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Splash into Summer Swimming

at the Y Victoria Point!

At the Y, our swimmers are trained by qualified coaches, and learn the skills to progress from beginners to competitors. Our classes are fun too, so your child stays engaged while they learn, and enjoy their progression. Whether you’re looking for a playful activity for your child, or a starting point for a lifetime in sports, the YMCA has what you need. From babies to teenagers, and whatever their skill level.

Two special offers to get your kids in the water!

FREE Swimming Lessons for Children 3 years & Under

Introduce your little one to the water with FREE swimming lessons at the Y Victoria Point! We welcome you to join us for a weekly morning swim class, Monday to Friday — available until the end of September 2025 for a no-commitment start to swimming and water safety.

We offer a high teacher to child ratio, so you can rest assured that your child will receive the attention they deserve.

You will join your little one in the water, for their comfort and safety. This is also a great opportunity for first-time swim families to meet other parents and build connections in the community.

BOOK FREE TRIAL

Please book in your FREE Trial Class to get started. On completion, Reception staff will book your child in for their FREE weekly classes!

2 Weeks Free + Free Swim Pack: Total Value $70

Enrol your child 3 years and older into regular classes at the Y Victoria Point before the end of October 2025, and we'll give you their first two lessons FREE, PLUS a FREE Swim Starter Pack (Swim Cap and Goggles) to get them going. 

Swimming lessons are crucial for Queensland kids. Our warm weather and outdoor lifestyle means lots of time in and around pools, bays, and beaches. Drowning is a constant risk. Water safety is a vital life skill that provides children with the confidence and ability to be safe in and around water, significantly reducing the chance of accidents.

BOOK FREE TRIAL

Please book in your FREE Trial Class, in which your child's skills will be assessed. You can then enrol your child into the appropriate level. You'll get their first two classes for no cost, plus they will receive a FREE Swim Starter Pack!

AVAILABLE NOW
AT THE Y VICTORIA POINT

125 Link Rd
Victoria Point QLD 4165
Ph: (07) 3820 5335

Explore more YMCA Aquatics Programs

Whether you're simply looking for foundational classes to teach your child how to swim, and the basics of water safety, or you're hoping to use aquatics to maintain their health, movement and confidence over the years, we have you covered with our different swimming pathways.

Kids Learn to Swim

Our fun-filled swimming lessons teach children of all ages the important skill of swimming, from foundations right through to mastering every stroke. 10-week school term program.

Squad

Regular swimming to maintain health and fitness, for competition and beyond.

Special Needs & NDIS

Fully-inclusive and trauma-informed program led by disability-qualified teachers. Private lessons for children and adults, as well as babies and their parent or carer. Available at Victoria Point.

"Making waves and building confidence, one splash at a time."

Kids Swimming Program Overview

Infant Program | 6 months – 3.5 years
  • Starfish: 6 months – 12 months
  • Periwinkle: 1 - 2yrs
  • Minnow: 2 - 3yrs

Help your baby or toddler become more comfortable and confident in the water through our Infant Swimming Program. Run by our specially qualified and trained Infant Swimming Teachers, lessons focus on water safety skills, breath control skills, buoyancy and floatation, correct holds, kicking and submersions. Together with you by their side during lessons, we’ll help build your child’s fine motor skills and foot/hand/eye co-ordination. Learn the foundations of water safety and awareness in our Infant Program.

Proeeschool Program | 3.5 years – 5 years
  • Tadpole: Learn water safety and get an introduction to the aquatic environment for non-swimmers or children that have just graduated from our Infant Program and are swimming for the first time without a parent or carer in the water.
  • Goldfish: Learn water safety and be introduced to freestyle.
  • Flying fish: Develop freestyle stroke and be introduced to backstroke.
School-Aged Program | 5+ years
  • Octopus: Learn water safety, develop confidence, breath control and get an introduction to the aquatic environment. Suitable for non-swimmers.
  • Sardine: Learn water safety and get an introduction to freestyle and backstroke.
  • Salmon: Learn water safety and basic rescue skills, personal survival skills, further development of freestyle and backstroke and get an introduction to freestyle breathing. Introduction of survival backstroke.
  • Tuna: Learn water safety, rescue techniques, personal survival skills, a continuation of freestyle, backstroke, survival backstroke and get an introduction to breaststroke.
  • Dolphin: Learn water safety, rescue techniques, personal survival skills, a continuation of freestyle, backstroke, survival backstroke, breaststroke, development of butterfly and get an introduction to the sidestroke.
  • Shark: Learn water safety, rescue techniques, personal survival skills, a continuation of freestyle, backstroke, survival backstroke, breaststroke, development of butterfly and sidestroke. Introduction of tumble turns and basic squad drills.
  • Dolphin / Shark / Presquad: Our Dolphin and Shark levels have been developed into a Pre-Squad program that is designed to prepare swimmers for our Bronze Squad level. Swimmers must be proficient in all four strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly) and be familiar with survival strokes. This program is designed to correct stroke technique and develop swimmer endurance. Correct starts, turns and finishes are encouraged along with an introduction to racing technique and timing. During summer months lessons are held in our outdoor heated 25m pool and in our indoor heated pool during winter.