Do you and your children know how to swim?
Swimming is such an important life skill. Join the fun in the water, and let us teach your children swimming and water survival skills that they’ll keep with them for life.
At Healthways, we’re the experts in developing skills in the water for the whole family!
Is your family water-ready?
Being water-ready means that any time of the year your family can enjoy the water. Picture yourself happily swimming on holidays, gleefully joining in pool parties, and creating memories and experiences with confidence. The water is so much fun!
Our small class sizes mean that your children will receive more teacher attention, making every lesson a splash of confidence-building excitement!
There are:
- Tailored programs for: Babies, Toddlers, Pre-schoolers, Primary school age children, Secondary school age students, and Adults.
- Term and Holiday programs available.
- Group and Private lessons available.
With locations in Mont Albert North and Ringwood, Healthways Swim School offers lessons 7 days a week: mornings, afternoons and evenings.
Book online now and unlock the magic of our 4-student small classes and our warm 32-degree saltwater pools. Get ready for educational programs that encourage smiles, skills, and successful learning!
All students welcome. Start any time!
SWIM. SAFE. FUN!
CLICK HERE TO LOOK UP TIMETABLE ONLINE AND TO BOOK.
You can enquire or book:
Why swim with Healthways?
Industry awards and recognition:
Renowned for small class sizes and great programs, families choose Healthways because:
- We have small class sizes! There is a maximum of 4 students in ALL Learn-to-Swim classes! This is such great value, allowing for more teacher attention and feedback! For under 3yr old classes where parents are in the water, there is a maximum of 8 students per class and parents work 1:1 with their children.
- Salt-Water Pools! Dive into the comfort of our salt-water pools. Ideal for sensitive skin and eyes, our salt-water pools ensure a pleasant swimming experience.
Warm 32-Degree Water Year-Round! No matter the weather outside, our warm-water pools maintain 32-degree temperature, providing optimal comfort and facilitating continuous learning.- Flexible Make-Up Classes! Life happens, and we understand. If you miss a class, enjoy flexible make-up class and family swim options, easily managed through your client portal for 24/7 convenience.
- Qualified & Experienced Teachers! We invest in our staff. The depth of experience in the Healthways Team is immense, and staff are constantly participating in ongoing training and professional development, ensuring we remain at the forefront of effective teaching methods.
- Industry-Leading Teaching Progressions! Our teaching progressions follow industry-leading best practices, providing a high standard of education for every student. Healthways’ curriculum proudly fits into the National Grading Guidelines, ensuring that students progress through levels that meet and exceed established standards.
Special Programs Throughout the Year! Our comprehensive ‘SwimSAFER Weeks’ curriculum focuses on developing valuable survival skills year-round. Additionally, with special events like Swim Carnivals, Distance Swims, and Race-Starts workshops, there’s always something special happening at Healthways. Join in the excitement!
Additionally… It’s important for new clients to feel confident that you are coming to a swim school that is reliable and reputable. Amongst our industry peers we are recognised as:
We are long-serving senior members of the Australian Swim School Association and regularly attend National and International Industry Conferences and Events;- We are members of RecLinkand support welcoming and inclusive practices;
- Our teaching practices are accredited to award the Victorian Government’sPremier’s Award for Swimming certificate.
- Our teacher training is accredited by all industry bodies, including AUSTSWIM, SwimAustralia, Life Saving Victoria and Aquatics & Recreation Victoria;
- Through Healthways Community Initiatives, we fund and deliver Award-winning Water Safety Education Programs to childcare centres, kindergartens, maternal health centres, and play groups.
- We are Solar poweredand Geo-thermal heated.
- We have achieved:
- Board Member of Australian Swim School Association 2024.
- Board Member of Australian Swim School Association 2023.
- Board Member of Australian Swim School Association 2022.
- Board Member of Australian Swim School Association 2021.
- Finalist VIC Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety 2020.
- Board Member of Australian Swim School Association 2020.
- FinalistVIC Swim School of the Year 2019.
- Finalist VIC Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety 2019.
- Finalist VIC Teacher of Infants and Pre-schoolers 2017.
- FinalistVIC Swim School of the Year 2015.
- WinnerAUST Most Environmentally Friendly Swim School 2013!
- FinalistVIC Excellence in Facility Management 2013.
- WinnerVIC Innovative Program of the Year 2012!
- Winner VIC Teacher of Infants and Pre-schoolers 2012!
- Winner AUST Teacher of Infants and Pre-schoolers 2012!
- Finalist VIC Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety 2012.
- Finalist AUST Most Environmentally Friendly Swim School 2011.
