Last Week Of Swimming 
Greetings and salutations viewers, as you can tell from the title, this blog will be about my experience in my last week of swimming lessons. So come with me on this journey packed with lots of fun in the water!
First and foremost, we got changed in our swimming togs, we were told to wear active-wear t-shirts, for survival, rash tops also included somehow. So as soon as I got changed, we waited patiently for the bus to arrive. Once it did, the other class went first, and we had to wait for another 5- 10 minutes. And when the bus finally appeared, we scattered like a pack of wolves inside, filling up the rows swiftly. Then once everyone was in, the bus made its way to Massey Pools. When we arrived, we went out with naked feet, eventually burning them in the hot concrete from the sun. Then we reached the entrance of the pools where the smell of chlorine entered our noses and came out of our ears.
Then we went to the other side where the other class were sitting, and we sat down on the wet floor, which made our botts quite uncomfortable. Then when the instructors came, we followed them into the next session. Our session was mainly focused on saving peoples lives and what to do if you were surrounded by a body of water with no help whatsoever. The skills I learnt In this session, were feet first when floating, both hands on top of another person’s hand, and sculling in the water feet first. I didn’t have a good time sculling in the water because I kept sculling downwards which caused me to go underwater, also due to my laughing which I couldn’t stop either.
Our next session was the deep water session where we had to learn about what to do if you were stuck in a body of deep water and there was no surrounding near you, from past knowledge we had to go down float and scull back to the shore. Now we had to do this by jumping down the platform above us. Most of us were really excited because it was the first time in all 5 weeks of swimming jumping off the platform. So we climbed up the ladder, and lined up to jump in pairs of two. When it came to me and my partners turn we decided that we wanted to jump high, and so we did. My feet touched the ground softly and subtly, and rose up gently floating like a vessel in the ocean. Then I sculled over to the shore and finally felt so good after doing that extreme jump.
We then went again with the same energy that fulfilled us, with a lot of our friends encouraging ” Haji ” to jump down, and he did! so then we swapped around one more time for another session that was basically the same. With the water splashing onto my face forcefully. Then we finished our session and we said our last goodbyes and got changed. In conclusion, swimming is a big part of educational curriculums, whether you don’t know how to swim or not, that’s the reason for swimming lessons!
Thank you for reading my blog, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!
Nga Mihi – Pantaleon Natoealofa
DLO
