Water Safety

3 weeks ago, Class 1 have been going to the Glen Innes Aquatic Centre for swimming lessons. Here is a piece of writing that's kinda an advertisement about Water Safety. It explains how to stay water safe and what water safety is. Hope you enjoy! And a side note, DO NOT call the number that is provided in my writing. Thank you!

Should you wait til you’re drowning in water to finally learn how to swim? NO! Of course not! Well, NOW is YOUR chance to learn about water safety right in the comfort of your own home. So grab those swim trunks and goggles and let’s learn together!

Water Safety is more about smarts than fitness. Before going out swimming in the ocean, you should know of the conditions. This includes the weather, tide and surroundings. So make sure you have those things sussed.

If you’re in a situation in the ocean, a thing you need to remember is not to try to stand up. Once that is attempted, you’re sinking. Another thing to keep in mind is that you have to keep calm and not panic. Whatever your circumstances may be, one of the best ways to survive is keeping calm. This way, you will be able to preserve energy and you’ll have a lower chance of drowning.

If you have no idea how to swim, then when at beaches or at the pools you should keep to the shallow areas. Trying to swim in the deep ends without experience will result with death. You should probably wear a life-jacket or floaties.

Now, the best thing to ever do to better your understanding of water safety is LEARN how to swim. What you need to do is call 0800 WATER SAFE4LIFE now! Or visit the Aquatic Centre in Glen Innes for lessons. Don’t be a rock and sink! Be a tree log and FLOAT!

SWIMMING!!

Rm 17 have been going to the Glen Innes Aquatic Centre to have swimming lessons with professional swimming instructors. This lasted for 2 weeks.

Walking to the pools, our rustling plastic bags made a lot of noise. But not as much as the chatter of the children. Filled with nervous excitement, I ran to catch up with the rest of the class.

We changed into our togs when we got to the pools. Getting in the pool, the water was freezing, it made a shiver run down my spine. Our instructor explained the instructions for our activity. In this activity we had to swim 10 laps without stopping. Lying on my back, I pushed off from the wall and glided away.

Kicking rapidly, I sang to keep myself company. “Tonight, we are young” I sang, this of course helped. With my eyes watching the ceiling, I spotted some flags. This was a sign I was close to the end. Rolling onto my stomach I turned around and swam back to the other side.

A while later we moved onto diving. "Now I've got to dive into the pool". I thought, feeling quite anxious. Watching everyone else dive, my instructor looked at me. "Uh oh" I whispered. After trying to convince my instructor I couldn't do it, she started to count down from 5. To get it done and over with I just dived in, I had no choice anyway.


Before we started our lesson, our instructor had told us we were going to play some games after we dived. Sadly we had no time. Maybe next time.

The Water

We slipped into the pool. Under the sparkly water my eyes were stinging red. I jumped off the bottom to blink away the burn.