Kia ora,

This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII. This year we also had to have a buddy, my buddy, called Amelia,  is so cute and funny.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed doing safety things like the boat, life jackets, and pj’s in the pool. I liked those days because it was fun and we learned how to swim in clothes. Clothes are heavier than swimming togs so we need to learn that in case we fall in with our clothes on.

Something that I have enjoyed this week is being in the big pool and doing freestyle and backstroke and lots of other things!!!! My favourite swimming stroke is freestyle because I find it easiest.

 Something that I have found hard this week was learning how to tread water for 3 minutes. I found that hard because it was really tiring trying to stay afloat.

Something that I want to improve on next week is how to tread water for longer because I struggled a lot because it was really tiring . I am going to practise that so I can do it for a longer time.

This term, we have been swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed wearing the life jackets and we wore our PJ’s and then took them off halfway through our lesson. I loved my teacher called Angela, She’s lovely!

Something that I have enjoyed this week is learning to do backflips.

Something that I have found hard this week is doing rolling longs. But they were quite easy but I didn’t like it when I done 6 kicks and then rolled onto my front because it slowed me down.  

Something that I want to improve on next week is kicking higher when I swim.

What did you like about swimming?

Kia Ora, welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to be telling you about our swimming trip. This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEll. We go with Kākano and we have Swimming buddies. My buddy is called Indie and I go with Rātā because that is my team.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed going to different Swimming pools like Graham Condon. I also like being able to do pyjama day and life jacket day it is really fun. I also love getting to know my swimming instructors. 

Something that I have enjoyed this week is being able to be in the big pool. We also get to do a full lap of swimming. I like doing freestyle but we have also done survival backstroke, arm circles on our back/front and more. I enjoy sometimes getting to do 2 laps of the pool without stopping because it is hard but it is also a challenge. Today we couldn’t touch the bottom which I love.

Something that I have found hard this week is doing backstroke because I need to try and stay in the middle sometimes I go to the edge and hit my head on the side.

Something that I want to improve on next week is to be able to swim a full two laps without stopping and also I want to keep practicing my rolling to the side doing freestyle.

What is your favourite style of swimming? Thanks for looking at my blog today.

This term, we have swimming for only the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

In previous years, when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed learning how to swim because I really wanted to swim good. I can swim in the sea with my friends. This week I forgot how to swim because I have not swam in a really long time because I don’t take swimming classes anymore. In the previous year I practiced staying afloat above water and holding my breath for a long time.

Something I found hard was the navy seal move because we had to sit on the edge of the swimming pool side then we dropped back with our arms making a cross on our chest and our right hand pinching our nose.

I really enjoyed this weeks swimming since I forgot, I had to go down 2 classes. I really enjoyed learning how to float again because that would help me a lot with swimming

Something that I have found hard this week is floating because sometimes the water would flow to my throat and through my ears. What I also found hard was swimming to the other end because some people behind me don’t see me and bump into me by accident and I would accidentally kick them.

Something that I want to improve on next week is the navy seal because I need to learn it so that I can use the navy seal to get off the boat. I also wanted to improve in floating so I can float in my back in the water.

This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed getting on an inflatable boat and wearing our pjs on the last 2 days of school swimming because it felt like a treat at the end and it was a fun way to end the week.

Something that I have enjoyed this week is getting to go in the deep pool because I know I’ve been improving compared to last year where I was still in the middle sized pool.

Something that I have found hard this week is swimming in the second lane where it was 1.6 instead of 1.3 meters deep. I felt it was a bit scary knowing that if we needed to stop in the middle we could not grab onto the side because there was no side.

Something that I want to improve on next week is being more comfortable with swimming in deep pools because that is sure to help me swim in oceans or rivers.

Every year we have buddies this year we had the smallest kids ever they were year 5s and 6s. I felt super proud walking down to the bus with my buddy grasping my hand I felt like a babysitter. So I felt I needed to try hard to entertain her on the bus drawing on the window playing eye spy and more. When she told me her name I thought it was tricky to say it took me 4 days to remember how to say it correctly. Oshika (sorry if i spelt it wrong) it was pronounced oh-she-ka. She was bouncy, playful and a chatterbox. I loved the way she wasn’t afraid to point out any tiny detail that she thought mattered. It was fun talking non stop. I think it is amazing knowing a person like her.

Do u like swimming?

I’m also very thankful to my swimming teacher so a special thank you to her!

Thank u Bye.

This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII. We all have buddies and my buddies are Cam and Tommy and they’re in Kākano.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed swimming with my friends and practising my swimming to get better. But now I’m with my best friend which makes it better.

Something that I have enjoyed this week is practising my swimming to get better and my favourite thing to do in swimming is freestyle.

Something that I have found hard this week is dolphin dive and backstroke cause that makes you use a lot of energy for backstroke and dolphin dives make you hold you have to hold your breath while you go down. 

Something that I want to improve on next week is trying not to stand up while swimming and I’m going to try to go all the way and when I do freestyle I want to try to not make big splashes.

Do you like swimming?

This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed the boats, life jacket days and PJ day. I like those things because they are really fun and you get to learn about water safety. 

Something that I have enjoyed this week is doing dolphin dives, and survival backstroke. I like dolphin dives because I like going down to the bottom of the pool. I like survival backstroke because the moves you do are really fun to do. 

Something that I have found hard this week is going into the deep pool and being confident in the big pool because I am not  confident with deep water and I do not like cold water. 

Something that I want to improve on next week is going into the deep pool and being confident and breathing when I am on my back because I stop breathing and I have to stand up. 

Hi, welcome back to my blog. This term we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed being in a different pool to the one I was normally in and going to a different place to swim. I enjoyed meeting new instructors and learning new things. One more thing was going to the pools on a bus.

Something that I have enjoyed this week is having a little buddie to look after because it’s really fun going on the bus with them. Another thing was going in the deep pool. My favourite thing was doing dolphin dives and being in the water.

Something that I have found hard this week is waiting to get into the pool because I really want to swim.  Something else is being cold after and helping my buddie get changed.

Something that I want to improve on next week is doing everything better because I was to improve. And listening to the instructors and being a better buddie .

Do you do school swimming too ? hope you liked my blog bye

This term, we have swimming for the first two weeks of school. We are having our lessons at QEII.

I have a buddy in kākano, where the year 1s and 2s are. My buddy’s name is Mason and he is very shy but very kind. I sit on the bus with him and help him get changed if he needs it.

In previous years when we had swimming lessons at school I enjoyed that I put a lot of effort into my swimming. I also enjoyed the activities we did like grab a floatie or do dolphin dives and pencil dives.

Something that I have enjoyed this week is getting to go in a deeper pool and getting to do dives in it. I also really enjoyed doing free style because I’m really good at it.

Something that I have found hard this week is backstroke. I may be good at it but the water gets in my nose. Another thing I’ve found hard is sitting at the bottom of a bigger pool.

Something that I want to improve on next week is my backstroke. Also I’d like to improve my breaststroke.