When you live in Carseldine or nearby areas, learning to swim is an essential skill for children and adults alike. At Family Aquatics, we provide professional and structured swimming lessons in Carseldine to ensure everyone feels confident and safe in the water. Our programs are designed for all ages, from infants to adults, helping each swimmer progress at their own pace.
Carseldine is surrounded by numerous local waterways, making water safety a top priority. Our expert swim instructors specialize in learn-to-swim programs in Carseldine, including lessons tailored for individuals with disabilities or other physical and mental challenges. With a strong focus on skill development and fun, we ensure every learner enjoys their swimming journey.
Our baby swimming classes are designed for infants aged 3 to 7 months. Early exposure to water is key to developing lifelong swimming confidence. At Family Aquatics in Carseldine, we emphasize water familiarization, conditioning, and fun interactive activities such as songs and rhymes. We provide best Swimming Lessons in Carseldine.
Our qualified instructors guide parents/guardians on effective techniques, ensuring babies build a connection with water while developing essential skills like buoyancy, rolling, and movement. Our goal is to create a comfortable and enjoyable experience using sensory games and engaging activities.
For infants aged 8 to 12 months, we focus on enhancing mobility, building water confidence, and reinforcing basic safety techniques. Our infant swimming lessons in Carseldine introduce floating, kicking, reaching, and recognizing commands through interactive and colorful sensory activities.
Safety is a key part of our curriculum, ensuring both parents and children learn critical techniques such as a controlled fall-in, reaching for a safe zone, and practicing exits from the pool.
Our toddler swim classes build on previously learned skills while encouraging independence. We introduce new water safety techniques such as blowing bubbles, face submersion, and edge holding. Parents remain involved, but we gradually encourage toddlers to gain confidence in their movements. We provide best Swimming Lessons in Carseldine.
Through songs, rhymes, and hands-on instruction, Family Aquatics Carseldine ensures toddlers develop strong foundational swimming skills in a safe and engaging environment.
Our eight-week transition program helps toddlers become independent swimmers. This program prepares children to take lessons without parental assistance by focusing on:
By the end of the program, children will be ready to advance to Level 1 swimming lessons.
This is the first independent class where children take lessons without parental supervision. We reinforce basic water skills, including:
Our tailored lesson plans ensure children develop the confidence to swim independently and safely.
Once the basics are mastered, we focus on refining techniques, including long-arm strokes, straight-leg kicks, and breath control. Our instructors introduce safety drills using kickboards, noodles, and swim rings to simulate real-life water scenarios.
Children will learn correct body positioning for freestyle and backstroke. We break down stroke sequences to ensure smooth coordination and strengthen breath control for improved performance.
At this stage, students refine their freestyle and backstroke techniques without kickboards. We introduce bilateral breathing and build endurance to prepare them for longer swimming distances.
Swimmers will now be capable of swimming four pool laps continuously. This level introduces breaststroke and butterfly kick techniques, ensuring they develop proper arm and leg coordination for all strokes.
The final level focuses on perfecting freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. Butterfly stroke training is incorporated, along with advanced techniques to build stamina and efficiency in the water.
It’s never too late to learn to swim! Our adult swimming lessons in Carseldine cater to beginners and those looking to improve their swimming skills. Led by certified coaches, these sessions focus on:
For more information on each of our swimming classes, call us on
(07) 3522 1470.
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Hi my name is Georgia!
I used to be a competitive swimmer and water polo player a few years ago which lead to the interest of wanting to teach others learning to swim
I am still currently at school in grade 12 set to finish this year in 2024. I am now a trainee Learn To Swim Instructor at Family Aquatics soon to be Instructor.
I am very excited to meet and help your children learn and exceed in their swimming journey
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: Ryan used to be my Swimming Coach back in 2016 when I was 10 years old.
Hi my name is Chloe
I recently completed my AUSTSWIM qualifications late last year while I was still working in full time in Outside School Care.
I have always been interested in Swimming and thoroughly enjoy working with children as it is my passion to. . . . . . . . . . .
I joined Family Aquatics beginning of this year in 2024 so you will see me around on most days.
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I used to be a competitive Dancer, Tennis Player, Netball goalie and Swimmer.
Hi Everyone
My name is Courtney
I recently became a Learn to Swim instructor in April last year 2023 with Family Aquatics. After signing my daughter up to swimming lessons, each week at her lesson, I took on board all instruction and knowledge on how to help her improve. This caught Lorna’s eye and asked if I thought about becoming an instructor as she thought I had the potential to help others like she helped me.
I used to work in childcare for many years before I had my daughter and I thoroughly enjoy working and giving the gift of education to children and watching them thrive in different areas of life.
I am both Teacher and Water Safety and Infant and preschooler qualified. Although I teach both areas, and since then i feel like my calling is our Babies through to Toddlers as I feel like I have helped to kick start their swimming journey in the right direction and given them the correct tools and knowledge so they can further their journey.
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I am a fully qualified hairdresser and my partner and I own a lawn mowing business ‘Grow, Mow, Go’.
My name is Ryan and I am the assistant manager at Family Aquatics.
I joined the family in 2022 and thoroughly enjoy what I do. Watching children go from strength to strength is a true blessing and helping them achieve their goals to further their swimming onto squads and competitions.
I am a fully qualified swimming coach through Swim Australia and I have been teaching and coaching Swimming since 1994.
I look forward to meeting you helping all of your children reach their swimming goals.
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: Swimming has given me the opportunity to travel all over the world.
Hi Families
My name is Lorna and I am the manager at Family Aquatics Swim School. I helped the owner build the business back in 2020.
I used to be a competitive Swimmer back in England, competing for my county Nottinghamshire County Elite Squad (Nova Centurion Swimming Club) for many years.
I moved to Australia in 2006 and found my passion for swimming again when i became an Instructor.
I also used to work in Childcare for 8 Years before having a little man of my own in 2016
I am truly passionate about educating children about the importance of water safety and helping them feel safe and secure in their swimming environment as we live in a state surrounded by water.
It is my mission to. . . . . . .
I look forward to meeting you all and helping your children through their swimming journey.
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I used to compete against England’s 2008 Gold Medalist Rebecca Addlington between 2000 and 2005 when we both swam for Nottinghamshire County before I moved to Australia in 2006.
Hi everyone my name is Kay
I am the owner of Family Aquatics Swim School.
When we lived in England I used to thoroughly enjoyed devoting my time taking Lorna across the country attending many Competitive Swim Meets.
When Lorna fell pregnant in 2016, this is when I had the idea of opening up a Swim School as a small side hustle as I want to offer other parents a place to start their children’s Swimming Journey and enjoy it as much as I did.
It took a few years to work out the ins and outs of opening my own business but back in 2020 Lorna and I final made it and opened Family Aquatics.
If you see me around please come and say hi
FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I used to be a fully qualified nurse and midwife for 42 years. Before I retired in 2021 I was running the mothers department in a major hospital.
