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It’s never too late to learn how to swim; it might save your life or someone else’s.

Learning to swim is an important life skill that we take seriously for infants, children and adults. As an AUSTSWIM Accredited Centre, we ensure our programs are fun and effective. They focus on building confidence, stroke technique and help you prepare for emergency situations in the water, regardless of your age.

Membership

Cost: $14.80 per week (paid fortnightly on an ongoing direct debit)

Membership benefits:

  • 30 min lesson per week during school term
  • Ongoing memberships – your child will be automatically re-enrolled each term
  • Unlimited access to our pool facilities, including outdoor pools during outdoor pool season
  • Access to BALC School Holiday Program during school holiday periods
  • Summer period free suspension available in January
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Infants and children

Designed by Royal Life Saving Australia and supported by Life Saving Victoria, the Swim and Survive program is delivered at BALC by our AUSTSWIM qualified staff. Enjoyable and inclusive, Swim and Survive provides the perfect balance of swimming and water safety – for all Australians, of all ages and all abilities.

The comprehensive and balanced curriculum will guide learning through progressive steps, providing an opportunity to grasp the fundamental skills through to advancing to more challenging skills increasing in endurance and complexity. Divided into 3 award levels, the Swim and Survive program is designed for children from 6 months of age to 13+ years.

All families in our Learn to Swim program must abide by our Watch Around Water policy and Conditions of Entry when visiting BALC.

Find the Right Class and Enrol Online

For more information about our Swim & Survive levels, or to find the right swimming class for your child, please click the links below.

Still unsure what level is right for your child? Book a free Learn to Swim assessment to find the correct level within our program. Assessments run for 5 minutes where a teacher will ask your child to perform a few simple tasks in the water. Assessment bookings are available Monday – Friday between 4:15pm – 6:15pm and can be booked online via the BALC Online Portal. For help booking via the portal, please click here.

Strong swimmers – Junior Lifeguard Club and Pre-Club Program

Membership

Cost: $17.05 per week (paid fortnightly on an ongoing direct debit)

Membership benefits:

  • 1 hour lesson per week during school term
  • The membership is ongoing so no need to re-enrol each term. Your child will be automatically re-enrolled to the following term
  • Unlimited access to our pool facilities, including outdoor pools during outdoor pool season
  • Access to all BALC school holiday programs during school holiday periods
  • Summer period free suspension available in January

The Junior Lifeguard Club is a unique aquatic program perfect for teenagers, designed to allow students the opportunity to gain advanced water safety and survival skills beyond those taught in the Swim & Survive program. Students have the opportunity to work towards gaining their Bronze Rescue Awards with a Lifesaving Victoria endorsed trainer in a weekly lesson during school term. In addition to learning critical skills in advanced aquatic rescue, spinal injury management and resuscitation, students also gain skills in leadership, problem solving and using initiative; all in a fun, relaxed, nurturing environment. A water aerobics component has also been introduced. There are two separate Junior Lifeguard Club sessions during the week, scheduled on Monday 5:30pm to 6:30pm and Friday 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

The Pre-Club Program is a stepping stone from the Swim & Survive Program to a swimming club. Qualified instructors work to build endurance and correct finer details of stroke technique, whilst also teaching tumble turns, dive starts, reading the lap clock and checking heart rate. The Pre-Club Program is held on a Tuesday evening between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.

Adults

Private and group lessons are on offer for adults, delivered by qualified teachers in a friendly and non-threatening environment. We focus on helping adults build their confidence and stroke technique. These classes are one-on-one with the teacher with flexibility in skills taught dependent on the goals of the individual. Our group adult lessons are available for all ages and abilities, held each Wednesday during the school term between 6pm and 7pm.

Cost: $21.60 per lesson

Adult Advanced Lessons

This class is perfect for adults who are competent swimmers that may want to work on stroke correction, increase speed or endurance, or who might be training towards completing a triathlon or open water swim. This group class will run each Tuesday during term time for 60 minutes between 6pm and 7pm.

Cost $21.60 per week (paid fortnightly on an ongoing direct debit).

All Abilities Lessons

Our qualified swim instructors have experience in teaching people with disabilities how to swim. We welcome people with special needs to both our group and private swimming lessons.

Private and private group swimming lessons

Private and private group swimming lessons are available by negotiation with our friendly swim school team. Our teachers are able to take private lessons for people of all ages.

Due to demand, we currently have limited availability on weekday mornings between 8am – 11am only.

To enquire about private swimming lessons, please fill out our online form here.

SWIMMING LESSON ENQUIRIES

For enrolment questions, please contact our friendly Customer Service Team on 5334 2499.

To enrol online, click here.