I believe one of the most important things you can teach your child is how to swim!
For the past five years, I have been taking my kids to Paul Sadler Swimland and they LOVE it.
My daughter started lessons when she was one and my son started just before he turned three (neglected second child 😉 ).
I think because my daughter started so young she has always been confident around water and has never hesitated to hop in a pool or splash around at the beach. My son was a little hesitant at first, and would always cling to mummy or daddy whenever we went to a pool or the beach, but now after one year of lessons, he loves the water and is quite happy to get in without us (in fact he insists on it).
I grew up with a pool and have always loved the water, so I love that my kids enjoy it too.
My kids really look forward to their lessons each week and in fact, my daughter loves it so much, that she wants to be a swimming teacher when she grows up.
This month, Paul Sadler Swimland are celebrating their 10 millionth swim and to celebrate, one lucky Melbourne Mamma reader will WIN the following prize:
– 1 x term of swimming lessons, 1 x goggles, 1 x kickboard, 1 x plush toy, 1 x Swordy or Fly towel and 1 x Colouring-in book. Valued at $288.50.
Paul Sadler Swimland sites are located in Victoria and Townsville, so check the ‘Locations’ tab on their website for your closest centre.
For more information on Paul Sadler Swimland, visit their website or follow them on facebook.
Competition Details
Entry is open to all Melbourne Mamma newsletter subscribers. Subscribe to newsletter here.
To enter, simply leave on comment on this blog post, telling me “Why you want to win this prize”.
Competition ends Thursday, 22 May 2014 at 11:00 pm AEST.
Entry is open to Victorian and Queensland residents, aged 18 years and over.
This competition is a game of chance, and skill plays no part in the results of this competition. Winner will be selected at random.
Entries not completed in accordance with these terms and conditions will not be considered valid and will not be included in the draw.
Winners will be notified by email and announced on this website. Any prize not claimed within 48 hours of notification will be redrawn.
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Good luck!
I want to win this forvmy little one because Swimming is not only fun but an invaluable life saving skill that will stay with you always!
You have a neglected second child- I have a third whom I have no idea how to fit in with all the other activities! This will ensure she gets booked in and doesn’t have to wait till she’s 10 to get her chance!
Swimming is a way of life in Australia. Being able to swim well has given me wonderful life experiences and opportunities. I hope my children find as much fulfillment in it as I do!!! Swimming lessons is only just the beginning…
so my son can learn how to swim 🙂
I would LOVE to win this prize for my kids! We have two already attending Paul Saddler and they love it. Not having to pay for one child one term would be wonderful!
I would love for my little man to learn to swim at Paul Sadler because it’s such an important skill to have and he would have so much fun if he was more confident in the water
Would love this for my one year old because I’m
Not confident with swimming at all and I would hope that he would grow up to be a confident swimmer and able to swim to safety if need be.
My happy little girl loves having fun in the pool. It would be great to win this prize because she wants to learn swimming just like other kids in the classes.
My daughter loves the water and I would love to win her swimming lessons!
I’d love to win because swimming is an important part of Australian culture. It’s also lots of fun and an invaluable skill to have.
I’d love to win as we use and love Paul Sadler for our lessons and I would love to give my husband a term fee reprieve
I love near the beach & holiday by a river so I want my son to be save & grow up loving the water as I did!
Swimming is such an important life skill to have, and such a part of our Australian culture. All children need to know at least the basics, and what better way then with PSS
My 15month old loves the water and I would love to get her started with swimming lessons.
With 4 girls who all have been using Paul Sadler Swimland for the past how many years, it sure would bring some financial relief to a one income family, who places great value in their daughters’ education including that of being able to safely manage themselves in water, a skill every parent should ensure their child has …at whatever cost.
If my little one year old angel can learn to swim now, by summer we can put a shark fin on her and let her loose! And with all that used up energy, she might be able to sit still after! Would be so reassuring to know that she will have the skills to be safe in the water.
My 1 yr old son is becoming more aware of water and his surrounds. Water safety is high on our priority list and Paul Sadler is the best in the business.
Both our girls are little swimmers at Paul Sadler. We love the team there and they know how to deal with the ‘fear factor’. Paying for a term will eliminate the fear and continue to teach great swimming skills. Watch out for 2 Olympian sisters!!
My daughter loves to swim she has named herself little Mermaid. Swimming needs to be taught as its a life skill they will use for the rest of their lives especially in Australia where there is so much water around. I want to have lessons for her but as a struggling single mum I cant afford lessons so instead I teach her a few times a week, but I don’t feel its the right way to learn so love to give her some lessons, its her birthday this month and this would be the best present I could give to her
We’ve been teaching our daughter to swim for a-g-es. She’s very slow on the uptake, and we’d appreciate extra swimming lessons for her!
I have two kids who could really use swimming lessons!
What a great prize! I’d love to win because my daughter hasn’t quite got the hang of swimming yet and as we live near a creek I’m very nervous about it.
We love the beach and being confident around water is so important to our family. Some extra lessons would be handy!
I would love to win this for my 2 year old daughter as learning how to swim is very important & also fun. My daughter loves the water but haven’t been able to enrol her to lessons. We could use with some help because at the moment we are on one income as we have a three month old little boy. Fingers crossed 🙂
As a parent, one of the most heartfelt wishes we have for our children is that they experience happiness in life. Every level of swim offers an important benefit to the the emotional and social well-being of a child.
We doing swimming lessons here and to not have to struggle to pay fees for a term would be great my son has asthma so swimming is important for him to help his health and reached him survival by learning to swim.
My son loves anything to do with water…we’re also new to the area and this would be a boost for the term!
Both my kids love swimming at Paul Sadler! A free term for one of them would be totes amazeballs!!
I would love to win this prize as I have been thinking about taking taking my little man. He loves water, but would be great if he can feel confident in the water, which learning to swim is also fun to do. So be great to win and get him startedas his 3 years old.
I would love for my daughter to have lessons to learn how to swim
I love to win this for my son 🙂 This would mean a lot for him. x
I’d love to win because I haven’t been able to find a good swim school since we moved to Melbourne two years ago and I’d love to give Paul Saddler a try after reading your praise of the swim school.
Because swimming lessons are one of those things that are essential to any child however they are often neglected as they are too expensive for the average family to afford.
I know this is the case for us 🙁
I would love to be able to interact with my daughter in the pool while teaching her a valuable life skill that not only can prove to be enjoyable but also help to save lives.
my little girl is a little fish! and would live some formal extra lessons
Having 17mo twins it would be a fantastic time for swim lessons to prepare for summer. They have a fantastic ability of always going in opposite directions, so anything I can do to make things safer around the water would be great!
Swimming is such an important skill for our kids to learn. We were diligent with the first but number two has missed out a bit so it would be good to get him started.
Would love to start taking my daughter to swimming lessons. She turns 3 in a few weeks so would be a great gift!
When you mentioned the neglected second child I instantly felt bad as I have a neglected third child who has never had swimming lessons and she has just turned 4 (we do go to the beach in summer weekly so not totally neglected!) but winning this would make me take her and give me the push I need to make time in our busy life and our friends go to Paul Sadler and highly recommend them
A great prize to help with the cost of swimming lessons… would come in very handy!
I would love to win because I rarely win prizes!! Also my child willbenefit 🙂 I can put my 17 mth old in to lessons too!