Swimming Reflection
This term we started having swimming lessons in October, it was really fun and we learnt a lot. For our lessons we went to Cameron pools just by our school. We learnt some relays, like floating on our back and front and getting to the other side, using boards to help us getting to the other side and our swimming coach Bella taught us when to breathe while swimming.
Our next swimming lessons taught us how to swim with heavy clothes on. We did the same relays as our last lesson, but in heavy clothes. People said it was hard but it wasn’t that hard.
At our third lesson we learnt how to swim with empty bottles as our boards. They worked pretty well because they were filled with air and not water, but if there was water in it it would sink to the bottom of the pool. Our fourth week we learnt how to climb off and on a boat to climb on a boat our group lifted us up the boat one by one by pulling us up. To get off the boat we sat on the edge, held our chest and head and slid of into the water.
In the next lesson we did relays in life jackets and learnt the different parts of a life jacket. We learnt how to keep warm in a huddle so it wouldn’t get too cold and we also learnt how to stay together.
Our next lesson was about currents our group pushed their boards towards the person swimming to the end of the pool and it created a current so we could see if they could go through it.
In our last lesson we just did some fun stuff, we did relay races on a frog float and pool noodle. I didn’t enjoy this lesson because it felt a bit too short. The lesson I enjoyed most was climbing into a boat.