Yesterday, November 12th, my class, Dht went on a school trip to Otaki beach. We left school at about 9:30 off to the beach. Nicky was my groups van driver. When we got to the beach there was life guards waiting at the surf club for us. Their names were Sophrose, Cassie, Lisa and Damien. They took us on a tour around the surf club. After that we went up stairs and they talk a little bit about what they do and stuff like that.
After they gave us a tour we learnt about the dangers in the water and how we can see them from shore. They taught us about rips which is a very strong current. They can pull people out just behind the waves. The way you can see a rip is if the waves are criss crossing into each other, calm water in spots, foamy water floating out to sea in a line and debris which mean rubbish or stuff in a different language. After we went and did a 30 minute rubbish pick up along the beach. we got a lot of rubbish.
Then we had morning tea and we sat outside and ate and talked. After that we learnt about CPR and we did it on fake people. Then we played some games. The first game we did was a eating challenge which was weetbix one. It was the first 3 people to eat a dry weetbix. Then we split into two teams and we had a race you could make the highest pyramid tower. Then we did the chubby bunny challenge which was very gross because I hate marshmallows. I could only fit 6 marshmallows in my mouth.
Then we had lunch. during our lunch time we had to get changed to go swimming after lunch. After lunch we played beach flags. I was in the top 10. The top three people were Lycan, Phoenix and Harrison. Aftert that game we went the equipment shed and got boogey boards. I caught like 5 waves into shore. It was really fun. After swimming for a long time we all went and had showers and got changed.
They then took us out on the deck and asked us questions about what we learnt. I got two answers right so I got two chocolates. I had a really good day at the beach.
