The Water Safety Code consists of four simple rules to remember when you’re in, on or around water.
The Water Safety Code will help tamariki understand how they and their whanau can have a safe and enjoyable time around water.
Find and use information to make and action safe choices in a range of contexts.
Movement concepts and Motor Skills
Demonstrate willingness to learn new skills and strategies, and extend their abilities in movement-related activities.
The student is enthusiastic about learning in a nurturing environment based on traditional Māori values beliefs and concepts.
The student is immersed in te reo me ngā tikanga Māori.
The student acknowledges his or her place in the Māori world and wider world.
The student is actively engaged in learning.
Tangaroa.
Students learn:
Students are able to:
Students recap and review the story of Tangaroa and his battle with his brother Tāwhirimātea. Discussion could be around Tangaroa’s moods, his strengths. The battle between the brothers creates elements that we need to be able to read, and be careful of when we are around weather.
Some iwi have different/other guardians,
Teacher talks about one of Kupe’s taniwha Tuhirangi who lives in the Cook Strait who protected canoes crossing between the two Islands.
Tamariki need to identify
This lesson is about using knowledge and strategies to help keep yourself safe during a water activity.
Being able to read the water is an essential skill when wanting to participate safely in water activities. The aim of this lesson is to look at the various methods or knowledge people use to effectively read water conditions.
These include
Tamariki will be broken into pairs or threes dependent on class numbers. Each group will be given one of the methods above to research and then teach to the entire class. Group lessons will be at least 15 minutes.
The features of the method that the tamariki may need to teach their class may include:
Students are also to show and or play an example where possible
Pātai - What are some rules for keeping ourselves safe in the different bodies of water?
Ask these people to either come to the school to talk to children or meet at the waterway to discuss hazards and how to keep safe in the different bodies of water. While at these bodies of water, tamariki can practice traditional tikanga taught in the previous lessons such as karakia, mihi, koha etc
(Another activity if time permits, is for the tamariki to create a short video either discussing potential dangers around water, how to recognise dangers, and how to stay safe in, on and around water).
Teacher prints scenario on A3 paper. Teacher poses each scenario to the tamariki. Tamariki are to discuss ways that they can keep themselves safe in the different situations. Teacher writes the answers that the tamariki come up with on the A3 paper. Teacher discusses any other ways to keep safe that the children did not discuss.
You are at the beach and want to go for a swim
Always swim between the red and yellow flags where the lifeguards can see you, Stay in the shallow water, never swim alone, turn back to the wave as they splash.
You are visiting a lake you have never been to before.
Read the safety signs, check the weather, ask a local, swim in the designated swimming zone, check for hazards (currents, wildlife, etc.), check the depth before entering.
You are at the pool and suddenly realise you are out of your depth
You are playing on a large inflatable in a lake. The conditions are very windy and you fall off. The inflatable blows away
You are boating with your family and the boat capsizes 25/50m from shore
Huddle together, place elderly, children or injured people in the middle of the huddle. Always stay together holding hands or linking arms. Use survival strokes to head to shore.
You are at the beach with your family, but there are no red and yellow flags and the water looks rough.
Check for safety signs.
Do not enter the water if conditions look dangerous. Call for HELP!,
Dry rescue strategies – talk, reach, throw using items available.
