On the 8th of June it was the first day for water awareness lessons. Mrs Agnew said that we were going to be swimming for ten days and that we are going to the CLM swimming pool in Morrin Rd. But then she said that the boys were going first after morning tea and the juniors as well but the rest of the girls would be going after lunch and the girls also has to have early lunch before we left.
Later on we had to change and have lunch and hop on to the bus. Once we got onto the bus, of course we started talking but wished that we could sing a song. We were all too shy to start singing so we just kept on talking to our friends.
Once we got to the swimming pool we saw the juniors there because they hadn't finished yet with their swimming. When it was our turn we had to split into groups. The people in my group were Estherose, Upu, Laura, Frances, Jamie and Nikita.
We had to go to water awareness lessons because if we get stuck in the ocean we need to know what to do because it is very dangerous out there. Many people drown in New Zealand every year. We learned how to kick with our legs straight and on top the water instead of kicking under the water with bent legs. We started off with some floating blue boards that kept our arms straight and we could hold onto once we had used our arms.
After our swimming lessons we would go back to school and get dried, warm and ready to go home. We had to hang our togs and towels on the wires. It was so exciting and fun and I felt so joyful and happy for the next day's trip to the pool.
