Big congratulations to Gabriela, winner of our monthly swim lesson draw valued at $80.00!
Entering is super easy, simply pop over to our home page and enter the draw!
Entering is super easy, simply pop over to our home page and enter the draw!
Check out our extra school holiday activities on the link below!
Click on this link to see all of our extra school holiday activities!
Dipadees school holiday activities - Dipadees Swim School - Your swim specialsits, Everton Hills, North Brisbane
Dipadees school holiday activities - Dipadees Swim School - Your swim specialsits, Everton Hills, North Brisbane
Important info on your FREE extra school holiday tokens!
We're making a small change to help you manage your 3 FREE extra school holiday tokens.
Rather than adding these free tokens to everyone's accounts, we'll add them upon request. Simply jump on our school holiday page at dipadees.com and fill in the school holiday expression of interest form and we'll organize your tokens.
As always, in our perpetual swim program, your normal weekly lesson times and days remain the same over the school holidays. If you're going away please be sure to mark your child absent in your customer portal.
We're making a small change to help you manage your 3 FREE extra school holiday tokens.
Rather than adding these free tokens to everyone's accounts, we'll add them upon request. Simply jump on our school holiday page at dipadees.com and fill in the school holiday expression of interest form and we'll organize your tokens.
As always, in our perpetual swim program, your normal weekly lesson times and days remain the same over the school holidays. If you're going away please be sure to mark your child absent in your customer portal.
Race Night is Back!
Our popular Race Night and Sausage Sizzle starts back this FRIDAY 3rd September and we'd love to see lots of our swimmers join in. Race nights are great fun for the kids and a wonderful introduction to racing in a friendly and fun environment. To join in simply drop Sarah an email on [email protected]
Our popular Race Night and Sausage Sizzle starts back this FRIDAY 3rd September and we'd love to see lots of our swimmers join in. Race nights are great fun for the kids and a wonderful introduction to racing in a friendly and fun environment. To join in simply drop Sarah an email on [email protected]
Who wants to get fitter while the kids swim!
If getting fit appeals, this might be a little easier now that you can exercise while the kids are swimming!
Mat at Resultz gym has a 20 minute AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) high intensity workout that is self paced and charged weekly. For more info check out resultzgym.com.au
If getting fit appeals, this might be a little easier now that you can exercise while the kids are swimming!
Mat at Resultz gym has a 20 minute AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) high intensity workout that is self paced and charged weekly. For more info check out resultzgym.com.au
Who do you know that might make a FANTASTIC Swim Teacher!
Did you know, like many swim schools, August and September are our teacher intake months. And we're rearing to go with our inhouse training. If you know a special person who enjoys working with children, has the patience of a saint, is super reliable and can work after school and Saturday or Sunday mornings then we'd LOVE to hear from them!
To help understand the ins and outs of swim teaching and the necessary qualifications, we've put together an information page on our website at employment - Dipadees Swim School - Your swim specialists, Everton Hills, North Brisbane We'd like to cast our net far and wide to find the very best people and would love you to share this link with family and friends.
Did you know, like many swim schools, August and September are our teacher intake months. And we're rearing to go with our inhouse training. If you know a special person who enjoys working with children, has the patience of a saint, is super reliable and can work after school and Saturday or Sunday mornings then we'd LOVE to hear from them!
To help understand the ins and outs of swim teaching and the necessary qualifications, we've put together an information page on our website at employment - Dipadees Swim School - Your swim specialists, Everton Hills, North Brisbane We'd like to cast our net far and wide to find the very best people and would love you to share this link with family and friends.
How long will it take for my child to learn to swim?
Learning to swim sometimes feels like it’s taking forever and we know that can be hard to watch! But we tend to forget that swimming is a locomotor skill, just like learning to walk, run, hop, skip or jump and just like any other locomotor skill, practice is the key.
Children practice land movements for most of their waking hours, every single day and we can see how long it takes them to develop land skills. In the pool we see the children who spend the most time in water acquire swim skills way sooner than those who attend one lesson per week or just seasonally. Thank goodness, with more heated, indoor pools available more people have access to year round lessons and this is helping to reduce deskilling.
There are other factors that impact on just how quickly or slowly children learn to swim.
Coordination, concentration, fitness and temperament all play a part in a child’s ability to acquire swimming skills.
Fearless Freddie’s push themselves to their limit. They're happy to dive right in and attempt new skills and are forever exploring the water. Their love of exploring means they often gain swimming skills more quickly than their timid friends.
Timid children on the other hand are much more cautious, they need time to check out their surrounds and usually approach each new skill with caution. These children need more time to adjust than the fearless child. It's important to be patient and respectful of their caution, with time in the water they'll soon be joining their fearless mates!
Many children fit somewhere between the two, neither totally fearless, nor totally timid and their level of confidence can change from lesson to lesson or at any point during a lesson. It's not uncommon for a fearless child to give themselves a fright as they test their limits or a timid child to suddenly “click into confidence” and become fearless!
Regardless, it’s best not to peg children into any particular slot, but rather to work with their emotional and physical needs at any given point in time. Be understanding about how concentration, coordination and a raft of other factors will be at play while learning to swim. And know that learning to swim in itself is a great activity to help build resilience, fitness and coordination.
When it comes to making swimmers, there's no substitute for time in the water, especially when that time is comfortable, enjoyable, regular and non threatening.
When it comes to safety and all the other benefits of swimming your swim lesson might just be the most important appointment in your week.
Barb and the team at dipadees
Learning to swim sometimes feels like it’s taking forever and we know that can be hard to watch! But we tend to forget that swimming is a locomotor skill, just like learning to walk, run, hop, skip or jump and just like any other locomotor skill, practice is the key.
Children practice land movements for most of their waking hours, every single day and we can see how long it takes them to develop land skills. In the pool we see the children who spend the most time in water acquire swim skills way sooner than those who attend one lesson per week or just seasonally. Thank goodness, with more heated, indoor pools available more people have access to year round lessons and this is helping to reduce deskilling.
There are other factors that impact on just how quickly or slowly children learn to swim.
Coordination, concentration, fitness and temperament all play a part in a child’s ability to acquire swimming skills.
Fearless Freddie’s push themselves to their limit. They're happy to dive right in and attempt new skills and are forever exploring the water. Their love of exploring means they often gain swimming skills more quickly than their timid friends.
Timid children on the other hand are much more cautious, they need time to check out their surrounds and usually approach each new skill with caution. These children need more time to adjust than the fearless child. It's important to be patient and respectful of their caution, with time in the water they'll soon be joining their fearless mates!
Many children fit somewhere between the two, neither totally fearless, nor totally timid and their level of confidence can change from lesson to lesson or at any point during a lesson. It's not uncommon for a fearless child to give themselves a fright as they test their limits or a timid child to suddenly “click into confidence” and become fearless!
Regardless, it’s best not to peg children into any particular slot, but rather to work with their emotional and physical needs at any given point in time. Be understanding about how concentration, coordination and a raft of other factors will be at play while learning to swim. And know that learning to swim in itself is a great activity to help build resilience, fitness and coordination.
When it comes to making swimmers, there's no substitute for time in the water, especially when that time is comfortable, enjoyable, regular and non threatening.
When it comes to safety and all the other benefits of swimming your swim lesson might just be the most important appointment in your week.
Barb and the team at dipadees
