WELCOME TO SWIM & SURVIVAL ACADEMY

Being trusted with the job of teaching children to swim and survive is something we take very seriously. A child’s safety is too precious to take short cuts with. We offer a comprehensive program which caters for swimmers from babies through to adults.

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OUR PROGRAMS

TINY TACKERS

Learn to Swim - Babies from six months to around three years
It is never too early to teach your children to respect water, and enjoy it. Bond with your baby while developing their social, coordination and physical skills and lay the foundations for a lifetime of fun and safety in the water.

KINDER KIDS LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM

Learn to Swim - Preschoolers
Time flies when you’re having fun, and so do swim classes. Our Kinder Kids Learn to Swim program runs every weekday in our morning swim sessions. With this age group, we focus on using fun games, toys and activities to help preschoolers learn swimming and survival skills while having an awesome time. Our kinder program is proof that learning can be easy and fun, and ensures your children develop a future love of the water.

LEARN TO SWIM

Learn to Swim - School age and above
Matched to your child’s needs and abilities, the Learn to Swim program will soon have your child swimming freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke as well as learning dive starts and turns.
Most importantly, they’ll learn the survival skills they need to keep their head above water in any situation.

SQUAD PROGRAM

Every future Olympian has to start somewhere – why not in Ballarat? At our swim school, our Squad Program is industry-leading and focused on building swimming skills across all four strokes as well as developing fitness. Discover the fun of being part of a team, learning about sportsmanship as you develop the expertise to aim high.

SCHOOL PROGRAM

One of the most important classes children will ever take while at school is their swimming lessons. Our schools program is designed to work in with busy schools needs and time schedules. We have flexible options to ensure all our schools are given quality aquatic education at a price and time to suit. Our coordinators and supervisors ensure a hassle free learn to swim program.

BOOK YOUR ASSESSMENT TODAY

Book your FREE Assessment today!!
We will have a one to one session with your child to work out exactly where they are suited. This link will get you straight into our system today.

Tiny Tackers

Kinder Kids

Learn To Swim

Squad Program

School Program

FREE Information Session

For Parents with Babies - Aged 3 months to 12 months
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EVENTS / THEME WEEKS

WATER SAFETY WEEK

Every term we run a water safety and awareness week. All the swimmers are encouraged to wear clothes over their bathers, so that they can experience what it feels like if they accidently fall into water.

EASTER THEME WEEK

In the last week of Term 1 every year, we celebrate Easter by dressing up and running our lessons around Easter themed games and events. The swimmers have a great time and it is a good way to finish a busy first term.

SPECIAL PERSON WEEK

During special persons week we encourage all our swimmers to invite a “special person” to come along and see how well our young swimmers are progressing with their swimming.

FOOTY FINALS WEEK

During Footy Finals Week we encourage all our families to come to swimming wearing football gear to support their favourite football team. During the lessons the teachers run games and activities around football.

CHRISTMAS WEEK

At the end of every year, Santa comes to visit all the swimmers at SSA. Santa comes out to pool deck to meet all the children and give them a small Christmas gift.

OLYMPICS GAMES WEEK

Every 2 years we run either an Olympics or Commonwealth Games week (to coincide with these events). At the end of every lesson during the week we run fun games and activities to go along with the games theme.

SQUAD PB TERM

During the first term of the year our coaching team focuses their squad plans around each and every swimmer achieving new personal best times in all four strokes over a distance of 50m.

SQUAD DISTANCE TERMS

During Distance Swim Term, our coaching team focuses on developing strong aerobic skills within our swimmers. Over the term our swimmers complete several swims over 1km.

SQUAD CARNIVAL

During squad carnival term our swimmers learn to swim both as individuals and in a team environment. Squad Carnival Term is a fun term which culminates in our famous annual squad carnival.

SQUAD QUICK DASH TERM

During Quick Dash Term we aim to develop sprinting skills in our swimmers. The fastest times for each squad level in all four strokes are recorded on our "Quick Dash" boards on pool deck in the squad swimmers area.