- Finalist AUST Best Swim School Print Material 2011.
- President of Swim School Owners Association of Australia (VIC Branch) 2010.
- Pre-2010 award wins and finals have been kept off this list to show you more recent achievements, however, more can be supplied if required.
We proudly share these achievements with you as an indication of the passion and dedication we have for our profession and for the children that we teach.
Where are we located?
We have two pools in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne:
MONT ALBERT NTH – Healthways Recreation Centre, 1-11 Arcade Road, Mont Albert North 3129
Ph. 9895 2300
Pool inspections and visits to the centre are welcome at any time. CLICK HERE for Map and Opening times.
There are two pools at Mont Albert North. Your class will be in the relevant section of the pool for your skill level.
COVE POOL is 0.9-1.2m deep, 4 lane, 18m long, heated indoor pool. The pool is heated to 32 degrees so it’s lovely and warm. Perfect for teaching!
TREETOPS POOL has a moveable pool floor and can be anywhere from 0.5-2.0m deep depending on the program that is running, 3 lane, 25m long, heated indoor pool with diving blocks. The pool is heated from 30-32 degrees so it’s lovely and warm. Perfect for teaching!
All our pools are salt-water pools – Great for sensitive skin! If you or your child have sensitive skin or eyes the water is gentle on you. Particularly good news for people with allergies, eczema or general skin dryness. For more information on how our salt pool works CLICK HERE.
RINGWOOD – Healthways Aquatic Centre, 108-110 New Street, Ringood 3134
Ph. 9879 5777
Pool inspections and visits to the centre are welcome at any time. CLICK HERE for Map and Opening times.
All classes at Ringwood are held in our 0.8-1.3m deep, 6 lane, 25m long, heated indoor pool. Your class will be in the relevant section of the pool for your skill level.
The pool is heated to 32 degrees so it’s lovely and warm. Perfect for teaching!
All our pools are salt-water pools – Great for sensitive skin! If you or your child have sensitive skin or eyes the water is gentle on you. Particularly good news for people with allergies, eczema or general skin dryness. For more information on how our salt pool works CLICK HERE.
Available Programs:
NEW PARENTS BABY-SWIM PROGRAM
Age: 4mths – 6mths
Babies have a natural affinity for the water. The time while children are young is a wonderful time to start helping your child be relaxed and comfortable in the water. These sessions teach parents how to support and hold their babies in the pool and in the bath, so they can start their child’s introduction to water skills confidently and correctly.
AQUA-BUB & AQUA-TOT PROGRAMS
Age: 6mths – 3yrs
These programs aim to familiarise children with the water, encourage water confidence and introduce independent skills. Parents assist their children in water activities, and develop skills together in: Entries & Exits, Floating, Sculling & Keeping Balance, Underwater skills, Kicking and arm actions, Parent Education, Extra carer and child skills. Nursery Rhymes and a large variety of toys are used to engage the children and assist their mental and physical development.
PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM
Age: 3yrs – 5yrs
This program develops greater water skills and teaches children across five levels – beginner, beginner gold, confident, intermediate and advanced. Beginner classes introduce students to the water, while progression through the levels results in advanced classes being able to swim independently and developing basic stroke technique.
Children are engaged using floatation aids, equipment and/or toys. We aim to make the water an enjoyable experience so children can’t wait to get to the pool for their lesson every week. When children go to school they swap into the equivalent school age level.
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM
Age: 5+yrs
Our school age program is based on the national swimming grading guidelines. As the children progress from level 1 to level 4 they are taught attainable and challenging skills aimed at broadening their water independence, stroke technique and water safety skills.
Our classes develop skills in — entries & exits, floating, sculling & treading water, swimming technique on front, swimming technique on back, survival skills, underwater skills, diving skills, rescue skills and endurance. In addition, school age children may participate in special events throughout the year including snorkelling workshops, distance swims, etc.
LEVEL 5 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
This program provides students with an introduction to a squad environment, while not being intimidating for those children who don’t wish to pursue competitive swimming. It focuses on improving stroke technique and developing endurance and speed.
LEVEL 6 & 7 SQUADS
These programs focus on advanced stroke and survival skill development. During these classes improved stroke technique results in improved speed and endurance. Additionally, the students general health and fitness levels are constantly challenged. These programs provide a fun recreational environment for students who enjoy swimming and/or wish to pursue competitive swimming.
ACCESS AND INCLUSION PROGRAM
Age: All
These classes provide toddlers, children, teens and adults with the opportunity to benefit from learning in water. Depending on the needs of individual students there are group classes, private classes, and social groups available.
