Swimming

LI: to learn about water safety
We did freestyles and did a bunch of laps. Its kind of like a streamline without putting your ams together, you have to do arm strokes and do kicking. A tip was when we get tired doing freestyles we should do backstrokes to catch out breath. We then did streamlines. A streamline is when you have your arms together straight and behind your head, then you swim like that. Lastly we played a little game which was racing.

Kiwisport

LI: to learn about water safety
We first warmed up doing streamlines. A streamline is when you have your arms together straight and behind your head, then you swim like that. We then did arm-strokes and a tip we got was to kick so it gives us speed, but when we get tired we shouldn't speed up because it makes us more tired.  We then did backstrokes. Which was the same thing as arm-strokes but just on your back.

Kiwisport

LI: to learn about water safety
We first warmed up doing streamlines. A streamline is when you have your arms together straight and behind your head, then you swim like that. We then did swimming having our hands by our side and kicking with our legs. We then did backstrokes then swapped and looked down in the water. We then did freestyles which was swimming anyway you want. When we did that we had to trying to dive down. We then had a little play time, we had these small toy sticks and we had to throw them in the water, and dive down to get them.

Swimming

LI: to learn about water safety
We first warmed up doing streamlines. A streamline is when you have your arms to gether straight and behind your head, then you swim like that. We then did rescues which was trying to rescue a person who was drowning. We got some tips and some of those tips were to not be able to touch the person who is drowning. If you do they're going to start try to get on top of you so they don't drown. We should use a rope like thing to pull them in, but when pulling them in you should lie down, so they don't pull you in.

We then had a little play time, we had these small toy sticks and we had to throw them in the water, and dive down to get them.

Swimming

LI: to learn water safety
We first started off with stream lines. Then James (Instructor) gave us a tip when doing our streamlines. We do our streamlines with a straight body, and our head looking down in the water. Then when we kick we should use the strength from our hips and thighs.

Next we used paddle boards to practise our kicks. We then held the paddle board horizontally and did our kicks. Later we had to try to swim down and touch the ground, then come back up. Lastly we did laps and tried to do it without stopping. Lastly we did a swim we wanted to do and hopped out.

Swimming

LI: to learn water safety
For Kiwsport we are doing swimming which is really useful because it could save our lives one day, plus we are living in a country surrounded by water. We first did streamlines which was have our arms up together, and we had to do a lap. We then tried to do it without taking a breath and doing it the whole way. We then added arm strokes to the stream lines. We then floated on our backs and started kicking. Next we did the streamlines with the arm strokes, and then we had to count to six seconds, then switch to floating on our backs and kicking.

Water Safety

LI: to learn water safety
We first got sorted into groups and then started our lesson. We first did a starfish in the water, and then we had to flip and do it looking up. We then did the dolphin dive. We had to dive in and try to touch the floor, and then go back up and repeat it. After we did starfishes and put a fist up and shouted "Help!". Next we did a skill which was to do a starfish, then tuck our knees in and try to get our face in the water. Lastly we had to high five our teacher and try to do a skill we knew how to do.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn survival skills in the water
This week was the last week of Swimming. What we did first was swimming on our backs. We did that, and saw how long we could swim backwards. The after that we did rotation. Rotation is really helpful. The reason is when you swim on your front side it's faster, so when you swim on your front side, you get tired, so you go on your back resting until you have the energy to swim on your front again.

Later we did this swimming move called the "Jelly Fish". So we swim on our back then: stretch your legs out, tuck it back in, then spread it out on the sides, then push your feet together to make a miniwave. We did that a couple of times.

After we did the Jelly Fish we did some swimming underwater activities. So what we did first was throw a toy underwater and then we would dive or swim underwater, then take it. After that we also went through a hula hoop underwater.

Then after that we played a game. We got a noodle and someone would be a horse and the other behind the horse was the rider. 

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn survival skills in the water
This week for swimming I went to my Instructor James and we first started on rotation. We had to do three arm strokes, or six kicks in a row then switch on your back. How we did it was you always have to keep your body extremely flat. So when you turn make sure your hips don't point down or they will weigh you down. So when you successfully turn on your back stay flat. After that we did a couple of freestyle arms.

