Wearing a Life Jacket.

On day six I wore a really cold and wet life jacket. I couldn't do the life jacket up by myself and my instructor had to help me. The life jackets help us float. We learned to fall out of a boat and keep afloat. We held each others arms and we kicked on our backs all the way to the end of the pool and then we went back to the other end. I couldn't wait to get into the pool because I love swimming. M.B.

Today's Lesson

Today we had a new instructor for swimming. We learned how to do overarm using a board. We held the board in front of our arms and scoop the water up by bringing our arms up over our heads. We had to keep kicking too. We also learned to dive today. First we leaned over and touched our toes and they had to be over the edge of the pool. Then pushed off using our feet. We had to put our arms up and press them against our ears. My first dive exciting and I felt really good. Z.T.

Life Jackets

On day five, group two wore life jackets and rolled into a small Aquapro inflatable boat. We did a pencil drop into the water first and then we had to swim backwards up to the lane line. Then we swam forwards to the side of the pool and sit back up on the side of the pool. When we were in the boat we sat on the side of the boat. We had to drop ourselves backwards off the side. The best part was throwing ourselves off the side of the boat and the pencil drop. M.S.

Swimming Lessons

Today we learned to swim without a board when we were doing backstroke. We learned how to dive into the water, roll over and then carry on using backstroke. We also learned to float on our side using a board and kicking. T.T.

New Swimming Teacher

Today we had a new teacher for swimming. She taught us how to arm stroke and put our hand under the board. She also taught us how to back stroke and how to keep our hands scooping to help us move. V.P.

Safety lessons

Yesterday at QEII we got to go in a boat and wore a life jacket for the first time. When I put the life jacket on, it was wet and all soggy. We had to wear it in the pool. I learned that you can't drown when you're wearing one because they keep you floating. I feel better knowing some safety skills. CE

Swim fortnight

I am learning to do overarm using a board. We have to count to three and then bring our arm over. C. L. C.