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Swim Bright – Children’s Learn to Swim Program at UNSW Fitness & Aquatic Centre

Looking for the best kids’ swimming lessons in Sydney? Our Swim Bright Learn to Swim program at UNSW FAC is designed to help children of all ages and abilities develop water confidence, safety skills, and strong swimming techniques.

Whether your child is a complete beginner or ready to refine their strokes, Swim Bright offers a personalised swim school experience that makes learning fun and effective.

 

Why Choose Swim Bright for Your Child?

  • Qualified instructors experienced in teaching children
  • Small class sizes for personalised attention
  • Year-round program with flexible enrolment
  • Breaks only during end-of-year holidays and public holidays (charges automatically paused)

 

Free Swim Assessment for Kids

Before starting lessons, we provide a free 5-minute swim assessment to ensure your child is placed in the right level.

✅ No appointment needed✅ Monday–Friday, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM ✅ Just bring swimwear and speak to our swim school representative

 

 

Level Murray

Our Babies & Toddlers program is designed to build water familiarisation, confidence and comfort in and around the water. Your child will learn to safely submerge and other skills in a fun, engaging and safe environment.

Age: 6-18 months

Class: 1 teacher – 8-9 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes: No Outcomes for this level.

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Level Darling

Our Babies & Toddlers program is designed to build water familiarisation, confidence and comfort in and around the water. Your child will learn to safely submerge and other skills in a fun, engaging and safe environment.

Age: 18-36 months

Class: 1 teacher – 8 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Enter water safely
  • Hold breath
  • Open eyes in the water
  • Submerge aided/unaided
  • Fall/glide to teacher
  • Back float and recover
  • Emotionally confident
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Level Bells

Our Babies & Toddlers program is designed to build water familiarisation, confidence and comfort in and around the water. Your child will learn to safely submerge and other skills in a fun, engaging and safe environment.

Age: +2.5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Enter water safely
  • Hold breath
  • Open eyes in the water
  • Submerge aided/unaided
  • Fall/glide to teacher
  • Back float and recover
  • Emotionally confident
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Level Torquay

Our Preschool program aims to promote confidence in the water. The ability to achieve a comfortable float with the gradual introduction of freestyle and backstroke will be the main focus of these levels.

Age: Under 5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Water familiarisation
  • Back and front float independently
  • Torpedo 3m on front
  • Kick on back 3m
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Level Clovelly

Our Preschool program aims to promote confidence in the water. The ability to achieve a comfortable float with the gradual introduction of freestyle and backstroke will be the main focus of these levels.

Age: Under 5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Basic freestyle and backstroke kick and arms
  • Perfect blowing bubbles technique
  • Safe entry & exit
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Level Koojah

Our squad program will build endurance whilst perfecting technique and mastering competitive starts and turns. Swimmers will be able to swim for fitness or competitively.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Water familiarisation
  • Back and front float independently
  • Torpedo 5m on front
  • Back torpedo 5m
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Level Tamarama

Our school age program promotes confidence in the water with the gradual introduction of all the major strokes. Your child will gain the strength and technique to be a confident swimmer.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Basic freestyle
  • Blowing bubbles
  • Kneeling dive
  • Dolphin kick
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Level Merro-berah

Our school age program promotes confidence in the water with the gradual introduction of all the major strokes. Your child will gain the strength and technique to be a confident swimmer.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 4 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Freestyle breathing from the side
  • Freestyle straight arms
  • Backstroke correct body positioning and straight arms
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Level Lorne

Our school age program promotes confidence in the water with the gradual introduction of all the major strokes. Your child will gain the strength and technique to be a confident swimmer.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 5 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • 25m Freestyle & Backstroke with correct technique
  • Focus on correct breaststroke kick
  • Breaststroke arms introduced
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Level Bundye

Our stroke program is designed to develop correct technique and increase endurance. Children will be proficient in all four strokes, dives, turns and prepared to take their swimming to the next level competitively.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 6 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • 50m of Freestyle and Backstroke
  • 25m of Breaststroke with correct technique
  • Breaststroke timing
  • Advanced dolphin kick
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Level Cable

Our stroke program is designed to develop correct technique and increase endurance. Children will be proficient in all four strokes, dives, turns and prepared to take their swimming to the next level competitively.

Age: +5 years

Class: 1 teacher – 6 students

Duration: 30 min

Outcomes:

  • Swim all four strokes with correct technique
  • Tumble Turn
  • Standing Dive
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Squad Bronze

Our squad program will build endurance whilst perfecting technique and mastering competitive starts and turns.
Swimmers will be able to swim for fitness or competitively

Age: + 5 years

Duration: 45 min

Requirements: Water bottle & long flippers

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Squad Silver

Our squad program will build endurance whilst perfecting technique and mastering competitive starts and turns.
Swimmers will be able to swim for fitness or competitively

Age: + 5 years

Duration: 60 min

Requirements: Water bottle, long flippers, pull buoy & pull band

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Squad Gold

Our squad program will build endurance whilst perfecting technique and mastering competitive starts and turns.
Swimmers will be able to swim for fitness or competitively

Age: + 5 years

Duration: 90 min

Requirements: Water bottle, long flippers, pull buoy, pull band, front snorkel & hand paddles

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Our Learn to Swim program is suitable for all ages from babies and toddlers all the way up to adults and will help equip you and/or your children with the necessary skills to stay safe around water.

Complete this form and Alessandro, our Learn to Swim Coordinator will get back to you within a working day!

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