Shawn's Swim School in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria | Swimming instructor

Shawn's Swim School

Locality: Hoppers Crossing, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9369 6977

Address: 35 Richards Rd 3029 Hoppers Crossing, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.shawnsswimschool.com.au

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25.01.2022 Here's a new puzzle guys. Whilst we cant train your bodies right now, we can train your minds. Please DON'T post your answer, just send us a private message and we will let you know how you went.

25.01.2022 Creative Drawing Competition. Win a free dessert sent to your door! All of us at Shawn's Swim School are missing seeing our awesome students and their parents. We can't wait to get back to doing what we do best. Offering awesome swim lessons. We hope your little ones are missing us too. And what is the best comfort food when you are missing someone.........ICE CREAM!! We are going to run a creative drawing competition. We would like you to draw your favourite character from ...one of our certificates. 2 lucky winners will win a .5 litre tub of ice cream with 3 flavours of your choice from the great people at Sprinkles Ice Creamery - Lollies 'n more in Hoppers Crossing. Winners will be announced at 5pm on Thursday September 3rd. Just post in the comments section a picture or scan of your drawing or email it to [email protected] by Wednesday 2nd September 5pm. Winners will be announced on Thursday September 3rd. We will arrange for the ice cream to be delivered to the winners! Thanks to our friends at Sprinkles Ice Creamery Lollies n' more. https://sprinkles-ice-creamery-lollies-n.business.site/

25.01.2022 With the new Government restrictions on density being eased yesterday, we are excited to announce that lessons will be extended back to the normal duration of 30 minutes, masks will no longer be required, but enncouraged where social distancing is not possible, and the showers will be opened!! We still encourage parents to remain outside where possible, and of utmost importance, every adult who is remaining in the swim school must still check in using our QR code or attendance sheet at reception for contact tracing purposes.

24.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/were-back

24.01.2022 At Shawn's Swim School we cater for swimmers of all ages and abilities, from 4 months to adults.

24.01.2022 Righto, this one is quite challenging. You will need a pen and paper i reckon. We cant train your bodies at the moment, but we can train your minds. Post your answer below and I will let you know how you went. Good Luck!

24.01.2022 Hi everyone, please take time to read this article. The two quotes from this article that really concern us here at Shawn's Swim School are "If people arent considering getting back in the water until September, there's a real issue of 6 months of no lessons, there's that real danger coming into Summer" Also the fact that Florida, that is just starting its Summer, has record high drowning rates. These are just a couple of reasons why we strongly encourage you to enrol or re-enrol sooner rather than later.

23.01.2022 We are so grateful to every child that entered our drawing competition. We were very impressed by the time , effort and creativeness that went into these drawings. There were so many entries we decided to break them into 2 categories. 3-7 year olds and 8-14 year olds. Our teachers and staff were on the judging panel and found it very hard to pick the winners. It was a tough decision. In the end we had to narrow it down to 2 winners. In the 3-7 year old category Aaryan Panchal was voted the winner. In the 8-14 year olds Peta de Zilva was voted the winner. Congratulations to our winners. They will each receive a .5 litre tub of ice cream with their choice of 3 flavours from the people at Sprinkles. Well done to everyone who entered!!

23.01.2022 We cant wait to be this busy again. We hope you are all safe and cant wait to see you all again soon!

22.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/l9l7ggurcp

21.01.2022 7/1/21: Traffic Alert!! West Gate Freeway Closed between the M80 Ring Road & Grieve Parade from Wednesday 6 January to Monday 11 January. If you are coming from the city, Newport , Williamstown or Altona, use Kororoit Creek Rd, then left into Millers Road, then right onto Queens St all the way through Altona Meadows then onto the freeway. Allow and extra 15-20 minutes.

21.01.2022 We would like to ask all of our families to sign this online petition in support of opening swim schools. As it stands at the moment, with the recent stages being announced, as unclear as they are, our best case scenario of an opening date is late November. We would like to be open at least a month earlier than that in order to be able to teach children the life saving skill of swimming. It doesn't make sense to us that children will be able to go to the hairdresser to get a hair cut, and go to a shop to buy bathers a full month before they are allowed to attend swim lessons in a chlorinated pool, which is an environment that the virus cannot survive in. Please support us by signing this petition and sharing it to as many people you can. As an industry, we are struggling to be heard, please be our voice and help us to be heard.

