Fish Factory Swim School - Bolton

Situational mutism can be confusing because a child may be chatty, confident and completely themselves in one setting — yet unable to speak in another.

It is an anxiety-based difficulty, not rudeness, defiance or a child simply choosing not to talk.

Some children freeze when spoken to directly. Others may whisper, use gestures, nod, write their answer or communicate comfortably with only certain people.

The pattern can change depending on where they are, who they are with and how much pressure they feel to speak.

Giving a child time, reducing pressure and accepting other forms of communication can help them feel safer while appropriate support is put in place.

Availability for September start:

Contact: 07443 97 87 87

🏫 In response to a rise in school absence rates, every mainstream state school in England will now receive its own individual attendance improvement target, monitored for the first time. 😯

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Parents spend hundreds of dollars on floaties, puddle jumpers, vests, kickboards, noodles, swim trainers, and every new gadget promising to help kids learn to swim.

Here’s the truth…

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗺.

Many of these products actually encourage body positions and movement patterns that make independent swimming harder to learn. Even more concerning, they can create false confidence, both in children and the adults supervising them.

Far too many drowning tragedies happen after “swim time” is over. A child who has spent the day floating around in a swim aid may believe they can swim independently, then later jumps or falls back into the water without it. The confidence remains…the flotation doesn’t.

Save your hard-earned money.

Instead of buying another “swim aid,” invest in quality swim lessons that teach real skills. Those skills last a lifetime.

No gadget teaches swimming.

Trained instructors do.

💙 Real Skills. Real Safety. Real Confidence.