Tewantin State School employs private swimming coaches to complement our school swimming program. The program has been extremely successful in previous years and is well supported by parents. During Term 4, children in Prep and Year 1 will have 9 x 30 minute lessons in our school pool.

Lessons will commence in Week 1 from Tuesday 3rd October 2023.

Our school is providing qualified teaching staff at a cost of $76.50 for the 9 lessons.  All teaching will take place in our own school pool by qualified instructors while our teachers will supervise from the poolside. 

For students to commence lessons from the 3rd October, this Consent Form must be completed prior to Monday 2nd October with payment made via the BPoint link on the invoice. It is essential the school receive payment prior to the cut-off date. 

Our school pool is heated and there are some essential items your child will need for swimming lessons and these include:-

• togs, towel and goggles (optional)
• sun shirt/rash shirt is also required as a means of protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays (no t-shirts please).

It is requested that all personal belongings be clearly labelled and brought to and from the pool in a “swimming” bag of some sort.

Generally speaking, swimming will take place unless severe weather conditions prevail (such as torrential rain, lightning, and thunder storms) in which case alternative arrangements will be made.  Also, the weather conditions can change quite quickly, so if it is raining before school on your child’s swimming day, please don’t assume swimming will be cancelled. 

Each class will swim for a total of 9 lessons, starting on Tuesday 3rd October and continuing through until the end of week 9. Week 10 will be used to catch up any lessons that may be missed due to weather. Lessons scheduled for Mondays will have their week 1 lesson in Week 10. 

Privacy notice

The Department of Education is collecting the personal information requested in this form in order to:

 -  obtain lawful consent for your child to participate in the activity;

 -  help coordinate the activity;

 -  respond to any injury or medical condition that may arise during, or as a result of the activity; and

 -  update school records where necessary.

The information will only be accessed by authorised school staff and will be dealt with in accordance with the confidentiality requirements of, as applicable, s.426 of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld), the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), and/or the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth).

The information will not be disclosed to any other person or agency unless the disclosure is authorised or required by law, or you have given the department permission for the information to be disclosed.

Activity Risks & Insurance

Please note that the Department of Education and Training does not have personal accident insurance cover for students.  If your child is injured as a result of an accident or incident while participating in the activity, all costs associated with the injury, including medical costs are the responsibility of the parent/carer. Some incidental medical costs may be covered by Medicare. If you have private health insurance, some costs may be also be covered by your provider. Any other costs must be covered by parents/carers.  It is up to all parents/carers to decide what types and what level of private insurance they wish to arrange to cover their child. Please take this into consideration in deciding whether or not to allow your child to participate in this activity.