The departments swimming program provides swimming and water safety lessons to school-age students, reception to year 7 and students with disabilities.

Government schools program access

Swimming

Reception to year 2

• 3.75 hours
• Not available for other years.

Year 3 to 7

• 7.5 hours
• not available for other years
• years 6 and 7 can choose swimming or aquatics but cannot do both in one year.

Non swimmers

Year 8 to 10

• application only
• not available for other years.

SACE practicals

Years 10 to 13

• 12 or 18 hours
• not available for other years.

Access conditions

• Students can only access 1 program a year.
• Schools that want to access the swimming program outside these guidelines must pay a fee.
• Non-government schools can access the swimming program for a fee.

Water safety focus

The swimming program provides an efficient and cost-effective service to schools to help students develop a range of knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes about:

• water confidence
• survival in the water
• swimming technique
• rescue of others
• water safety
• endurance and fitness.