Primary School Lessons
At Swim 2 U®, our Melbourne primary school age swimming lessons help children build strong technique, confidence, and lifelong water-safety skills. Designed for children aged five years and above, these lessons focus on developing efficient strokes, endurance, and safe aquatic habits in a supportive and encouraging environment.
Each session is taught by qualified instructors in your own warm home or apartment pool, ensuring comfort, consistency, and personal attention. Children learn essential skills such as freestyle, backstroke, survival sequences, and deep-water safety — preparing them for both recreational and competitive swimming.
Swim and Survive School Age
Levels (Ages 5–12)
(Life Saving Victoria Licensed Programme)
As a Life Saving Victoria licensee, Swim 2 U® delivers the Swim and Survive School Age Levels, which support children aged five to twelve as they build strong technique, develop survival skills, and grow their confidence in the water. Because lessons include active practice and scenario-based learning, swimmers improve quickly and learn how to stay safe in real situations. As they progress, children refine their strokes, strengthen endurance, recognise hazards, and learn how to help themselves and others in emergencies. We also adapt each session to individual ability, so every swimmer develops at a steady pace while enjoying a positive, inclusive and encouraging learning environment.
Let’s Learn Together!
After School Lessons.
5 years – 12 years.
All strokes covered.
Curriculum
Level 01
Use a buoyant aid to float on the front and back.
Practise kicking on both sides while holding the buoyant aid.
Travel three metres continuously using coordinated arm and leg movements.
Submerge the body fully and exhale comfortably in the water.
Level 02
Float on the front and back, then return to a secure position.
Swim five metres using basic freestyle.
Glide on the front and back, kick confidently, and recover smoothly.
Submerge to retrieve an object from chest-deep water.
Level 03
Float on the back for thirty seconds with control.
Swim ten metres of freestyle with coordinated breathing.
Swim five metres using survival backstroke kick.
Move forward through a submerged obstacle confidently.
Level 04
Float on the front and back in deep water, then recover securely.
Swim fifteen metres of freestyle with steady technique.
Swim ten metres of survival backstroke with good body position.
Complete a surface dive and retrieve an object from shoulder-deep water.
Ready to Book?
Step 1
Choose the service, date & available time
Step 2
Complete the booking form & read the Terms and Conditions.
Step 3
Proceed to checkout, await confirmation email
PRIVATE POOLS ONLY — We do not teach at public swimming pools or aquatic centres.
Terms & Conditions
- Have swimmers ready 10 minutes before their lesson so we can start on time. Any delay will reduce actual swim time.
- Ensure swimmers wear appropriate swimwear and swim nappies if necessary.
- All non-swimming children must remain supervised by an adult at all times and must stay out of the pool during lessons.
Swimming Pools
- Check your home swimming pool meets the safety requirements of Life Saving Victoria, and your local council and State Government.
- Home and apartment pools must be heated to a suitable temperature — at least 30°C for all non-school-age children. If we arrive and the pool is too cold and the lesson cannot start or must end early, that lesson will count as a cancellation. No refund and no catch-up lesson will be offered.
- If we arrive and discover that the pool is misbalanced, green, murky or otherwise unsafe to swim in, we will immediately classify the lesson as a cancellation. In that case, you will not receive a refund or a catch-up lesson.
- We do not teach in outdoor pools during Autumn or Winter, only over the Summer months.
For Outdoor Pools Over The Summer Months.
- We continue with swimming lessons in wet or overcast weather. However, if thunderstorms or heavy rain occur, we will either reschedule the lesson to another date or extend future lessons. In both cases, this depends on teacher availability.
- Always apply sunblock and ensure children have suitable sun protection.
Apartments
- If you live in an apartment, please discuss the emergency evacuation procedures with your teacher before lessons begin.
- Our teachers must have access to onsite parking (visitor parking) in apartments. We will not attend properties without parking facilities.
- Clients will be charged back for any parking fees incurred by teachers.
- Swimming lessons will be provided at apartment buildings on the understanding that permission has been sought from Management by the client. Cancellation fees will apply if lessons are cancelled due to a lack of permission.
- Swim 2 u is not responsible for any apartment swimming pool, pool operations, or pool closures.
Covid-19
- If your child is unwell, do not bring them to their lesson. Test for Covid-19, and follow the current guidelines that are in place by the DHHS, moreover, you will need to provide Swim 2 u with a negative test result to resume lessons.
- We only provide services to families where all household adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination certificates are required for verification.
Additionally, please see our Terms and Conditions Page, Privacy Policy, or Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
Payment & Cancellations
- Lessons run during the school term (usually 10 weeks), then a break for the school holidays.
- Our Intensive swim courses will operate during the school holidays and consist of daily lessons.
Bookings
- Online bookings are of provisional status, a staff member will confirm your booking (via email) within 24 hours.
- In the event that we are unable to honour your booking (due to driving distances), an alternate time or refund will be offered. Please feel free to contact us prior to booking online.
- If a booking is made online that is outside of our service area, the booking will be cancelled and refunded minus a $10 administration fee, please contact us prior to booking to check that we service your area.
- Additionally, bookings can be made via email. Once the booking form is completed and returned, we will email over a confirmation invoice for payment.
Payments
- Payment is due online at the booking stage. When booking via email invoices are to be paid immediately, in full, to secure your booking.
- Date and times are not held, full payment secures your booking. Dates and times will be offered to other clients if the invoice is not paid within 24 hours. Therefore, all bookings are on a first-come-first-served basis.
Cancellations
- Always provide as much notice as possible when cancelling a lesson.
- Lessons that are cancelled by the client for any reason are forfeited, and no catch-up lesson or refund will be offered.
- Swim 2 u is not responsible for any pool closures and our cancellation policy will apply.
Covid-19
- During State Government Covid-19 lockdowns, catch-up lessons will be offered if lessons are missed.
Should we feel that our service is not appropriate, we reserve the right to cancel swimming lessons and bookings
A $10 administration fee will be charged if any refunds are made.
