Water Wise

Forrest Hill Year 6 students are very fortunate to have the Water Wise as part of their learning programme in Terms 1 and 4.  Thursdays on a rotation basis is when each student will have the opportunity to learn the basic skills of kayaking and sailing on Lake Pupuke. The WaterWise facility is located at Milford School.

New Zealand is an island and being confident in and around water is a necessity.

Here are the photos from the first session.

Thursday 9th was our first session of Water Wise.  The weather was perfect for the capsize.  Most of the class were able to successfully capsize their opti and swim the 25 metres back to shore - we ran out of time for everyone to have their turn - this will be at the next session for the class on Thursday 2nd March.  Well done to everyone for remembering to bring their swimming clothes, a towel and their fleecy for afterwards.