Kiwi Sport

This week Thursdy we had another session of our swimming kiwi sport at the YMCA Lagoon pools in panmure. We had two new coaches that would be teaching us our lesson Today. First we put on a life jacket and sat on the wall for further instructions. We learnt how to get into the pool with our life jackets on properly and safely.

We had to stand up on the wall with one hand holding the top side of our life jacket, and the other hand holding our nose but still covering our mouth. Then take one step out into the water and drop in. After we had someone demenstrate, we tried it ourselves.

We talked about life jackets and how they help us. They help us when we are in deep water to help us float. Then we got into the water and floated on our backs with the life jackets on. There was a falp at the top of the jacket for our head to rest on when we are floating on our backs. There were small cushions in the jacket that helped us float.

Then we huddled into a small circle with eachother, with one hand on the persons back next to us. We don't hold their shoulder because we might pull them down and they can drown. We do this because when we huddle, we can stay warm and that. Then after one of the teachers countded down, we let go and floated away on our backs, and then huddled back in.

We also did skelling on our backs, to and back, a few times. We were showed how to put on a life jacket in the pool. We lastly got out the pull and helped wash off the life jackets and went back on the bus to school.