Welcome to the Newest Member of Our Family!
My wife Amy, son Teddy and I are so excited to welcome Clare Adelaide McMullin to our family on Monday, October 1st! Clare weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces and 19½ inches. Mom and baby are both doing well and settling in at home. Teddy has […]
British Swim School in the Wall Street Journal
On September 5, the Wall Street Journal ran an article entitled “The New Wave of Supercharged Swim Classes”. The article opened with the description of a mother who has been taking her six-month-old daughter to swim lessons at British Swim School. After a few months her daughter […]
September Students of the Month
We’re so exited to announce Andrew and Caroline as our students of the month for September! These adorable siblings were one of the first families at our new Webster Groves location. They have each already moved up a level and we can’t wait to watch them continue to make amazing […]
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 19 – “Talk Like a Pirate Day”. What do you do? Get out your eye patch, your bandana, your Jolly Roger flag, a big, baggy shirt and maybe a toy monkey or parrot. And then try to sound as much like a pirate as you can. Say “Ahoy […]
Read This Please!
June 10th and the start of summer seem like ages ago but for the Miller and Hughes families the pain they suffer from the deaths of their children, 19 month old Emeline Miller and 3 year old Levi Hughes is still raw and, as we know from experience, […]
Water Safety… A Skill That Saves Lives
PUBLISHED ON “Notworthy Mommy”’s blog on May 29, 2018 The month of May signals the beginning of summer fun: playing outside, splashing in outdoor pools and spending time in or near lakes and oceans. May is also water safety […]
SUMMER IS HERE!!
We at British Swim School send our best wishes for a wonderful – and safe – summer. To help keep kids safe, we have created “Water Safety Instructions for Babysitters and Nannies” […]
Floating With A Purpose…For 20 Hours!
We read recently of Bill Durden, a man who fell of his boat in the Gulf of Mexico 30 miles offshore and who managed to survive for 20 hours by floating on his back before he was finally rescued by a U. S. Coast Guard helicopter. At British Swim […]
Babies and Toddlers are Amazing But They Need to Learn to Swim
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we just KNEW how to swim like aquatic animals? Some of them are quite amazing. Just look at some of the things we learned about them !! The 14-foot-long narwhal is a whale whose tooth can reach up to eight feet long! Starfish can have […]
British Swim School St. Louis Talks Water Safety on Public Radio
Birch McMullin, owner of British Swim School St. Louis, was interviewed on Thursday on National Public Radio’s St. Louis affiliate to talk about drowning prevention and water safety. He was part of a panel on St. Louis on the Air with Don Marsh. Drowning deaths still happen “way too often” Birch said, “but don’t get […]