At Shayne Reese Swimming, you can start swimming lessons anytime! You don’t have to wait till the start of a new school term to enroll. We teach swimming all year round, so when you’re ready, we’re ready! Babies are recommended to start infant swimming lessons from 3 months of age. This is to allow us the opportunity to condition your child correctly so their love for water continues as they prepare for future learning.
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All students older than 3 years of age at Shayne Reese Swimming are offered a FREE assessment to determine their swimming abilities and ensure they are placed in a level that best suits their needs. During your FREE assessment, one of our friendly On Deck Supervisors will answer all your questions and also discuss the process we will take moving forward. This is a great way for you to find out more about Shayne Reese Swimming, talk to one of our friendly team members and also for us to get to know you and your child. All families at Shayne Reese Swimming that enroll their children in the INFANT AQUATIC program and are under the age of 3 years, are given an induction and facility tour before their first lesson. This is to answer any questions you may have and just to make sure everyone is comfortable before swimming lessons start.
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Yep, we sure do! Even better, Shayne Reese Swimming conducts a SCHOOL HOLIDAY INTENSIVE, where students attend lessons every day! That’s half a term’s lessons in only one week! Shayne Reese Swimming believes in continual learning, and this is why we offer a 5 Day Holiday Intensive to all our students every school holidays. It’s a great way to consolidate your child’s existing aquatic knowledge and incorporates all the features of the regular swimming program whilst offering the opportunity to fast track your child’s swimming progress and provide a healthy structured activity during the school holidays. GET A $15.00 Discount on Holiday Intensives! Do you want to Fast Track your child’s progress?
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Depending on your child’s age, swimming lessons at Shayne Reese Swimming are available 8.30am – 1.00pm Monday to Saturday and 3.30pm – 8.00pm Monday to Friday afternoons. Feel free to Contact Us and organize a FREE Swimming Lesson ASSESSMENT and we’ll let you know what days and times we have for your child’s level. Please note, we don’t run lessons on Public Holidays and we follow the Victorian Primary School term dates.

Shayne Reese Swimming is proud to offer the smallest class sizes in Ballarat! Many facilities in the area have bigger swimming lesson class sizes – which is not ideal for your child’s aquatic development. Larger class sizes means that your child gets less attention, development is slower and they are distracted more easily. Our INFANT AQUATIC swimming classes have a maximum of only 6 students and parents/carer per swimming instructor - which allows our teachers to assist each parent and baby throughout activates. Our TRANSITION swimming classes have a maximum of only 3 students per swimming instructor - which guarantees a smooth transition from parent in the water to parent out of the water! Our PRE SCHOOL swimming program and LEARN TO SWIM classes start with a maximum of only 4 students per swimming instructor - this means that your child gets more one-on-one time with their instructor, which allows them to further develop their swimming abilities quicker.

Shayne Reese Swimming is a GOLD Level Austswim accredited swim school, and we are also a Swim Australia and Australian Swim Schools Association registered program. All our teaching staff hold nationally recognized swimming instructors qualifications and certificates in CPR, First Aid and Working With Children certificates. 

Of course you can! Actually, we encourage you to come in and have a look around at our state-of-the-art swim school facility and review the way we conduct our lessons.  Even better, all our INFANT AQUATIC enrollments at Shayne Reese Swimming are given an induction and facility tour before their first lesson, to answer any questions you may have, and just to make sure everyone is comfortable before they start.  Students older than 3 years are given a FREE assessment, where one of our On Deck Supervisors will answer all your questions and also discuss with you the process we will take moving forward. Of course, if you have any queries don’t hesitate to contact us here.

Shayne Reese Swimming provides all the essential equipment during swimming lessons to ensure your child has fun, and most importantly receives quality aquatic tuition. It is compulsory for all our babies to wear firm fitting aqua nappies which are available from reception, and parents should wear a loose fitted t-shirt which will assist your child’s gabbing and gripping skills during class activities. Remember to bring a towel for BOTH you, and your bub!  It is highly recommended that all Pre School and afternoon Learn to Swim students wear proper fitted goggles, cap and firm fitting bathers – this does not include board shorts, rash vests and bikinis.  

No we don’t. We want to teach your child to swim as quickly as possible. In our experience teaching swimming with aids like arm band floaties and back bubbles creates a “false sense of security” for the young swimmer, which can be dangerous! Another reason we don’t like to teach with floaties and back bubbles is because they tend to keep the child’s head and body in a vertical and incorrect position in the water, which can develop bad habits and make the swimming process harder. Also, most accidents that happen when children are in and around the water - usually don’t involve the young child being “ready” and fitted out with floaties.

Maintaining Immaculate Water Quality is something we do better than anyone else in Ballarat!  Our brand new, state-of-the-art, purpose-built, private indoor facility has been designed for teaching swimming all year round in the perfect learning environment. Using an Advanced Automated Monitoring Filtration system coupled with Ozone and Ultra Violet (UV) Technology guarantee’s our water is of highest hygienic quality and heated to 32.5 degrees all year round ensuring the comfort of even our 3 month old infants! 

At Shayne Reese Swimming, you’ll see our ON DECK SUPERVISORS moving around pool deck assessing your child’s progress and liaising with teaching staff and parents to ensure our program is running at the high standard we expect it to be.  They are caring, very approachable, super friendly and extremely knowledgeable - so please feel free to approach them at anytime and have a chat. They love to talk about your child progress, our program and anything to do with swimming really!

To answer this question is quite simple – we do the little things in and out of the water better than anyone else!  It is great to be known as the leading swim school in Ballarat, however we are also known throughout Australia in the aquatic industry as one of the top providers of swimming lessons that has small class sizes and gets fantastic results.   Shayne Reese Swimming wants to ensure that you and your child have the best experience possible when it comes to learning to swim. We are a technique driven swim school that has developed a comprehensive learning program to suit every student.  Each lesson taken by your child has been developed, fine-tuned and carefully planned to help your child progress at their own rate and within their own individual capabilities without the use of floatation devices such as arm band floaties and back bubbles.  We aim to build life-long skills that will ensure students continued enjoyment of the aquatic environment in its many forms. We are proud to provide you with Learn to Swim lessons, that promote an active and healthy lifestyle.