Water Safety day at Kings Swim school

On Friday at Kings swim school it was water safety day. We were learning how to survive if we were in a river. First we got our boards and pushed the water to the centre with our boards. One group had to swim through without goggles! Then we swapped over and we got to swim through the current that the other group made. This was to make the conditions more like a river. Next we got into a circle and held hands and moved anti clockwise then quickly moved clockwise. It was difficult to move against the current when we changed direction but it made a whirlpool. Did you know, on average 105 New Zealanders die each year from Drowining. So you can see why when you ask your parents if you can stop swimming lessons, they say "NO!"