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ADULT LESSONS
These classes provide adults with the opportunity to gain confidence in the water, learn how to swim or improve technique in a personal and friendly environment. Adults can progress at their own pace, while gaining the additional health and fitness benefits of being in the water.
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PRIVATE LESSONS
Private classes provide adults or children with personal tuition. Whether you’re just starting out or you want extra help with your skills, private lessons give you all the attention you need. Lessons can be arranged for one(teacher)-to-one(student), or for up to one(teacher)-to-four(students).
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Progression through the Program:
To help students progress through the program, firstly, classes are grouped according to age. Children learn differently as they change from toddlers to pre-schoolers to primary school age and our classes allow children to be taught in age-appropriate ways.
Then within each age group, classes are grouped according to ability using comprehensive levels which include skills covering: Entries & Exits, Floating, Sculling & Treading Water, Swimming on Tummy, Swimming on Back, Survival Sequences, Underwater Skills, Safe Diving Skills, Rescue Skills, and Endurance. All our level criteria can be seen at the centre on the pool foyer wall.
The levels within each age group fit together as shown below.
Choose your class Frequency:
We offer:
- Regular Classes – ie. Classes once per week during the school term. (Available for all age groups); and
- Holiday Intensive Classes – ie. Classes once per day for 5 consecutive days during the school holidays. (Available for 3 year olds to level 5.) Holiday Intensive Classes happen in the mornings. Generally these classes are Mon-Fri, but where there is a public holiday during the week they may run Sun-Thur or Tues-Sat so that there are still 5 classes. Weeks can be booked individually.
Regular Class Times:
Regular Classes run 7 days a week. For specific level class times and availability please look up the timetable one of the following ways:
- Term 1 2024:
- Mon 15/01/24 – Thurs 28/03/24
- Term 2 2024:
- Mon 08/04/24 – Sun 30/06/24
- Term 3 2024:
- Mon 08/07/24 – Sun 22/09/24
- Term 4 2024:
- Mon 30/09/24 – Sun 22/12/24
Holiday Intensive Class Times:
Holiday Intensive classes run every school holidays, except the period between Christmas and New Year. For specific level class times and availability please look up the timetable one of the following ways:
- January Intensives 2024:
- Tues 02/01/24 – Sat 06/01/24
- Mon 08/01/24 – Fri 12/01/24
- Mon 15/01/24 – Fri 19/01/24
- Mon 22/01/24 – Thurs 25/01/24
- Bookings open Monday 20/11/23. You can book online using your customer portal (click here for instructions) or phone anytime as of that date. Alternatively add your name to the call back list now (bottom of the page) and we’ll send you a reminder when bookings open.
- March/April Intensives 2024:
- Tues 02/04/24 – Sat 06/04/24
- Mon 08/04/24 – Fri 12/04/24
- Bookings open Monday 26/02/24. You can book online using your customer portal (click here for instructions) or phone anytime as of that date. Alternatively add your name to the call back list now (bottom of the page) and we’ll send you a reminder when bookings open.
- June/July Intensives 2024:
- Mon 01/07/24 – Fri 05/07/24
- Mon 08/07/24 – Fri 12/07/24
- Bookings open Monday 27/05/24. You can book online using your customer portal (click here for instructions) or phone anytime as of that date. Alternatively add your name to the call back list now (bottom of the page) and we’ll send you a reminder when bookings open.
- September/October Intensives 2024:
- Mon 23/09/24 – Thurs 26/09/24
- Mon 30/09/24 – Fri 04/10/24
- Bookings open Monday 19/08/24. You can book online using your customer portal (click here for instructions) or phone anytime as of that date. Alternatively add your name to the call back list now (bottom of the page) and we’ll send you a reminder when bookings open.
- January Intensives 2025:
- Thurs 02/01/25 – Sun 05/01/25
- Mon 06/01/25 – Fri 10/01/25
- Mon 13/01/25 – Fri 17/01/25
- Mon 20/01/25 – Fri 24/01/25
- Bookings open Monday 18/11/24. You can book online using your customer portal (click here for instructions) or phone anytime as of that date. Alternatively add your name to the call back list now (bottom of the page) and we’ll send you a reminder when bookings open.
MONT ALBERT SITE ONLY:
Do you need childcare for your other children during lessons?
While one child is having their lesson, do you need childcare for your other child/ren?
We can help. We have child minding facilities for clients’ children while they are in the centre. The creche is open 9am-12noon weekdays. Children 6wks-preschool age can play and participate in craft activities while you are doing your activity within the centre.
CLICK HERE for more information on the supervised creche.
