The pool is located at 2A Outlook Drive Camberwell 3124.

Entry is via Outlook Drive. Entry location is via the open cedar gate beside the cedar garage door. Please walk in through the tall glass gate directly in front of you. Enter the pool area to your right via the sliding door.

Privacy laws & photography
Please do not photograph people, other than your family. This is in accordance with privacy laws.
This applies to other children and their swimming teachers. If you would like to take a video of your child, please let their teacher know and they can organise a video/photo opportunity where they are out of shot and other children will not be in the photo.

Class Holding Fee
There is a $50.00 holding fee per child upon enrolment. This holding fee will be returned to you if you notify me you are not returning in writing via text or email, by the date nominated on your following terms invoice. If you enrol but change your mind after class lists are published, you have 7 days to notify me in writing that you would like to withdraw your application and your $50.00 fee will be refunded.

Make up lessons:
I offer make-up classes if your child has a significant illness with more than 3 consecutive lessons missed with a medical certificate supplied. eg: broken bones, pneumonia. I will offer to make up half the lessons missed.

Medical conditions
You must inform us on your enrolment form if your child has a medical condition or learning difficulty which may affect the way we teach your child or affect their safety.
For example, but not limited to:
ASD, ADHD, epilepsy, difficulties with hearing, seeing, auditory processing, anxiety, speech and language delays, allergies, asthma, heart conditions, cerebal palsy, developmental coordination disorder.

Pool gate and glass fence: Please do not allow your children to hang off the glass gate and glass fence. They are not play equipment and your child may be injured if they do break them.
Please also discourage your children from licking and wiping their hands on the windows and glass.

Entry ramp: Children must be supervised in this area. It is not an area for running around as you are beside a pool. It is a quiet area. It can also be slippery if wet. Please be careful.

Food:
Please no food in the pool area. Please feed your children after the lesson when you have left the pool area. We do have a number of children with severe and life threatening allergies. It would be nice if they could attend lessons confidently.

Equipment:
Children aged 3 and above need to attend with goggles and bathers. Nursery and children who are not fully toilet trained need to wear swimming nappies.

Nursery classes:
Parents or carers must come in the pool with them until they're 3. There is a small change area for use.

Skin rashes:
There are guidelines from the Health Department regarding skin rashes. If your child has a diagnosed rash, please let us know and we can give you advice specific to your condition. If it is undiagnosed, please seek medical advice.

Diarrhea:
If your child has had diarrhea they must stay out of the pool for 2 weeks after symptoms have stopped.

Supervision:

Children must be supervised at all times by an adult. Children must also be supervised by an adult while leaving. Please be aware it is a pool gate and your children can open it from the inside.

Children are not allowed to enter the water until the teacher instructs them to do so. They also must exit the water at the end of the lesson when instructed. If they get out to use the bathroom, please do not allow them to re-enter the water without the teachers knowledge.

Excessive noise, running etc are all disruptive to the lesson in progress. If children are using electronic devices, please give them headphones. It is a learning environment so please keep noise to a minimum so the children in the water can hear instructions.

Glass and ceramic:
Strictly no glass or ceramic items to be brought into the pool area.
Broken glass, in particular, may result in a costly clean up exercise for you.

Thank you everyone for helping keep the swim school a nice and safe learning environment for everyone.

Child Safe Policy Statement

At Anna Brown Swim School we have a zero tolerance for child abuse. We actively listen to and ensure children are comfortable with teachers and feel empowered to speak if they feel uncomfortable. We also encourage parents to speak with teachers regarding any concerns.
All teachers will hold relevant swimming qualifications and a current Working With Children Check. Children have a right to feel safe in the pool with their teachers.
Teachers are only actively supervising children while they are in the water. Parents are responsible for children before and after the lesson. Teachers of the swim school are not allowed to supervise children changing or in changerooms.
Children from diverse backgrounds and of all abilities are welcome to participate in swimming lessons at Anna Brown Swim School and we will provide a safe and positive environment for them. We are committed to promoting cultural safety for Aboriginal children, cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
While the child safe standards focus on organisations, every adult who reasonably believes that a child has been abused, whether in their organisation or not, has an obligation to report that belief to authorities.
If you believe a child is in a position of immediate risk, dial 000.

If you would like to report a child from the swim school who you believe may be at risk teachers must either: report it to Anna Brown who will contact Human Services and follow their guidelines or contact Human Services Directly.
For more information about the Mandatory reporting process, follow the current child safe guidelines on the Department of Human Services website. See http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au for current guidelines.

Sunday pre-squad sessions at Strathcona

Sunday classes are held at Strathcona pool which is 25m long. It is for children who are independently swimming and have mastered the basics of freestyle and backstroke. We will advise if your child is ready for a 30, 45 or 60 minute lesson.

Location: Strathcona pool
Bryson Street Canterbury
Enter via the gate near Prospect Hill Road, walk straight ahead. You'll have a sports court on your right and you'll see the pool on your left. The entrance is tucked away, but if you find the pool, you'll be able to find the entrance.

Strathcona is located at: Bryson Street Canterbury. The gate near the school crossing, near the corner of Prospect Hill Road, will be open and we will have signs up for the first week directing you.

Equipment
Children attending the Sunday pre-squad need to bring the following equipment to every session:

GOGGLES
KICKBOARD
LONG FINS (not scuba diving fins)
WATERBOTTLE

You can also buy a mesh bag for all their poolside gear to go in. The mesh bag lets the air in so the equipment doesn’t go mouldy.