21.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/lbdqxtkpru

20.01.2022 If you live in the west you are used to roadworks and traffic chaos. There are new roads open and other roads closed in the vicinity of the swim school. Whether this will have an effect on your travel time as you head to the swim school all depends on where you are coming from. For regular updates on the ever changing roadworks we suggest you click on the following link to find the most up to date information. It would be a good idea, if you haven't been close to the swim school recently, to allow an extra 15 minutes on your first time back, just in case these changes affect you. https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/disruptions/disruptions-map

19.01.2022 Just a reminder, School holidays are coming up soon. We thought we would run a different kind of competition to inspire parents and their children to spend some quality time together away from their screens. So we are going to have a cake making competition. The theme will of course be "Swimming" . You can interpret this is any way you like. It could be a pool scene, a beach scene, a pair of goggles, your favourite swim teacher etc. You can make cup cakes, an ice cream cake, ...or even used fondant for the first time, made from scratch. It's really messy and sticky and fun, which is what the holidays are all about. Let your kids use their imagination to come up with an idea. Let them stir the mix, add the food colouring, lick the beaters and generally make a mess! 2 lucky winners will win a .5 litre tub of ice cream with 3 flavours of your choice from the great people at Sprinkles Ice Creamery - Lollies 'n more in Hoppers Crossing. Winners will be announced at 5pm on Saturday September 26th. Just post in the comments section a picture or scan of your cake or email it to [email protected] by Friday 25th September 5pm. We will arrange for the ice cream to be delivered to the winners! Below are a couple of entrants we've had so far! A pool cake and some whales! See more

19.01.2022 Only 2 more days until we re-open. Please click on the following link to view a quick video guide about what to expect on your next visit to us. https://youtu.be/fbY6t8Rrhm8

18.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Shawn here. Yesterday I received a timely reminder from my staff to keep my head up and stay positive. To say I'm grateful is an understatement. Please watch this video and check out the high quality, compassionate and supportive young humans that await your children when we are allowed to return. It's RUOK today. My wonderful staff have checked in on me. And I am OK. Thanks for asking guys. I will be even better when we can re open and see each other again, and all our little swimmers. I encourage everyone out there to check on at least one other person today. It really does make a difference, and after receiving the wonderful message from my staff yesterday, I am speaking from experience.

18.01.2022 Well it's time to train your minds again seeing as we can't train your bodies for the time being. Let's see if we can solve this one as a team. 1 guess per child and 1 guess per adult per household. Let's do this!!

18.01.2022 To all of our wonderful families. Just letting you know the swim school industry is doing its best to fight for the right to be able to open as soon as possible in order to teach your children the skills that might just save their lives. Please watch and share this quick video.

18.01.2022 Ok, this one is pretty easy, but a couple of them are pretty funny, so its worth posting. Can you match the baby photo with the grown up staff member. Just type in the number of the baby photo with the name of the staff member in the comments below. Good Luck!!

18.01.2022 What Perfect timing! We re-open tomorrow and there are zero active cases of coronavirus in our municipality! That should fill us all with great confidence that there is no better time to get back into the pool and swim lessons, especially with the warmer weather approaching! If you haven't already booked in, we'd love to hear from you. Just click the "Send Message " below or call us on 9369 6977.

16.01.2022 Just a reminder about our Creative Drawing Competition. Win a free dessert sent to your door! All of us at Shawn's Swim School are missing seeing our awesome students and their parents. We can't wait to get back to doing what we do best. Offering awesome swim lessons. We hope your little ones are missing us too. And what is the best comfort food when you are missing someone.........ICE CREAM!! We are running a creative drawing competition. We would like you to draw your favo...urite character from one of our certificates. 2 lucky winners will win a .5 litre tub of ice cream with 3 flavours of your choice from the great people at Sprinkles Ice Creamery - Lollies 'n more in Hoppers Crossing. Winners will be announced at 5pm on Thursday September 3rd. Just post in the comments section a picture or scan of your drawing or email it to [email protected] by Wednesday 2nd September 5pm. Winners will be announced on Thursday September 3rd. We will arrange for the ice cream to be delivered to the winners! All of our certificates can be found on this page: https://www.shawnsswimschool.com.au/certificates.html Thanks to our friends at Sprinkles Ice Creamery Lollies n' more. https://sprinkles-ice-creamery-lollies-n.business.site/ We have had some awesome entries already. Please see some of them below.

16.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Re-Opening Soon!! - https://mailchi.mp/shawn/shawns-swim-school-re-opening-soon

15.01.2022 We can't train your bodies at the moment so we will train your minds. Here's another puzzle , a bit easier than the last one. Type your answer below and I will reply to you if you are correct!

