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Pre-school and School Age

Our Pre-school and school age programs teach a range of skills and knowledge to develop swimming, water confidence, stroke development and water safety such as survival and basic rescue skills that can save lives.

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The Details

  • For children 3 years and older
  • Life with kids is unpredictable - with 12 make-up lessons per year you'll be covered!
  • Skill based progression through nine levels
  • Track your child's progress with our online portal, quickly seeing what skills they need to improve on before advancing


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Cost

$21.95/class charged fortnightly via direct debit

No start-up fees, lock-in contracts, cancellation penalties or need to re-enrol when advancing levels. Your swimming lesson membership will be charged fortnightly until cancelled. Please note there is a 2 week notice period for cancellations.

Parks Safety Week 1

Getting started is easy as 1-2-3

  1. Use this page to get an idea on which level is most suited.
  2. Click a Class Timetable link to view day/time availability for that level. Click 'Enrol Now' to start enrolment.
  3. Create the parent account first, then the student account. Follow the prompts, including a series of questions to help confirm which level is most suitable (if needed we can adjust after an initial lesson).

All enrolments are completed online through the Customer Portal. If you get stuck please watch the enrolment guide below, or if required give us a call. We can also walk you through an enrolment in person on your device or one of ours. A payment source for ongoing debits is required to complete enrolment.

Pre-school and school age levels

Tadpole

Tadpole
  • Water familiarisation
  • Independent submersion with bubbles
  • Aided jump entry and return to edge
  • Aided float on front & back
  • Torpedo for 3m
  • Foundations in arm and leg movement
Age Range
3+ years
Class Size
Up to 4
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Goldfish

Goldfish
  • Building on aquatic confidence
  • Independent back & front float
  • Extended breath control
  • 5m Freestyle & backstroke basics
  • Jump entry & return to edge
  • Rescue experience
Age Range
3+ years
Class Size
Up to 4
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Octopus

Octopus
  • Jump entry & return to edge
  • Independent front float and back float
  • Paddle & kick for 3 metres
  • Torpedo for 3 metres
  • Kicking on back unaided for 3 metres
  • Introduction to freestyle arm & backstroke
  • Treading water
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 4
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Sardine

Sardine
  • Jump entries & recover to safety.
  • Duck dive and recover an object
  • Torpedo for 5m
  • Kicking on back unaided for 5m
  • Introductory freestyle & backstroke 5m
  • Introductory whip kick
  • Foundational sculling & treading water
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 5
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Turtle

Turtle
  • Seated Dive
  • Underwater push & glides
  • Back streamline push & glide
  • 8m Freestyle and backstroke
  • Breaststroke kick with aid for 5m
  • Survival backstroke kick with aid for 5m
  • Basic sculling
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 5
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Salmon

Salmon
  • Crouch diving
  • Step in & compact entries
  • Perform a forward somersault
  • Freestyle & backstroke 12m
  • Survival backstroke 12m
  • Breaststroke kick with breathing
  • Dolphin kick for 5m
  • Head first sculling
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 5
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Tuna

Tuna
  • Stride entries
  • Freestyle & backstroke 25m
  • Survival backstroke 25m
  • Breaststroke 25m
  • Dolphin kick 12m
  • Performance skills: pace clock, tumble turns, egg-beater kick
  • Shallow diving
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 6
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Dolphin

Dolphin
  • Freestyle & backstroke 50m
  • Breaststroke 50m
  • Butterfly 15m
  • Sidestroke kick
  • 20 minute endurance swim award
  • Performance skills: backstroke starts, complex tumble turns, racing dives and water polo basics, survival sequences, wearing clothing and using life jackets
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 7
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Shark

Shark
  • Freestyle, Backstroke 100m
  • Breaststroke 100m
  • Sidestroke for 25m
  • Butterfly for 25m
  • 20-minute endurance swim award
  • Performance skills: Individual medley swimming, pace clock interval training, touch turns, water polo ball skills, Survival sequences including basic emergency response
Age Range
5+ years
Class Size
Up to 8
TIMETABLE AND ENROL

Suitable class not available? Submit a Class Opening Notification Request.

Step by Step Enrolment Guide

How to enrol into swimming lessons via the class timetable page. Download step-by-step guide as a PDF.

21 STEPS

1. For students relocating from Adelaide Aquatic Centre, there is a class mapping diagram on the Thebarton website. Navigate the website to find the classes suitable (e.g. Pre-School & School Age).

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2. Find the class you deem most appropriate for the skill level of the student. Don't stress on getting the level selection perfect at this stage. Click TIMETABLE & ENROL

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3. The timetable will be auto filtered from the level you selected on the website. You can adjust the filters at the top as required. Confirm there is an suitable class (day/time) before proceeding.

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4. Click Enrol now on a suitable class.

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5. If you have previously created an account in Perfect Gym click Sign In. Otherwise create a new account by clicking Register

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6. Complete all account fields for the PARENT account. Once finished click Create account

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7. After the parent account is created, click Enrol a student

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8. Click Add A Student

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9. Be sure to select the correct location to assign to the student profile.

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10. Enter all fields for the STUDENT account then click Create account.

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11. Select the appropriate category for the student then click Next

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12. Carefully answer the questionnaire questions which help determine the most appropriate level for the student. Take your time - this stage sets the prerequisite on a student account to enrol into a certain level.

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13. Click Next.

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14. Click Select class day and time (or add another student to your PARENT account).

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15. Click Enrol now next to a suitable class day/time. Note, if the questionnaire recommends a different level, adjust the filters accordingly to show the recommended level.

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16. Click Enrol now next to the student you wish to enrol. If the skill level set in the questionnaire does not match the level selected you will not be able to enrol the child.

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17. Select the price then click Next

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18. Review the enrolment summary taking particular note of the pro rata (pays for classes prior to the next debit). Payment of the pro rata is taken in the next step. Click Next after reviewing and signing the agreements.

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19. Select how you wish to pay for ongoing direct debits. Click Next

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20. A Payrix secure vault screen will appear to store your card for ongoing payments AND to make the pro rata payment noted on the previous screen.

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21. That's it. You're done.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2406380/Enrolment-Tutorial



Next step

Swimming Lesson Enrolment Video Guide

How to enrol into swimming lessons via the main CLient Portal login screen