Water Safety - Day two

Today we did a quick recap of what we had learnt yesterday then it was on to our new learning.

Coach Craig talked to us about what we could use for floatation aids if you were at the river or beach and someone got into trouble. We had a go floating with drink bottles, balls, and buckets!

Next, we talked about lifejackets and we learnt how to put them on in the pool! It was pretty tricky, but did you know that if you sit on them opened up, it makes it easier to get your arms in the arm holes? Then you lie back and zip up the lifejacket.

We huddled together in a circle with our life jackets on. Coach Craig said that this would make it easier to be spotted by rescuers if we were out in the ocean or on a lake. It also meant we could support the people who DIDN'T have a lifejacket, by putting them in between kids that did.

Tomorrow we are learning what to do if we fall into the water with our clothes on.