{"id":9758,"date":"2019-10-22T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/survival-week-starts-on-october-28\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:45:58","slug":"survival-week-starts-on-october-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/survival-week-starts-on-october-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Week Starts on October 28!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why teach kids to swim in their clothes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a word: SAFETY. As we teach\u00a0students water survival techniques, a critical lesson is learning to navigate the water while fully clothed. After all, anyone who accidentally falls into a pool may not be dressed for it. Understanding the weight of their clothes underwater and how their body moves in them, brings a whole new level of appreciation and skill.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>We want our students to have their first experience of being in the water fully clothed to take place under controlled conditions with our aquatics team guiding them.<\/em><\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What to expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Students will participate in one lesson between Monday, October 28 and Saturday, November 2 fully clothed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Tadpole, swimboree, and seahorse students<\/strong> should wear light clothes (t-shirts, shorts), pajamas, onesies, and socks.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Starfish, minnow, and turtle 1 students<\/strong> should wear t-shirts, shorts or long pants and long sleeve shirts or pajamas, and socks.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Adult students<\/strong> should wear long sleeve shirts and long pants or a sweatsuit and socks.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>After completing Survival Week Training our students will know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>How it feels to jump, roll, and float in the water with clothes on<\/li>\n\n\n<li>How to better handle water emergencies<\/li>\n\n\n<li>How to use strategies such as &#8220;throw don&#8217;t go,&#8221; the &#8220;monkey walk,&#8221; treading water and emergency 9-1-1.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Logistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Wear clothing items that have been previously washed and won\u2019t run in the water.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Double diaper all kids under 3 under their clothes.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Bring an extra set of dry clothing for activities after lesson and for comfort on your way home.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Bring an extra plastic bag to put wet clothes in after the lesson.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>The heavier the clothing, the more the child will feel the weight and grasp the significance.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Parents in the tadpole and swimboree classes may also wear clothing to get the full experience.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Arrive 10 minutes early for critical water safety information &amp; stay late for a Lion King water safety video.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why teach kids to swim in their clothes? In a word: SAFETY. As we teach\u00a0students water survival techniques, a critical lesson is learning to navigate the water while fully clothed. After all, anyone who accidentally falls into a pool may not be dressed for it. Understanding the weight of their clothes underwater and how their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-safety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9875,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions\/9875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/manhattan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}