Swim Safe with Tracy

This Tuesday a visitor called Tracy came to Paihia School talk to us about dry land swimming. We talked about what to do if you see someone drowning, if you are drowning, if there is a rip and more. The most interesting thing I learned was when you seen someone drowning don’t go in yourself, run to a lifeguard or a really confident swimmer as soon as possible to get help; this prevents yourself from getting in any danger caused by the drowning person. Even if we are confident swimmers we are still just as capable of drowning as others. I really enjoyed her visit and can’t wait to start swimming in the pool sometime soon.

Waka Ama

Yesterday the year 7 and 8 students went down to Waitangi to participate in Waka Ama. Rob and Ropata taught us about how to hold and paddle a waka as well as some skills that we should keep in mind while paddling. I was in seat one on the 12 man waka. We paddled out along the beach front, then out past the Treaty Grounds. After a while my arms began getting sore. Throughout the trip people next and behind me were making it rain all over us (meaning they kept splashing us by accident). In the end it was a mean as experience and we can’t wait to keep going back every week!!!