Prices:
Come & Try:
COME AND TRY OUR SWIM LESSONS NOW!…
SWIM STARTER PACK FOR $150.00. (Available for regular term classes only.)
To see whether our swim school is right for you, when you first enrol you’ll just pay a deposit of $150.00. This is called the ‘Swim Starter’. This covers your classes until the first monthly direct debit, so you can try the classes out. If you’re happy simply stay on and your first direct debit will happen as scheduled. If you don’t wish to continue, simply cancel your classes before your first direct debit. Easy!
We look forward to seeing you soon.
What happens if you miss a class?
- To notify an Absence: Open your client portal, go to ‘My Account’, click on your student, select ‘Future Absences’, and follow the prompts.
- To book a Make-up class: Open your client portal, go to ‘My Account’, click on your student, select ‘Makeups’ for the student, and follow the prompts. (Please note: To use a make-up token via the portal, you do need to be currently booked into a class as the system uses your current enrolment to show you make-up classes that are the same level.)
- To use a make-up token for a Family Swim: Look up the public swimming timetable at https://www.healthways.com.au/boxhill/swimming-pool/public-swimming/. Arrive at a public swimming time. Let customer service know that you want to use a make-up token for a family swim and they’ll expire one of your tokens on that day.
Notifying an Absence: Where you know of an absence in advance, please notify as soon as possible via your client portal. Absences must be notified a minimum of 2 hours beforehand to be entitled to a make-up token. This is because if you don’t notify that you are going to be absent, there is not the opportunity for someone else to do a make-up in your place. Similarly, if someone else doesn’t notify that they’re going to be away you can’t book a make-up in their place. The ability to offer make-ups only works when absences are notified beforehand. Thank you. If your absence is eligible for a make-up token, once the date of your notified absence has passed, a make-up token will auto-generate for you. (Make-up tokens are valid for a HUGE 12 months each. There is no maximum number of make-up tokens that you can hold. Make-up tokens are not available as credits or refunds and can’t be transferred between students.)
Booking a Make-up Class: Bookings for make-up classes is self-service via your client portal. Any vacancy in a class is released as a make-up class a day in advance. So you can look in your portal anytime and see the make-up classes that are available for that day and the next day, and book something in. Make-up tokens may only be used towards make-up classes while you hold an active enrolment. (Note: Holiday Programs are considered active until the start of the next Holiday period.) Once a make-up token has been used it cannot be rescheduled or cancelled, ie. you cannot make-up a make-up.
Using a make-up token for a Family Swim: The other option for a make-up token is to use it as a family swim. Family swims allow 2 Adults and up to 3 Children to use the pool during public swimming times at Mont Albert North pool. The public swimming timetable can be found online. Simply come in at a public swimming time, let customer service know that you want to use a make-up token for a family swim and they’ll expire one of your tokens on that day. Make-up tokens may be used towards family swims regardless of whether you hold an active enrolment or not.
For Private lessons:
- As per Group Classes above, with the addition of the below.
- Notifying an Absence: Please notify absences as soon as possible so that your class time may be offered in advance to someone else looking for a make-up time.
- Booking a Make-up Class: In addition to booking yourself in to a make-up class via your portal within 24hours, private students can contact a manager to manually look for times that have been marked as absences in the future. (Managers can be contacted by emailing healthways@healthways.com.au or via reception.)
- The option of group make-up classes: Private students can also opt to convert private lesson make-up tokens into 2 x group lesson make-up tokens. Please contact a manager if you would like to do this. (Managers can be contacted by emailing healthways@healthways.com.au or via reception.)
- Where there is more than one student in the private lesson:
- When booking a make-up class, please contact us to manually book multiple students into a private lesson make-up class time together.
- Where not all students were absent from their regular private class, so that the private lesson did happen but individual students were absent and have a make-up token, that make-up token may be used for a group make-up class or a family swim.
If you would like to enrol in future terms or intensives, you can place your name on the call back list for those classes.
How does the call back list work?
- Before the end of term, current students and siblings can book into the class times they would prefer for the following term.
- One week before the end of term, we open the following term’s classes to new and returning students. You can phone us any time after this date to enrol, however, we also offer a call back service so that we can call you in case you forget to call us.
To place your name on the call back list, CLICK HERE.
We look forward to being a part of your family’s education…
CLICK HERE TO LOOK UP TIMETABLE ONLINE AND TO BOOK.
You can enquire or book:
We look forward to seeing you soon! SWIM. SAFE. FUN!
Kind regards,
The Healthways Team
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Healthways – “Creating Healthy Happy Communities”