Swim Safe with Whaea Ronda

Swim Safe

For the first four weeks of Term, we have had Whaea Ronda in to teach our kids about swim safe.

The children learned about the different floats - starfish float (on your front and back) and the mushroom float; and the purpose of these floats.

They also underwent life jacket training, and how to keep yourself save when overboard.

Starfish Float

Listening carefully to instructions

Side stroke - This is important when you are too tired to swim

Children's Writing

The mushroom float is a swimming technique to use when you have sunk below to the middle of the ocean, lake or pool . To float back up to the top , you would need to cross your legs, cross your arms and tuck your legs. This technique will help you float back up to the surface .
~Aanaiah~

Sidestroke is when you are getting tired of swimming and running out of breath. 

What you have to do is rest your arm out long in front of you and then lay your head on your arm then move your legs like scissors to cut water.  With your second arm try to act like you are grabbing an apple from your hand in front and bring it back and then the second hand rests on your hip. 

~Yug~

The mushroom float is a technique that might save your life when you have fallen in the water and you don’t know which way is up or down. How to do it is you curl into a ball and you will float to the surface. That is how you do the mushroom float.

~Darius~

With the technique of sidestroke I would be able to breath easily because I am lying on my side and still be able to move through the water fast enough. The position for side stroke is really easy, all you have to do is float on your side and rest your head on your arm that is stretched out in front of you.

You also need to bring your arm towards the arm in front and back towards your legs that would be doing the scissor kick, so that you don't get tired.

~Elly~