Royal Life Saving Queensland's Adult Learn to Swim Program
Ipswich City Council, in conjunction with Royal Life Saving Queensland, are happy to offer adults aged 18+ years free water safety and swimming lessons in a five day program.
The next planned Royal Life Saving Queensland’s Adults Learn to Swim Program will be held in December 2024. Be the first to hear when bookings open by joining our mailing list.
This program is primarily for Ipswich residents.
If your preferred session time is booked out, you live outside of the Ipswich Local Government Area or you have previously participated in this program, please join the waitlist.
In this program, you will learn:
Day 1
- Lagoon orientation
- Water familiarisation and basic safe entry ways
- Introduction to breath control.
Day 2
- Safe entry
- Balance and orientation in the water
- Introduction to wetting the face, breath control and face submersion
- Back floats with assistance and noodles
- Introduction to push and glide - torpedo kicks
- Introduction to kicking.
Day 3
- Independent safe entry
- Face/head submersion and bubbles
- Back floats with noodles
- Front floats with assistance
- Submersion demonstration
- Push and glide - torpedo kicks
- Basic kicking holding the wall/noodle
- Arm Introduction.
Day 4
- Floats
- Kicking on wall/noodle
- Arm introduction
- Submersions
- Life jacket experience.
Day 5
- Consolidation of all skills
- Practice kicks, torpedos, submersions and basic freestyle etc.
What previous participants have said about the Royal Life Saving Queensland's Adult Learn to Swim Program |
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"The instructors are very kind and supportive throughout and they encourage everyone. I was a beginner and scared but with their support I was able to swim with confidence with the noodle on the 4th day itself." Indhumathi |
"Both instructors were very experienced in their fields which made the sessions and teaching much easier to follow. I also loved how it wasn’t just about teaching us how to swim but also about water safety." Asunta |
"The instructors broke every step down so it was easy to follow and allowed each participant to take their own time. I was so scared on the first day and with gentle encouragement and support on that day I gained more confident as the week progressed. The instructors were also a credit in how they communicated with us older generation too!" Carol |
Find more information about SEAL and our other free pool safety programs here.