Water Awareness

 We have been lucky enough to go to water awareness lessons for ten whole days. The whole

 school went and we learned a lot and had heaps of fun too. The first day of swimming I had to

 watch because I had not been well and I had to wait a couple of days.

 When I got to swim in the pool we used boards. So we put our hands on top of the boards and

 we kicked as hard as we could across to the other side. Then we had to to use our arms to go

 around while we had our heads under water. I was in lane five with Carlos and

Daniel.

We also learned how to float for a long time on our backs, in case we one day get into trouble on

water somewhere. At the end of our lessons we would get out of the pool and do a manu. That

means jumping into the water and making a very big splash.

After ten days because that is how long we were booked in for (from 8 of June to monday the 

21 of June) for I did the largest manu  and the water touched the roof. I am really pleased I 

pushed myself to join in with the others because I learned a lot about being safe in water. 

Table Tennis experience for Room 6

 Yesterday a man called Dinyar from table tennis New Zealand came to share his skills with us. 

Only Room 6 were chosen to play, although some Room 8's were allowed to join us. When he 

came, Dinyar  took a selfie and then told us to get a table tennis bat and a table tennis ball . 

Dinyar showed us how to hold the bat properly and do new tricks we didn't know how to do.

In the end we had a competition where we had to balance a ball on a  table tennis 

bat for the longest time. Two people from Room 6 won the competition.  

After that the bell rang, so we went back to class. It was fun and I hope he can come back again 

one day.