Super Swimmers

Steven Tito Academy is located on a farm near a town called Bagamoyo. Bagamoyo is a coastal town, so it has a great beach. A lot of us go swimming on the weekend so it is really important that we learn how to swim and stay safe in and near the water.

Running along our beach

Once a month, we get to go swimming at a local hotel. They have a nice big swimming pool. They have a deep pool and a shallow kids pool. A while ago some people donated bathers and so most of us have bathers to swim in. If we don't, we just swim in shorts and a top.

Getting ready for a swimming lesson in the small pool.

Waiting for their turn to swim.

Group 6 waiting in the big pool for their turn to practise breaststroke.

We each have a swimming group. In our group there are 4 or 5 people. Our teachers teach us how to kick and move our arms in the water. Some groups are learning the frog kick. It is called the frog kick because your legs move like a frog. You need to know the frog kick to do breaststroke.

Teacher Laura helped us out for the day. Thanks Laura!

Learning to kick with Teacher Lauren

While we wait for our swimming lesson we play on the beach with Teacher Leonard. We build sandcastles, play football and find shells.

Playing football on the beach

After everybody has had their swimming lesson, we get free swimming time. We have to follow these rules:

• No running
• No jumping or diving in the pool
• No pushing
• No splashing
• Listen to the teacher and do as they say

We have rules so that no one gets hurt and everybody has a safe and fun time in the pool.

We love going to the pool and look forward to it every month. Thank you to Monica from Australia who donates the money to pay for the pool. We hope to get really good at swimming so that we can be more confident in the ocean.

Thank you to Salim for taking most of the photos for the blog this week. Good work Salim!

Questions
1. What are the five rules for swimming?
2. Why is it important for us to learn how to swim?
3. Research some different swimming strokes? How many can you find?
4. Do you do swimming at your school? Write about it.
5. Have you been to the beach before? What do you do there?