On Tuesday
the 12th of February, the senior children from North East Valley
Normal School travelled to St Kilda Beach.
There, they were going to take part in Beach Education Day. This is when you learn about how to be safe
when you are at the beach.
After being
greeted by Zoe and Vienna, the life guards, the children entered the club rooms
and put their equipment away. When they
had done, they sat on the mat ready to listen to the life guards.
Next ,it was time to find out what the
ten rules of beach safety were. It did
seem a lot to remember but they were easy to learn. Meila got to play ’Who wants to be a millionaire’
to see if she could remember all 10, and she did.
Being sun
smart was the next learning that the children looked at. Here they learnt how to be safe in the sun at
the beach.
Holly got to
dress up as a life guard and show all the children what they needed. She had her hands full trying to hold on to
all the equipment. The children found
out that life guards help you on the beach but they can also tell you where to
buy the best ice- cream.
The children
then pretended to be the water and act as a rip. As they did this Dylan pretended to swim in
the water and then get caught in the rip.
Seeing Dylan in trouble, Holly
the lifeguard jumped in and showed the children how to save him. The lifeguards then showed the children what
to do if they got into a rip.
Beach games
and lunch followed and then it was time to hit the water.
In between
the flags the children swam. Boogie
boards flying, bodies surfing the waves and plenty of splashing. Laughing and screams of delight could be
heard up and down the beach.
After all
that swimming it was time to get out and get changed.
Finally, the
children were dressed and on the bus back to school. It had been a great day of learning and
fun. Some of the children made
suggestions to ask their grown-ups to take them to the beach and then they could
share all the things that they had learnt.
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