
- Develop butterfly kick rhythm
- Crouching dive
Level Three (swimming 15 metres with correct technique)
- Freestyle with side breathing and backstroke
- Survival backstroke kick (correct breaststroke kick technique)
- Butterfly kick arms extended
- Standing Dive
Level Four (swimming 20 metres with correct technique)
- Freestyle and Backstroke
- Basic Breaststroke
- Basic Butterfly
- Front Somersault
- Standing dive with streamline finish
Level Five (swimming 25 metres with correct technique)
- Bent arm freestyle
- Backstroke with correct catch phase
- Breaststroke and Butterfly with correct timing
- Front tumbleturn with streamline finish
Stroke Correction (swimming 50 metres with correct technique)
- Correct Technique for all strokes
- Race starts and finishes
- Turns for all strokes
Fun Fit (swimming 100 – 200 metres with correct technique)
- Correct Technique for all strokes
- Race starts and finishes
- Rescue’s and tows
- Swimming Sequence using the clock
We offer two types of classes: Adult Beginner and Adult Intermediate.
Adult Beginner
For adults with little to no water experience who would like to learn the basics of swimming and water safety.
- Buoyancy (Floating)
- Breath control
- Propulsion through the water
Adult Intermediate
For adults who can swim but would like to learn/improve a particular skill or stroke.
Swimming Lessons Requests
We understand and appreciate your interest in enrolling in swimming lessons. The demand for lessons far outweighs supply and our waitlist has been in the hundreds of people. We also receive several new enquiries every day.
Therefore, to assist us, we ask that you:
- Look at the Online Availability below
- If any of the classes have availability that suit you, please get in touch via the Online Request Form or Paper Request Form
- If there is no availability for any classes that suit you, please look again after week nine of term
- If you have a general enquiry, please use the link below
General Swimming Lessons Enquiry
Queanbeyan Operating Dates
TERM ONE
Monday 5 February 2024 to Sunday 14 April 2024
No Lessons over Easter (Friday to Monday)
This will be a nine week term for Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday students. This will be a ten week term for all other students.
TERM TWO
Monday 29 April 2024 to Sunday 7 July 2024
No Lessons on the Public Holiday (Monday 10 June 2024)
This will be a nine week term for Monday students. This will be a ten week term for all other students.
TERM THREE
Monday 22 July 2024 to Sunday 29 September 2024
This will be a ten week term for all students.
TERM FOUR
Monday 14 October 2024 to Sunday 22 December 2024
This will be a ten week term for all students.
Please note, swimming lesson operation is dependent on student demand, lane availability and teacher availability.
Braidwood Operating Dates
Lessons will run for six weeks in 2024 and six weeks in 2025.
11 November 2024 – 20 December 2024
3 February 2025 – 14 March 2025
Please note, swimming lesson operation is dependent on student demand, lane availability, teacher availability and water temperature.