Later we did a swimming move that helps you go underwater called "Duck Dive". The reason it's called "Dick Dive" is because when ducks go underwater they don't touch the floor. So how we do it is we lift our head or upper body up as high as we can and go dive down. We swam first and then in the middle of the pool we would try to do the Duck Dive and swim to the other platform.

After that we did some Kick Practices. So when we would do the Kick Practices we would do slow arms but fast kicks. The reason we do slow arms rather fast arms is you will get tired easily and waste you energy, another reason is that you have much more control with your arms. An addition to the Kick Practices we did Dolphin Kicks or Dives. Dolphin Kicks or Dive is when your legs are together, and you go underwater and wiggle your body. So you legs will be like the tail of a dolphin.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to simulate and experience swimming in a river and ocean
This week for swimming we simulated and experienced swimming in a river or ocean. What we first did was that everyone had to walk and swim through a wave and splashes of water. How we simulated and made the waves were us boards. Everyone had a board and one person would go through the middle and, that person would have to go through the splashes and the waves.

When we did that the instructors made another wave or current and we had to swim through it. It was really hard and almost no one could go through the current. Then when all of us got to the other side of  the current. After we had to swim with the current, so the current could take us.

Later we all went to the little pool. Then we got into a circle standing up, held hands, then rotated. When we did that for a while, we would stop and lay down. Then we would be moving when we don't move ourselves. How we moved was because we made the whirlpool and it would take us in circles. 

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water
Today straight away my group did sculling on our back, we tried to do it as long as possible. Then we sculled feet first. We couldn't kick because it would take us backwards. Our feet had to be straight and together. Also when we scull we should always put our fingers together.

Then we started to tread water. So we went to the deep end, and had to float in the water while doing a sitting position. Our legs had to be widely separated, and rotating. Same with our hands. We also have to lean back a little bit to help us float a bit more.

Then we jumped into the pool, we weren't going to do a cannon - ball or a belly - flop. What we were going to do was pretty similar to the pencil dive. We just had to do a small jump then swim back to the wall.

After that we tried to swim as far as possible doing the rotation. So we would swim in our front doing any kind of stroke, so dolphin dive, streamline, torpedo arms, and more. So when we got tired at our front we would just rotate and float on out backs. We did that a for a couple of times. Then we have done our lesson.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to use life jackets
This week we were learning survival skills with life jackets. We first learned how to do a safe entry with a life jacket. It was a pencil dive but modified. So we put one hand on the life jacket and the other covering our nose and mouth. The reason we cover our nose and mouth is so the water doesn't come in our body. We also learned something called a cold shock. Which is when you go into really cold water and your mouth opens up. Then the water goes in your mouth. So that's why we cover our nose and mouth.

Then we learned about when there are a ton of people out in the ocean we have to stick together. So one way we did was make a chain. We first lie back, then hold the back of the person's life jacket, then kick to the side, but not the person in front. Another way was to huddle. Make a circle then wrap your arm under each others armpits. But when someone is cold or hurt in the group put them in the middle of your circle. We also had to put our knees up but not all the way up or you could lie down then sink or drown.

We also learned that there is a hood on the back of our life jacket. The life jacket was for lying down. So we swam lying back down, and also the front as well.

We also learned the H.E.L.P position. H.E.L.P stands for:
Heat
Escape
Lessening
Position
How we do the Help position is we have to stay in a cannonball pose, so just tuck your legs up and wrap your arms around them. The reason it is like that is because the heat is staying in the torso, which your legs are heating up. In your torso are a lot of your vital organs, because if you just spread out the heat is going to go everywhere.

We should also always where a life jacket when you are on the boat or not on the water, because it is extremely difficult to put it your life jacket on when you are in the water.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn water safety skills
This week we went to Swimming. When we got there we learned how to save people that are drowning. We demonstrated it with a partner. One person would go in the water pretending to panic and call for help. The other person would get a noodle and pull them out. We learned when trying to save people we had to get something to give them and pull them out. It could be a branch, rope, or even a noodle. When pulling someone out we should always ly down on our front. Just so we can keep the noodle, or rope secure.

