Vicki Field Swim School 116-118 Canterbury Road, Kilsyth South, Victoria 3137

"Do not take ur kids here bc the teachers are mean and there is no LIFE GUARDS I recommend not to go bc my school went here and I was helping the yr 2s out and one of the teachers were shaming a kid and saying ur so bad you can do better as she was yelling at her then one of my cousin had to sit out but he didn’t do anything at all and I got so mad so I stepped in and said don’t yell at him he didn’t even do anything and so I js said to him Js sit out bc this teachers mean the teacher there then said the n word to me and she said Js sit down and so we had a little argument so I recommend not to let ur kids go her Vicky’s is a terrible swimming lesson"

"It’s interesting to read other parents reviews. I think we forget that swimming is a life skill. It is a matter of swim or drown! There is a time for teachers to demand that children act in a certain matter in the pool and allow children to feel a bit of fear around the water. My first class there was absolutely horrible but I trusted the instructors process. My daughter knows how to scream a room down and she gave the pool hell. However I’m saying that the teacher was able to build that trust with my daughter through this process and I wouldn’t take my daughter anywhere else now. The level of maturity that my daughter now shows around water, how to enter the pool safely, not to enter without an adult and also how to manage when your legs are tired. Yes the teachers are strict on the children but god at least I know my daughter is safer around water. Read the stats on drowning and then decide if you will let your children cry for a minute. Couldn’t recommend highly enough especially for parents struggle with their children needing some tough love"

"An apprentice (Joe) that works there is absolutely amazing. Although he is only a teen, he has the etiquette of a professional and gives excellent advice. Although he keeps showing his 3 toes to my daughter which creeps her out a little bit"

"My school went here for swimming lessons, 2022, and 2023, 2022 was fine and my swimming got better through out the time. But in 2023, I was extremely disappointed. One of the swimming instructors body shamed a student in 2022. The next year (2023) Someone embarrassed the youngest kid in front of their whole group. I am extremely disappointed. The swimming instructors a mean, and the walls are all. Rusty. And there is no life guard. The place is a mess. Please do not go!"

"I’m writing this as I’m incredibly disappointed with the behaviour of some of the instructors at this school. My daughter attend the classes as part of their schooling and today was humiliated in front of everyone. My daughter expressed that she would like to progress to higher levels. Instead of acting like an adult and speaking to a child, like a child, they made a sarcastic comment to one of the other instructors in front of everyone. To paraphrase “Lets move (daughter) to this class, because you get what you want if you cry”. What kind of adult behaves like this? My other younger daughter also expressed to me that one of the instructors told her “stop crying, we don’t cry here”. She’s only 6 years old and she’s anxious about learning how to swim. A bit of compassion would go a long way. To the owners of the establishment, what kind of environment are you encouraging here? For what should be a process educating and training the children on safety, you’re creating an environment of the opposite. I’m overall left with a really disgusted impression based on the behaviour of some of the instructor here and do not recommend."