In The Deep Swim School

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In The Deep Swim School 💧 The water is all we need
🐳 We teach kids to swim
☀️ Eastern suburbs, Sydney

One teacher, eyes squeezed shut. One teacher, eyes wide open and grinning. And one small swimmer in the middle, goggles ...
22/10/2026

One teacher, eyes squeezed shut. One teacher, eyes wide open and grinning. And one small swimmer in the middle, goggles firmly on.

That's pretty much every pool in one photo.

Some kids love swimming without goggles. For others, opening their eyes underwater is the most horrifying thought in the world. And then there are the ones who hate goggles so much we spend years convincing them to wear them.

Honestly, I love a bit of both.

Goggles matter. Once children reach our stroke foundations levels, they need to see clearly to repeat the same movements over and over. But every lesson, our teachers still do some work without them. And one week in November, every child does something goggle-free. There are tears. There's pushback. It's hard. It's also one of the most useful things we do.

Because one day the goggles will fill with water. Or slip off. Or they'll jump in without them. A child who's used to water in their eyes doesn't panic. They just keep swimming.

You can help at bath time. Pour a cup of water over their head. Let a splash land on their face. We can always pick the younger siblings who share a bath with their older brothers and sisters. Splashes don't bother them at all.

So which one is yours? Goggles forever, or eyes wide open? 🐠

It happens at our assessments far more often than you’d think.A child arrives from another swim school. The parents are ...
21/10/2026

It happens at our assessments far more often than you’d think.

A child arrives from another swim school. The parents are proud, and fair enough. Their child can do overarms. Arms turning, legs kicking, making their way down the lane.

Then they need a breath.

The head lifts. The legs drop. The arms start pushing down instead of pulling through. And the swimming turns into a struggle.

Not because the child isn’t trying. Because nobody taught them to float first.

Floating is how a child rests and breathes in the water. Without it, every breath is a fight. In deep water, that’s a real risk.

So we have a rule. Before any child moves into learning strokes, they swim 15 to 25 metres on their own in Red Tails. Relaxed. No help. Making every decision themselves. Swim, float, breathe, swim again.

Only then do the arms come out of the water.

I know overarms look like swimming. It was once called the Australian crawl, it’s in our bones. But a child who can float can look after themselves in the water. A child who can only do overarms can’t.

Float first. Freestyle follows.

Can your child float on their back, on their own? 🩵

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Every term, our supervisors nominate the teachers they think deserve it.They’re poolside every day. They see who lifts a...
18/10/2026

Every term, our supervisors nominate the teachers they think deserve it.

They’re poolside every day. They see who lifts a lesson, who lifts the team, and who covers the shift nobody else could. Nobody gets one of these because I picked them.

Each award is one of our values.

Ease, which is really about teamwork.
Empower, for lifting up our kids, each other and our staff.
Creativity, in problem solving and in how we keep raising our own standards.
Fun, because fun is how everyone learns. Kids and teachers.

We’ve kept a Hall of Fame since before COVID. And yes, we give an award for Time Off. Anyone who runs a young team in the swim industry knows exactly why. Covering a shift for a mate matters.

Here’s Term 3. 🏆

🤝 Ease: Anna. She just makes everyone’s life easier. Awesome teacher, awesome team member.
💪 Empower: Rebecca. One of our newest, and she has brought so much passion and energy to the team.
🎨 Creativity: Josh. Getting a child through a tough roadblock in the water takes real problem solving. Josh does it beautifully.
⭐ Swim Teacher of the Term: Olivia. Our superstar, all round.
🎉 Fun: Charlotte. If you know Charlotte, you know. The smile, the energy, and her students catch it.
⏰ Time Off: Charlotte again. It runs on points, and Charlotte is competitive. She covered enough shifts this term to take it out.

It’s always the best part of the term, watching different people rise.

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Every term, our supervisors nominate the teachers they think deserve it.They're poolside every day. They see who lifts a...
18/10/2026

Every term, our supervisors nominate the teachers they think deserve it.

They're poolside every day. They see who lifts a lesson, who lifts the team, and who covers the shift nobody else could. Nobody gets one of these because I picked them.

Each award is one of our values.

Ease, which is really about teamwork.
Empower, for lifting up our kids, each other and our staff.
Creativity, in problem solving and in how we keep raising our own standards.
Fun, because fun is how everyone learns. Kids and teachers.

We've kept a Hall of Fame since before COVID. And yes, we give an award for Time Off. Anyone who runs a young team in the swim industry knows exactly why. Covering a shift for a mate matters.

Here's Term 3. 🏆

🤝 Ease: Anna. She just makes everyone's life easier. Awesome teacher, awesome team member.
💪 Empower: Rebecca. One of our newest, and she has brought so much passion and energy to the team.
🎨 Creativity: Josh. Getting a child through a tough roadblock in the water takes real problem solving. Josh does it beautifully.
⭐ Swim Teacher of the Term: Olivia. Our superstar, all round.
🎉 Fun: Charlotte. If you know Charlotte, you know. The smile, the energy, and her students catch it.
⏰ Time Off: Charlotte again. It runs on points, and Charlotte is competitive. She covered enough shifts this term to take it out.

It's always the best part of the term, watching different people rise.

17/10/2026

Watch a child dog paddle. Really watch.

Chin up. Legs hanging. Arms churning away underneath them. Working very hard to stay exactly where they are.

