{"id":51224,"date":"2025-11-05T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redesign.twowingsis.com\/the-importance-of-swimming-for-children\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:57:48","slug":"the-importance-of-swimming-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/the-importance-of-swimming-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Swimming for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Two Wings International School, swimming lessons and supervised water activities are part of the regular program for every child. Learners receive age-appropriate guidance that helps them become safer, more confident, and more comfortable in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why swimming matters<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Water safety:<\/strong> children develop awareness, safe habits, and essential swimming skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical development:<\/strong> swimming supports coordination, balance, strength, and healthy movement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confidence and character:<\/strong> guided practice builds perseverance, discipline, and pride in learning a new skill.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social growth:<\/strong> group activities encourage listening, cooperation, and respect for others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swimming at TWIS<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lessons are supervised and adapted to each age group so that children can progress at an appropriate pace. Swimming and water activities are also included in Summer Camp 2026, alongside creativity, movement, literacy, numeracy, music, dance, and joyful learning.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families can contact <a href=\"mailto:info@twowingsis.com\">info@twowingsis.com<\/a> or call <a href=\"tel:+250787112323\">+250 787 112 323<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming lessons and supervised water activities are part of the regular TWIS program for every child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":51016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-twis-school-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52329,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51224\/revisions\/52329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twowingsis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}