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.