Then after that we learned how to tread water. When we float on water we should sit under the water like there us a seat there, and when doing that spin your feet in circles wide and long. Then while doing that we have to do a sculling motion. Then put one hand out and shout "HELP! HELP! HELP!". Also we should never swim in water that is above our head. When you get tired of spinning your legs, and sculling you should do a back starfish. Then poke your hand out for a short time and shout "HELP!", then go back to your floating position.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to be safe in water
This week when we got to Swimming we first talked about Ocean and River Safety. There are some rips in the ocean. A rip is a patch of smooth water. In the ocean when there are rips you have to let the rip take, but you have to go on an angle then go on shore. When the rip is taking you on an angle to the shore you can get yourself up. If you are in a river, the river is always flowing to one direction. You have to do the same. Let the current take you on an angle then go on shore.

Then when we talked about that we got with our Instructors. We first did sculling feet first. Why we did feet first rather then head first is because you could hit something with your head, its better getting hit on the feet. Secondly when you bounce on the object (rocks, logs, etc) you can push yourself back. Sculling is when you lie on your back and use you hands to move. After that we did low dive. We had to jump in water while our hands were above our heads. We had to dive in an angle, rather then flat. Then we did streamlines. Streamlines are when you have you arms straight above your head, when we did that we also added arm strokes. Then after that we did a rotation. We were floating on our front then we had to rotate on our back when our energy is gone on the front. Then when it was the end our instructor said to jump and high five him, then do a swimming skill.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to be safe in the water and learn survival skills in the water
This week for Swimming when we first got there we learned about Hyperthermia and Hypothermia. Hyperthermia is when you are really hot. Your temperature is extremely hot. We talked about what we should do and what we shouldn't. When we are really hot we should go to a cold shower, but when we do that don't make the water cold instantly. Make the water cold slowly. If you put someone with hyperthermia in a cold shower instantly, they will have a shock because the body is not comfortable with being in hot the cold temperature quickly. Same with someone who has Hypothermia. The signs when someone has Hypothermia is:
Lips turn blue
Teeth are chattering
Being confused
There body is tricking them
being abnormal such as: talking funny, not making sense when talking, walking funny.
So when we finished we got into our groups. So first we did streamlines. Our hands together above our head and then kicking our feet. Then we floated on the water on our backs. Then we did something tricky and hard. We had to do a streamline then rotate to floating on our backs. When we did rotated we had to be straight and flat. When we all did that we did Dolphin Dives. It was really fun. How to Dolphin Dive is when you put you feet together, kick them together and wiggle your body. We only used our feet to move underwater.

Kiwi Sport

LI: how to be safe in water
This week we went swimming again. So the skill we first learned was floating on our backs and kicking. After we did that we did torpedo arm while drifting, and torpedo arms while kicking. Torpedo arms are putting your hands together, and above your head. Then we did starfish on our back and we also did a specific actions with our legs. Legs together, spread out wide, and push it back together. Then at the end our Instructor got a hoop and we went underwater and through the hoop.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn how to be safe in the water

This week we learned how to be safe in water and learned how to swim. When everyone in the Yr 5 group got changed we all got tested to see what level we were in. I was a Level 2. So we first learned the Safe Entry. We had to put both our hands on one of the sides and drop in. Then after that we went on platform that was higher from the surface so we could see and not drown. Then we all did a Dolphin Dive across a platform to another. We did that for a couple of minutes and floated on our back. When we finished that we learned two ways to safely go in water. The first one we all sat on the wall that was keeping the water in the pool, and we stood up turned backwards, put out hands on the wall and go in but keep your hands on the wall. After that we did the other technique, which was stand up, legs together, hands by your side, and take a pig step and drop straight in the water. We had to stay still while we dropped. Then we learned how to swim underwater. We all tried. After that we had toys and threw it somewhere and had to swim underwater to get it. Then after that it was the end.