The wonders of the world of water!

Whether your child has already learnt basic water skills and is ready for new challenges or whether your child is new to water and looking for encouragement in developing their confidence, Surrey Park has classes for all children at all levels to develop the confidence, skills, and appreciation of water safety needed so that they can enjoy water activities.

Our skilled instructors begin with simple skills such as comfortably putting your head under water and relaxed breathing, floating on your back, being in deeper water and basic safety techniques. As levels progress, swimming stroke technique and skills are developed across all strokes and at the higher levels children are taught more advanced swimming skills, including butterfly, diving, tumble turns, and other racing skills.

Throughout all levels an understanding of water safety is developed. Meanwhile, our ‘Lead Instructors’ are always poolside monitoring and providing ongoing assessment of the development of your child’s skills. Then, when they are ready – often much to the delight of children – they are invited to move up to the next level to further advance their skills.

Beyond this? We encourage each swimmer to progress to at least the end of our Junior beginner squad at Surrey Park. We are very pleased to say that many swimmers choose to progress into our junior intermediate squads for advanced level swimming and racing. We think this is an excellent indication of the success of our children’s swimming lesson program and how much kids have enjoyed the experience.

More lesson details are below our teen swimming information.

For many teens – particularly in Australia – water, water based activities, and swimming are an established part of life. But at Surrey Park we recognise that there are many teenagers for whom this may not be the case. There can be many reasons: a childhood fear or lack of confidence around water, limited exposure to water based activities (maybe because of environment or background), or simply because interests change and develop as we get older.

Then, as teens, we want to be able to join in. We want to leap in. And parents want their teens to be able to do so with confidence and safely.

Surrey Park offers a dedicated teenage swimming program for ages 11-16 years. Teenagers are placed in classes of no more than 4 swimmers of similar age and ability and lessons are both age and ability appropriate. Swimmers can join at beginner, intermediate or advanced level and swimming skills and water safety are taught. Progress through the levels is encouraged as swimmers skills develop.

At Surrey Park we know that there should be no barriers for teens to fully and safely enjoy water and everything it has to offer. It is our pleasure to give them the opportunity to do so. Enrol your teen today.

For unconfident beginners who have never swum before, nervous putting their head underwater, to confident beginners learning basic freestyle.

Please note: If this is your child’s first ever lesson, we recommend one adult wears their bathers to sit on the pool edge as some children may need some extra support for the first lesson or two.

Each skill has a star for introduced, developing, and mastered, so once a child has mastered all 10 criteria, the will move to Pre Level 2.

Confident beginners focusing on developing freestyle, backstroke, safety skills and all previously learnt skills from Pre Level 1.

For confident swimmers, our Pre Level 3 level focuses on developing freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke while building on the skills from previous levels.

Most of our swimmers reach 5 years of age and move to our school age program before reaching Pre Level 4. If your pre schooler has managed the impressive feat of reaching Pre Level 4, then they are in for even more fun as they learn more challenging skills! Well done!

For confident swimmers, Pre Level 4’s are introduced to all 4 strokes and work on consolidating freestyle, backstroke and certain water safety skills.

For unconfident beginners who have never swum before, nervous putting their head underwater, to confident beginners learning basic freestyle.

Please note: If this is your child’s first ever lesson, we recommend one adult wears their bathers to sit on the pool edge as some children may need some extra support for the first lesson or two.

Each skill has a star for introduced, developing, and mastered, so once a child has mastered all 10 criteria, the will move to Level 2.

Confident beginners focusing on developing freestyle, backstroke, safety skills and all previously learnt skills from Level 1.

For confident swimmers, our Level 3 level focuses on developing freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke while building on the skills from previous levels.

For confident swimmers, our Level 4’s are introduced to all 4 strokes and work on consolidating freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and certain water safety skills.

For confident swimmers, our Level 5 class build technique across all four strokes, improving and consolidating technique from previous levels over shorter distances to ensure technique is maintained. This level our focus in on breaststroke, butterfly and turns.

For confident swimmers, our Level 6 classes build on technique learnt from previous levels with the aim to develop and maintain technique for 25m distances. Level 6’s focus is on Butterfly, Breaststroke, turns, diving, water safety skills, and lane etiquette.

Our Level 7 swimmers have mastered the basics and are working towards consolidating technique learnt from previous levels and further developing endurance and stamina. Butterfly, side stroke, turns and water safety are the focus of Level 7 while also polishing up body position, breathing and technique for all strokes.

For confident swimmers, our Level 8 classes aim to master all previously learn skills. These classes are 1 hour in length, longer than our previous levels. These sessions develop endurance and stamina of our students while maintaining technique. Our teachers and coaches ensure your child’s technique is polished and the Victorian Water Safety Certificate criteria is completed. Swimmers in this level who are interested are invited to free special clinics, meets, and trials that will prepare them for their next level, Junior Beginner.

Junior Beginner Squad swimmers continue to extend from the mastered the skills learn from levels 1 to 8 for your child. Your child will benefit from the outcomes of Junior Squad:

• Creating lifelong friendships
• Building physical and mental strength
• Developing discipline, confidence and resilience
• Cross training benefits which reduce injury in other sports
• Continuing your squad swimming journey

Swimmers who wish to participate in competitive swim meets are provided options to do so, however swimmers in this squad are no required to compete.

Further squad swimming information for Level 8, Junior Beginner, and Fitness Squad:

Pathways after Junior Beginner are our Club Squad Pathways:

For complete beginners and confident beginners. Our Teen Beginner classes focusing on developing freestyle, backstroke, and water safety skills. Skills learnt in this level are similar to Level 1 and Level 2 from the school age program.

For confident swimmers, our Teen Intermediate build technique across all four strokes, improving and consolidating technique from previous levels over shorter distances to ensure technique is maintained. This ensures students can maintain technique when they move to Teen Advanced and start to swim longer distances. Skills learnt in this level are similar to Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5 from the school age program.

For confident swimmers, Teen Advanced classes combine our Level 6 to Level 8 criteria. These classes consolidate and master swimming skills across all 4 competitive strokes in addition to the Victorian Water Safety Certificate criteria, as well as developing endurance and stamina over longer distances.

Information on where to move after you complete Teen Advanced: