{"id":16477,"date":"2026-06-22T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=16477"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:11:20","slug":"water-safety-dont-take-risks-and-risk-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=16477","title":{"rendered":"Water Safety | Don\u2019t take risks and risk your life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Parent\/carer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please watch the video linked below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=97BWqm_xu-8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=97BWqm_xu-8\"><strong>Water Safety | Don\u2019t take risks and risk your life. &#8211; YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chief Inspector Mahmood for Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like to encourage parents and carers to have open conversations with young people about the risks of open water. These conversations are important because many open water incidents are preventable and understanding the risks and knowing how to respond can help save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>Stay out of the water and act safely to help someone in trouble, don\u2019t jump in, instead, follow this advice:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>call 999 without a delay and request the appropriate emergency service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a large open area use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/what3words.com\/pretty.needed.chill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What 3 Words<\/a>&nbsp;to provide your exact location to emergency services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If possible, throw a floating object, such as a lifebuoy, and encourage the person to float on their back, while help is on the way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If it is safe to do so, extend a pole, branch or similar object from a secure position.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not enter the water unless you are properly trained and equipped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parent\/carer, Please watch the video linked below. Water Safety | Don\u2019t take risks and risk your life. &#8211; YouTube Chief Inspector Mahmood for Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham said: \u201cWe would like to encourage parents and carers to have open conversations with young people about the risks of open water. These conversations are important because many open water incidents are preventable and understanding the risks and knowing how to respond can help save lives.\u201d Stay out of the water and act safely to help someone in trouble, don\u2019t jump in, instead, follow this advice:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-publications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16481,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477\/revisions\/16481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}