On the Monday, 24th of February we started the swimming and water safety program at our local Lilydale Pool. It was a fun experience that all students got to participate in for two weeks.

This year the Year 1-6 cohort did the program. It was a blast, the teachers and students had their fair share of laughs, but we sure are glad it’s over because lugging 19 – 25 students to the pool and back is really tiring.

Our amazing coaches, Bianca, Michelle, Annette and Lou really helped us realise the dangers of the ocean and pool.

It was a great experience, we got to do lots of different activities like backstroke, survival swims, star float, freestyle, and even swimming in our clothes.

This year was the first year of the Year 1 – 2 students being able to enjoy their swimming and water awareness sessions and it seemed like they loved doing it.

Thank you to the teachers and HPE staff for organising it.

By Nikki, Maggie & Imogen (members of our junior leadership)