This year the BLENNZ Tūranganui a Kiwa/Gisborne and Napier teams collaborated with our Blind Low Vision NZ colleague, Erin Leonard to organise a very successful Curriculum Day at the Wairoa Community Centre Pool which focused on our ākonga developing Swim Safety and confidence skills. Five AUSTSwim instructors (two provisional) led by Denice Gasson were in the pool, supporting six ākonga from Napier, Gisborne and Wairoa.
We all had a wonderful day of learning and fun with ākonga and RTVs learning skills such as how to fit and put on a lifejacket correctly, how to float, jump from a boat and keep warm and safe by making a huddle. A delicious morning tea and lunch was provided and there was time for ākonga to relax and play on the equipment at the Community Playground outside.
![8 Ākonga wearing life jackets in an inflatable raft floating in an indoor swimming pool are getting ready to jump out vackwards with support from thier AUSTSwim instructor who is holding onto the side of the raft](https://www.blennz.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Figure-2-Ākonga-in-an-inflatable-boat-scaled.jpg)
![8 Ākonga and their instructors are all wearing lifejackets and are joined together huddled in a circle in the swimming pool](https://www.blennz.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Figure-1-Ākonga-wearing-life-jackets-in-a-swimming-pool-scaled.jpg)
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