This was out last week for swimming. For this lesson we wore life jackets because we were in deeper water than usual. In this lesson we learnt about how to stay afloat when you are stranded and also how to preserve heat. The first thing we did in groups of roughly five or six, we held on to the other person's life jacket and floated on our back.
The second thing we learnt was the HELP procedure, HELP stands for heat escape lessening position. In this procedure we had to bring our knees up to chest level and leave it there to preserve heat. Lastly we learnt the pencil dive. First we have to put one hand across and hold that side of the life jacket. After that we had to put the other hand behind our head and then we took a big step and jump. I like going to swimming because we get to learn different techniques and it also teaches us how to be safe.
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