Kiwi Sport | Swimming

LI: To learn how be safe in water.
For Kiwi Sport we wore life jackets because we went into the deeper side of the pool.
The first thing that we did in the pool was to get in a chain. We then had to get in a circle and the smallest one had to be in the middle and the bigger people would be outside of the circle. If we did this in the ocean the bigger people would survive because they have enough heat so smallest one in the middle would keep warm. We then tried to touch the floor. After that we did a specific jump called the pencil jump, we did this by putting one of our arms on the opposite side shoulder and the other arm on our head, we jumped twice in the pool. I really enjoyed joining in with the others and doing the chain.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to be safe in the water.
The first thing that we did when we got into the water was our stream lines, with our stream lines we had to turn on to our backs and swim to the other side. We also made waves with boards to practice swimming through waves if we are swimming through real waves. I learned by swimming.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to be safe in water.
For swimming we first did our safe entry, we then did our stream lines, we used the board to do arm strokes and if we needed air we would turn around on our backs to breathe. We basically we just had a refresh of what we did the last time we swam. I learned by swimming.

Swimming

LI: to be safe in the water.
For swimming this week we did our safe entry, we practiced yelling out for help in the water - floating on our backs with arm up and pool noodle save, we also did stream lines, we also played a game of shark attack. I learned by practicing the stream lines and practicing yelling out for help.

Swimming

LI: to learn how to be safe in water.
For swimming this week, we had to do safe entry's, underwater and kicking no knees popping out, kicking on the walls with our heads under water, learning how to kick under water with a board and with pointed toes, kick board to the platform and back, floating on backs with noodles and making a chain by holding each others hand with noodles. I learned by going to the pools.

Kiwi Sport | Water Safety

LI: to be safe in the water.
For swimming today we were floating on our backs, we were floating on our backs again but in a T-shape position, we were submerging underwater and picking up a toy from under the water. I learned by going to the swim-amara.

Kiwi Sport | Water Safety

LI: to be safe while in water.
For our new kiwi sport this term we are back to water safety. When we got their we were split up into two groups, the first thing that my group did, was floating on our backs, swimming with boards, free styling with the boards. I learned by going to the panmure lagoon pools.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: to learn to be safe in the water.
This week was the last week for swimming. For my group (Level three group) we had to do sequencing, we had to do kicking practice on a board, long legs, little kicks and no slashing.

We also learned to put all of our skills that we learnt through the past weeks together to form a sequence. We also learned to do a mushroom pose (knees tucked in), a T (arms in the shape of a T), freestyle/propulsion and we had to make our own sequence.

We did a distance challenge, we did a kicking race and we sculled on our boards for a race. Through the past few weeks I learned by using the skills that I have learnt before and by going to the pools.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water.
This week for swimming we learned to tred with a noodle for three minutes and without a noodle we had to tred for one minute.

We also got asked some questions so we can revise on what we learned from the past few weeks, we got asked what to do when in a rip, water safety and hypothermia and hypermedia, hypermedia is being too hot and hypothermia is being too cold.

After that we did some kick practices (long legs, pointy toes, little legs) and after that we then did a diving race. This week for kiwi sport (swimming) I learned by using the skills that I have learnt before. I also learned by going to swimming.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water.
This week for swimming we learned to swim with a board (not a surf board), swimming through waves and we also learned to put the board out flat when and while we swim with a board.

We also did some races, we did arm strokes with a board (arm strokes but its a pattern of grabbing and spinning arms). We also had to tred water for thirty seconds! I know it doesn't seem much but after that I was exhausted I could move my legs. Luckily we got into the play pool.

When we got into the play pool we started to play a bit but then we grabbed each others hands and formed a circle after that we started running in a circle to create a whirl pool (something that makes things in water). After that we all let go of each others hands and we floated in a circle, we did it twice.

Today I learned by listening to the instructions, by trying my best and by having fun. 

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water.
Today we learned how to scull on our back's with a noodle to keep us up to the other side. We also learned how to scull feet first. We also sat on the side of the pool and we did a little bit of a dive. At the end we also jumped into the water while bending our legs don't get hurt.

We sculled to the other side with a hands out motion. We also learned how to tred the water again. I think we did this so we can have a quick refresh on how to tred water. We each had to do it so we can show the people who don't know how to tred water how to tred water.

first on how to tred the water spin your legs and scull with one or two hands. If you scull with one hand raise the other hand up and shout for help if your are drowning or in a rip. A rip is when a wave smashes you and sucks you out to sea. I have been in a rip before, I really didn't like it at all.

Today I learned by listening to the instructions, by focusing on the swimming and by trying hard at my swimming.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water.
This week for swimming we talked about how we stay above the water and stay warm with life jackets. We also learned how to enter the water safely with a life jacket, one hand grabs a shoulder of the jacket and block your nose, then take a big step into the water. If you don't block your nose you could get a cold shock witch is making your mouth open so the water can get in and eventually you will drown.

To stay together form your group into a chain by lying on your backs and grabbing each others shoulders. You then swim together until there is land or a surface to stand on. Also by preventing cold shock huddle together in a group by holding each others backs. This will give body heat to the people around you and body heat to yourself.

When you let go from someone trend, scull or lay on your back to keep above the water, if you are wearing a live jacket there is a head piece to lay your head on, just stay still and keep calm try to scull while lying on your back so you can get close to the people around you. Also when you go onto a boat, you MUST ALWAYS put your life jacket on before you get onto the boa because you can't put your life jacket on in the water, its just really hard.

 

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water.
Today for swimming we talked about how to save a panicking/drowning person. We also learned how to stay above the water and say help. We also had a buddy and we needed to lye down on our tummy, then we had to throw a noodle to say them. We had to keep our body over the water and wave our hand in the air.

We also learned not to get close to them or else they will hurt you. To be above the water you need to get into the sitting position, put your legs wide and then spin them, then scull with one hand and the other hand is waving. I learned by going to the swimming pools.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: to learn how to be safe in water.
Today we learnt how to scull, streamline on our backs and we also had to put our feet first while sculling. We had to remember when we are sculling we have to turn our hands up and down. We also talked about hypothermia, we learnt that hypothermia is when you get really cold. We went through the signs of hypothermia, the signs were: Blue lips, your shivering, your teeth are shaking, your confused, you can't walk properly and you cant talk properly (you think that you are making sense but actually you are talking gibberish. If you have a bad hypothermia see an adult, also DON'T put yourself in a hot shower if you have hypothermia or else you will faint, if you have a bad hypothermia and go into a hot shower you might die. Today I learned how to scull, streamline on our backs and we also had to put our feet first while sculling. I also learned by going to the inside pools.

Kiwi Sport (Swimming)

LI: how to be safe in water
Today we did swimming again. The year fives went to swimming, we all went into our groups, my group was at the deep end. When we jumped into the pool we did a recap of how to step in a pool, we recapped on how to step into a river and how to step in a deep spot, then we learned how to do the torpedo arms (arms out), we had to do it front and back, we also learned to do the starfish pose on our backs to float to the other plat form. We had to do all of these skills to get from one plat form to another platform. Today I learned by listening to the instructor.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how swim
Today for kiwi sport we did swimming lesson's. We learnt how to kick facing up (swimming on our back's), stepping into the water, slide into the water and safe entry. The year five's got split up into three groups so the people who were teaching us know's our level. They knew what our level was because they can see how good we could freestyle. I was a level three because I already knew how to freestyle. If you don't know how to freestyle you are level one, if you splash water at people and can't keep up that means you are a level two and if you don't splash and can keep up you are a level three. Today I learned by listening to the instructions and by trying my best.