On a hot,breezy cool day year 4 to 6 had a magnificent trip to jelicoe pools in Onehunga to practice our snorkeling for goat island.Rooms 5 and 4 went first we grabbed our swimming togs and had to get into a straight line but it was more of a squiggly line to me.We got there by bus the road kind of felt a little bumpy as if we were going on rocks. It took about 20 minutes to get there.
Once we got there we quickly changed as fast as flash. After that we lined up on the bench waiting to get our swimming gear. We had to come across a few rules first before going in the pool.Then we tried on our penguin flippers to see if they would fit and we also got masks to see underwater.Next we got put into buddies me and Lose we're buddies we were so excited.
After gathering all our gear we got split into two groups: a boy group and a girl group. The boys got the shallow side but the girls got the deep side of the pool.Once we put on our gear we hoped in it was as deep as the ocean most of them had to tippytoe.Then we had to get in line with your buddy because we had to use these diving boards to swim while putting your head in the water. We also learned all sorts of things like the duck dive and other fun stuff.Later on we started to stop using the boards and just dive by ourselves so this is what we had to do. So you and your buddy have to dive underwater and try to hold your breath and once you come out you blow the mask's mouthguard snorkel thingy and blow as if a volcano is about to erupt.
Then after that last session we got to have a little play in the pool before leaving. Me and my friends Martha,Lose and breeze played tag in the pool. It was so hard because it felt like waves trying to pull us back so it was really hard to run around.Then after a while it was time to hop out like a jumping rabbit we went and got changed as fast as a cheetah the girls finished way before the boys because they kept chitchaing in the changing room so we had to tell them to hurry up because it took them forever.After that we walked in a line all the way to the bus and try to find a seat inside me and my best friend Luminous sat in the middle seats and my other friend sat in the front row. after that it was time to go. I was so tired from all that swimming I nearly fell asleep.Finally after about 20 minutes we arrived at school and finally got to eat. I was starving with hunger.
