We couldn't do it without you!
As a small business, we truly thank you for your support.
Your wonderful support allows us to continue to offer swim lessons to our local community.

What’s happening over the school holidays?

 Just a quick reminder that the last lessons for 2021 is Wednesday 22nd December and the first lessons back in 2022 is on Thursday 6th January. 
Learn to swim customers are not charged for lessons that fall during our Christmas/New Year closure. 
And a reminder, we have a perpetual program that continuously rolls over from month to month. This means we will hold your usual lesson time and day for when we reopen on Thursday 6th January, unless you advise us otherwise.
If you are going away outside of our Christmas / New Year close dates, we ask that you please pop on to your customer portal and mark yourself away.  

Starting prep in 2022

If you have someone starting prep in 2022 and need to change times and or days, then please pop on to our starting prep page to let us know more about your needs.

School Holiday Swim Clinics and Intensives
For more info click on this link School Holiday Activities

​Don't miss out on lots of fun.
​Check out our school holiday activities, including learn to swim intensives covering all strokes, special Breaststroke and Butterfly swim clinics, family swims or simply extra lessons for any age group or ability level.
Perpetual swim program
The dipadees swim program is a perpetual swim program, this means your weekly swim lesson times and days remain the same over school holidays. Our School holiday intensives and clinics are additional options to help children progress with their swimming, be active and enjoy time with friends.  

Breaststroke and Butterfly Clinics:  Tuesday & Thursday over the school holidays 2.00 to 3.00pm.

Learn to Swim Intensives for all levels:  Monday to Sunday, a variety of times available.

​Freestyle Breathing Intensives:  Monday to Friday afternoons from 3.00pm.

​For more info and to book your School Holiday activities click here!​

Don't forget you can BRING a FRIEND for FREE to our School Holiday Clinics and Intensives!
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* That's 3 FREE attendances over the school holidays for your friend!

Grab a friend and bring them to our School Holiday Intensive and Clinics for FREE! *Our Bring a Friend for free offer is for your friends who are not currently swimming at Dipadees. Check out the dates and times here.

​Stop off at reception and check out our stocking fillers!

Christmas Vouchers
Gift a Dipadees Christmas Voucher to your preferred $ amount this Christmas, and your friends and family can choose from swim lessons, fins, caps and goggles, swim bags, family swims or you can even gift regular coffee drinkers their weekly coffee!
​Visit reception to pick up your Christmas vouchers.

Fins
Swim fun with these new swim fins, colour coded sizes make finding the right pair easier for kids! 
Our fins come with a great little breathable bag for easy drying and storing.
​Ask at reception so that we can fit you with the right size.

Vorgee Goggles and Caps
Swimming with goggles is fun and they make a great stocking filler. We have a variety of colours in stock and ready for pick up from the pool. Wearing a cap to keep hair out of the eyes makes swimming easier. Choosing a bright coloured cap helps your child stand out in the crowd.

Remember you can share your make up tokens with friends!

As usual we’ll be providing everyone with 3 x FREE extra lesson tokens to use over the school holidays and you're welcome to share these tokens with friends if you can’t use them yourself. Simply email us on [email protected] with “Token share” in the subject line and we’ll pass your tokens on to a friend. *School holiday tokens expire on 1st February 2022. 

Kids need time to familiarise themselves with unfamiliar water

If you're enjoying time in the water over the holidays be sure to take it slow and steady with the children.  Don't expect young kids to immediately reproduce what they do in swim lessons. Just like when meeting strangers, little people need time to adapt.
This is also why swim lessons are so repetitive, skills need to be very thoroughly reinforced to stand kids in good stead for an emergency.

Is there anything we can practice while on holidays?

When it comes to learning to swim, lots of fun time in the water is gold. 
Lots of undirected playing and exploring is perfect for beginners. Supervise closely while allowing these less experienced kids to choose what they want to do in the water. With lots of parent patience they will come around and start to join in the fun.  

Kicking races are fantastic! kids love them and they're great for building kick strength and endurance while enjoying valuable family time ... and hey mum and dad, this is great exercise for you too! 

Stay safe over the school holidays - a quick revision!

People get into trouble trying to help others!
Sometimes people find themselves in trouble trying to save others. This is why learning how to help someone without getting wet is an important water safety skill and it’s called “dry rescue”.

Dry rescue means exactly that, stay dry while helping someone in water. This means throwing an object out to the person in trouble so they have something to hold.  

Or laying on the side (lay down so you don't get pulled in) and use a long object to reach out to the person and then pull them back to safety.
​This might be a noodle, or rake, hose, towel or even a branch.  Just whatever is nearby.
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Even people who can’t swim can perform a dry rescue. 

Practice floating on different objects 
​Learning to hold different objects for support is important.
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Think about the many different items that can help to support you in the water such as an esky or esky lid, plastic bottles, containers and even floating objects like a bike helmet.

Having the confidence and knowledge to hold a floating object buys a little more time while help is on its way.

Be alert on holiday
Holidays are fun but you need to be as vigilant as ever. Be on the alert for risks that you may not have at home. Do a safety audit as soon as you arrive.

Check for different or unsuspected bodies of water such as fishponds, pools, spas, rivers, waterways, cattle troughs, dams, containers of water, eskies etc.

Be alert to the risk of your toddler climbing obstacles that may be lower and easier to climb than you have at home, such as lower baths and toilets. 

No child is ever so “good” that they can swim without adult supervision!
​Even though the kids might be good swimmers, always have an adult on duty to watch over them.

Remember older children and teenagers are not mature enough to always stay focused on watching others in the pool, or to make mature decisions.

Dive bombing might be fun, but people can and do slip, causing injury to themselves.

​Pool walkways are wet and can be slippery so remember to WALK around pool areas.

 ALWAYS:  

1. Shut the pool gate, and never ever prop the gate open.
2. Stay outside the fence until an adult invites the child in and teach children to wait for mum or dad to say “go” before entering the water.
3. Enter unknown water slowly, feet first.
4. Walk around the pool, never run.
5. Ask a grown up to check how deep the water is before swimming.
6. Teach kids to look and listen to mum, dad and the lifeguard and to come back to the edge as soon as asked.
7. Swim between the flags.
8. Always swim with a buddy.
9. Only swim in daylight.
10. Put up one hand and call out loud if you need help.
11. Never leave buckets or other containers of water laying around.
12. Empty ice out of the esky, remember ice becomes water.
13. Never, ever leave babies or little tots in the bath without constant adult supervision.

Have your pool fence and gate checked regularly!
For information on, or to arrange a pool safety inspection visit your local government website www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

CPR saves lives
​To learn resuscitation, check out the Queensland Ambulance Service or the Resuscitation Council of Australia.

Swim Teacher Training and Traineeships

The team at dipadees fulfill many different rolls, from teaching babies and toddlers through to coaching junior squads, administration, reception, plant operators and management.  Each role requires a different sets of skills and qualifications.  

Our teachers undergo regular training, including in water and through our dipadees online learning portal.  From time to time you may notice them in with our senior teachers.

Traineeships
We also offer full time traineeships for those looking to join the swim industry in full time work. If you know a school leaver or a more mature person who may be interested we'd appreciate your help in passing this on.  More info on working at dipadees and our application form can be found on this link. Employment

Win an $80.00 credit on your swim fees

Easy to enter, simply share the safety article in this newsletter with friends, tell us what you think of your swim lessons and enter your details here  Share To WIN!

Remember we will be closed Thursday 23rd December through to Wednesday 5th January inclusive.

Have a very Merry Christmas and happy and safe New Year - Barb and the Dipadees Team.