Swimming is a skill for life!
Parkes Pools offers an affordable high-quality swimming and water safety Learn to Swim program over the summer months. Sign up online for access to the app.
Questions about lessons? LTS@parkespools.com
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LTS@parkespools.com
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02 6862 1206
Parkes Aquatic Centre
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A new, activity-based program
In partnership with Swimming AustraliaWe have partnered with Swimming Australia to deliver students a new and effective swimming and water safety program that focuses on contemporary experiential and activity-based learning. Encouraging and supporting students to explore pathways into competitive and recreational lap swimming.
Implementation of this high-quality, activity-based educational program is designed to integrate student learning outcomes into real-world scenarios.
Offering students the opportunity to
- Gain maximum participation and practice time in activities that encourage, mentor and support the learning process where they are active for most of the lesson
- Be empowered to think, discuss and decide through experiential-based learning where mentoring, guidance and challenge encourages them to use and enhance their knowledge, skill and understanding
- Learn and understand essential components of personal survival and water safety elements while in addition to the development of establishing strong and effective swimming technique
The Curriculum
Our new program curriculum ensures that every student:
- Participates in a varied range of aquatic experiences including open water simulation
- Is challenged by new skills, knowledge and understanding
- Utilises learnt knowledge and skill to aid understanding for safer personal safety choices
- Develops comfort and confidence in swimming, as clear pathways for lifetime aquatic participation emerges.
How To Get Started
To learn more or join the Parkes Aquatic Centre Swimming Lessons please contact us at LTS@parkespools.com.
Enrolment for the 2025/2026 summer season will be opening here soon.
School Holiday Program
Parkes Pool’s Learn to swim, Swimming and Water Safety School Holiday Program runs over the summer school holidays. This program helps students work on their water safety skills as well as their technique.
Benefits
- Improves swimming and water safety skills
- Prevents skill regression
- Available to all ages
- Good value for money
- Unlimited swimming access before or after the lesson
Program Details
- 1 x 30-minute swimming lesson each day
- Holiday intensive style lesson
- Assists with student swim skills and progression
- Water safety
Enrolment for the 2025/2026 summer season will be opening here soon. Questions? LTS@parkespools.com
Get the Web AppAccess and Inclusion Program
Our centre prides itself on providing aquatic programs to suit our diverse community. Providing opportunities to people with disabilities as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Access and Inclusion Educational Approach
Access and Inclusion swimming lessons are based on a certified learn to swim program that promotes water safety and personal development. In addition to assisting in transitioning students into our more mainstream aquatic classes.
This program adopts an educational approach and provides aquatic outcomes to ensure access and inclusion to all people regardless of:
We aim to provide support for anyone who requires additional assistance or modified programs that will enable them to participate in aquatic related activities and programs. Programs that will be planned, developed and implemented based on the needs of an individual group.
Join Access and Inclusion
For more information on the Access and Inclusion program or to express your interest and lock in your preferred lesson time please contact us.
Enrolment for the 2025/2026 summer season will be opening here soon.
Talk to our Learn to Swim team
For lesson times, levels, enrolments or the Access and Inclusion program, email us and we’ll help you find the right fit.
LTS@parkespools.comOr call Parkes Aquatic Centre on 02 6862 1206
33-35 Dalton Street, Parkes NSW 2870