15.01.2022 School holidays are coming up soon. We thought we would run a different kind of competition to inspire parents and their children to spend some quality time together away from their screens. So we are going to have a cake making competition. The theme will of course be "Swimming" . You can interpret this is any way you like. It could be a pool scene, a beach scene, a pair of goggles, your favourite swim teacher etc. Shawn was inspired by his wife and daughter coming together ...to bake some cakes over the past few weeks based on certain themes. Some of the themes they had were "School", "Birthday cake" , "Australian animal" and "Fish". I have included the photos of the cakes they made together for some inspiration. They made cup cakes, an ice cream cake, and even used fondant for the first time, made from scratch. It was really messy and sticky and fun, which is what the holidays are all about. Let your kids use their imagination to come up with an idea. Let them stir the mix, add the food colouring, lick the beaters and generally make a mess! 2 lucky winners will win a .5 litre tub of ice cream with 3 flavours of your choice from the great people at Sprinkles Ice Creamery - Lollies 'n more in Hoppers Crossing. Winners will be announced at 5pm on Saturday September 26th. Just post in the comments section a picture or scan of your cake or email it to [email protected] by Friday 25th September 5pm. We will arrange for the ice cream to be delivered to the winners! See more

14.01.2022 We often hear 'how can I help small businesses right now' (other than with my purchase.) Here's a great social media share with great suggestions for those interested in helping support small businesses like ours and many others hurting right now! Feel free to share.

13.01.2022 It might be winter soon but the need to learn about #watersafety is a year round necessity! We are supporting @kids.alive.do.the.five in their mission to educate families, so we want to let you know about their new initiative Kids Alive Couch Concerts. Starting June 1 - free virtual events will run live on Facebook each day at 2pm (AEST). Dance concerts, puppet shows, craft and book readings. Check out www.kidsalive.com.au for all the details, or join the live events at https://www.facebook.com/events/3755511747857427/ #kidsalivecouchconcertsn#watersafety #children #dothefive #couchconcerts #kidsactivities #education #savelives #drowningprevention #kidsalivedothefive

13.01.2022 Exciting news.....finally!! We will be resuming lessons from Monday November 9th. Stay tuned tomorrow for further details here, and also please download our App and register to receive our e-newsletter for more detailed information to be distributed tomorrow. https://www.shawnsswimschool.com.au/join-our-mailing-list.h (to register to receive our newsletter) https://apps.apple.com//shawns-swim-school-h/id1172994826 (to download our app on iphone) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details (to download our app on android)

12.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/jhnjbckfdf

12.01.2022 Just a reminder we are closed for lessons from Monday 25th January to Sunday 31st January. We re-open when term 1 begins on February 1st.

10.01.2022 We just wanted to thank all of our customers who have returned to swim classes this week. We are getting an overwhelming response from students who are so excited to see their teacher and get back into the swim of things. And we are getting magnificent compliments from parents who are very impressed with all the policies and procedures we have in place to keep everyone as safe as possible. They are all enjoying the smaller than usual class sizes and extra special attention. Whilst it's not business as usual, we are enjoying once again being able to see all the children's smiling faces and making our local children safer around water in an attempt to reduce their risk of drowning, a danger that doesn't go away even in these times of Covid 19.

10.01.2022 What a great first day back we had today. I was going to post some wonderful pictures from our big day, but then I received the most humbling and gratifying email from one of our customers who attended today. English is her second language, and I am not going to edit her email, we love it just the way it is: "I Just whould like TO say Big and Big Appreciate to all because.... 1. We are sooooooooo happy TO Swim again. ... 2. To go back TO learn Swim, all the staffs had/have to work very hard/prepared for re-opening. I totally understand/could see How and what did/prepared for re-poening. I and Hogan were very confident TO BE ready TO go back TO Swimming school because you sent us all the details (Specially the video). I (as a mum) really really really appreciate to be feel safe in myself. Also actually today I easily notice that How and what you are really caring and looking for our safe. I really really appreciate again and even I felt I am So proud of My-self WHO IS one of member for Shawn's (Which IS the Best Swimming school in Melbourne ) Lastly, Big Big THANK YOU all teachers and staffs Appreciate See you ON next Monday"

10.01.2022 Whilst we struggle with the fact that our business continues to be closed, our thoughts are with our students, who we bet miss us as much as we miss them!