That's not swimming. It's a vertical body position, and vertical tells a child's nervous system one thing. You are sinking. Fight or flight.

I call it panic swimming.

What we actually want is the opposite. A child who is relaxed in the water. Breathing easily. In rest and digest, not survival.

So at In The Deep we teach the back float first. Not paddling and popping up for air. Rolling over. Resting. Breathing.

A child who can roll onto her back doesn't need to reach the edge. Doesn't need someone to swim to. She can stop, float, and decide what happens next. That's independence, and it starts with learning that the water holds you.

Floating is the water giving you the best hug there is. I'd rather your child learn that before anything else.

Was your child ever taught to roll over and rest?

Getting our whole team in one place is close to impossible.Uni timetables. Travel. Some of our team work online and come...
15/10/2026

Getting our whole team in one place is close to impossible.

Uni timetables. Travel. Some of our team work online and come in from a long way away. Shifts that start before school and finish after dark.

But once a year we make it happen, and we take the photos. 📸

I love these. Every year I look at them and see who has grown, who has stepped up, and who is brand new, a bit nervous, and about to become brilliant.

So here they are, heading into summer. ☀️

Squirts, our baby teachers.
Tails, our learn to swim team.
Fins and Wings, our stroke foundation and development teams.
Squads.
Customer support.
Supervisors.
The office team.

This is who your kids are in the water with. We invest in them, we train them, and we are very proud of them.

If you love the water and want a job that actually challenges you, there are so many pathways here. Come and grow with us. 🦋

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Getting our whole team in one place is close to impossible.Uni timetables. Travel. Some of our team work online and come...
15/10/2026

Getting our whole team in one place is close to impossible.

Uni timetables. Travel. Some of our team work online and come in from a long way away. Shifts that start before school and finish after dark.

But once a year we make it happen, and we take the photos. 📸

I love these. Every year I look at them and see who has grown, who has stepped up, and who is brand new, a bit nervous, and about to become brilliant.

So here they are, heading into summer. ☀️

Squirts, our baby teachers.
Tails, our learn to swim team.
Fins and Wings, our stroke foundation and development teams.
Squads.
Customer support.
Supervisors.
The office team.

This is who your kids are in the water with. We invest in them, we train them, and we are very proud of them.

If you love the water and want a job that actually challenges you, there are so many pathways here. Come and grow with us. 🦋

One of our teachers knows which of her students had a rough morning before they even get in the water.I don't know how s...
14/10/2026

One of our teachers knows which of her students had a rough morning before they even get in the water.

I don't know how she does it. She just does. She'll change the whole shape of a lesson for it and never mention it to anybody.

That's not on any training document.

You can teach someone the progressions. How to hold a child, what to say, when to push and when to wait. All of that is learnable, and we spend a lot of time on it.

What you can't teach is a person deciding that a child matters to them.

Kids know the difference straight away. They can tell who is running a class and who is actually on their side. The ones who feel it swim better, because a child who feels safe will try things a child who feels watched never will.

So we hire for that first and the swimming second. The swimming we can teach.

Who was the adult who made you feel like that when you were small?

Once a year, the whole In The Deep team fits in one room.The newest teacher who started last month. Supervisors who have...
14/10/2026

Once a year, the whole In The Deep team fits in one room.

The newest teacher who started last month. Supervisors who have been with us for years. Uni students, squad coaches, customer support, the office. Everyone.

We call it our summer kick off. It’s the Saturday before our summer season starts, and for five years now it has been the highlight of my year.

This year was the best one yet.

Dean Gladstone from Power of Breath 👉 Nervous System knowledge Breath Work Ice Baths ran us through a breath workshop. Craig gave the keynote, inspired by The Energy Bus. We read your reviews out loud and talked about what it is in this team that makes the place feel the way it does.

Then the team took over. Two of our Squirteenies teachers stood up and shared what teaching the tiniest babies has done for them. One of our supervisors spoke. One of our customer support team talked about how the role has helped her grow. 2 of our new Crew Captains talked about training the next lot of teachers.

New season shirts. Year end awards. Team photos.

Sitting at the back, as the owner, I had one thought.

We’re not just going through the motions here. We’re teaching kids to swim, and that ripples out into every family we see, and into each other. It makes me truly proud 🥰

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Once a year, the whole In The Deep team fits in one room.The newest teacher who started last month. Supervisors who have...
13/10/2026

Once a year, the whole In The Deep team fits in one room.

The newest teacher who started last month. Supervisors who have been with us for years. Uni students, squad coaches, customer support, the office. Everyone.

We call it our summer kick off. It's the Saturday before our summer season starts, and for five years now it has been the highlight of my year.

This year was the best one yet.

Dean Gladstone from ran us through a breath workshop. Craig gave the keynote, inspired by The Energy Bus. We read your reviews out loud and talked about what it is in this team that makes the place feel the way it does.

Then the team took over. Two of our Squirteenies teachers stood up and shared what teaching the tiniest babies has done for them. One of our supervisors spoke. One of our customer support team talked about how the role has helped her grow. 2 of our new Crew Captains talked about training the next lot of teachers.

New season shirts. Year end awards. Team photos.

Sitting at the back, as the owner, I had one thought.

We're not just going through the motions here. We're teaching kids to swim, and that ripples out into every family we see, and into each other. It makes me truly proud 🥰

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558 Anzac Parade
Kingsford, NSW
2032

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 7:30am - 6pm
Sunday 7:30am - 10am

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+61283798288

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