09.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Opening Date Announced-November 9th! For more information on enrolment, prices and our covid safe policies please read this latest newsletter - https://mailchi.mp//shawns-swim-school-re-opening-soon-463

07.01.2022 It is with much sadness, disappointment and frustration that we need to announce our temporary closure due to the new state government restrictions. This closure will commence from 11:59pm tonight, Wednesday 8th July. We are still open tonight, so if you want to get a last minute swim lesson in we would welcome your call. We are very grateful that were able to have a "dress rehearsal" over the past 2 and a half weeks for a permanent opening once we are allowed. Our new polici...es and procedures were embraced by staff and customers alike. Shawn would like to thank all those who attended. The students were so excited to be back , the teachers were so excited to see them, and the parents and care givers all felt comfortable with the policies and procedures we had in place to keep everyone as safe as possible. We received high praise for our efforts. We are extremely confident that we will be ready from day one to welcome everyone back to the safest and cleanest swim school with the highest quality swim teachers and swim lessons available in our area. If you were still enrolled as of today, Wednesday 8th of July, your positions will be held for when we return. Please keep an eye on all our forms of communication , whether it be our e-newsletter, our app notifications or our facebook page, for news of our re-opening. If you had pre paid for term 1 and had lessons owing to you, or even recently paid for term 3 all those lesson credits will be honoured and lessons offered for those payments when we re-open. If you weren't booked in when we closed, we would love to see you again when we re-open. You can leave a message on 9369 6977 or email us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you all soon. To register to receive our e-newsletter click on the following link: https://www.shawnsswimschool.com.au/join-our-mailing-list.h To download our app on apple devices click on the following link: https://apps.apple.com//shawns-swim-school-h/id1172994826 To download our app on android devices click on the following link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details See more

07.01.2022 We are Re-Opening June 22nd!! - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimsc/we-are-re-opening-june-22nd Please Read this e-newsletter for all details regarding our re-enrolment procedures and what guidelines and procedures we have in place to keep us all as safe as possible. We are so excited to be able to see you all again soon!

07.01.2022 Countdown to our Re-Opening - Please click on the link below for more up to date information about our re opening and re enrolment procedures and guidelines. https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimsc/countdown-to-our-re-opening

07.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Christmas Message - https://mailchi.mp/sha/shawns-swim-school-christmas-message Our last lesson for 2020 will be on Saturday 19th of December. But don't worry, we are only having a short 2 week break this year, and classes will resume on Monday January 4th. We would like to wish all our wonderful families a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of 2021's! This Summer more than ever, please be safe and vigilant around the water. We want to see you all return safely to us in 2021!

07.01.2022 We have been blown away by the quality and the creativity of all the entries in our cake competition, with the theme being "swimming or something aquatic". All entries were voted on by our staff and it was a very close call. There can only be 2 official winners and they were Aston Springveldt with his creative cupcakes and the Cheah family for their amazing mermaid cake. They will receive a tub of ice cream from Sprinkles Ice Creamery. Really though, everyone who entered is a winner because they would have all got to eat their delicious entries. Thank you to everyone who took the time to bake together as a family!

05.01.2022 Following the recent anouncement from the Government we expect that tomorrow will be our last day until the lockdown ends. If you had lessons scheduled later in the week and you would like to come tomorrow we would love to see you and would truly appreciate it, there is plenty of room! Please call us on 9369 6977 to book a lesson for tomorrow. Please keep an eye out on our App notifications, facebook posts and emails for more information as it comes to hand.

05.01.2022 Shawn's Swim School Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/btlwnenbuo

04.01.2022 We live in serious times, and the physical health of our children is extremely important. But I had a little giggle at this video and it reminded me how important it is for our children's mental health to get back to some form of normality. Please give yourself 2 minutes to watch this video, it's a classic!!

04.01.2022 Even during Covid lockdown our staff training continues. This time doing our CPR update course. It had to be done online this year and improvisation was necessary. Check out Beth's submission doing CPR on her Giant Teddy. I challenge you not to smile when watching!! We are so proud of our staff and can't wait to get back to doing what we do best!

03.01.2022 We enjoyed welcoming back our youngest swimmers this morning who were not only excited to be back in the water again, but were also excited to get a visit from a special guest, Spike the Stingray! We cant wait to see everyone else back in the pool this week!

03.01.2022 What a wonderful return to swimming! - https://mailchi.mp/shawnsswimschool/1omio2kko1

03.01.2022 Ok, we can't train your bodies, but we can train your minds. Post you answer to this puzzle. You will receive a private message if you are correct. Look very carefully. Good luck!

02.01.2022 Only 3 sleeps until we re-open. For all of our returning and 1st time customers, please watch the video below for a quick walk through of what to expect and what is expected from you to keep us all covid safe!

02.01.2022 We received this photo from Isabel today who is really missing her swim lessons. She has been busily practicing her bubbles in the bath in readiness for our eventual re-opening. Do you have any pictures of your children practicing their swimming skills you can share with us?