Year 3 had a visitor last week from the RNLI. Her name was Nadia and she came to see us to say thank you to Lennon for organising some fundraising in our school, and also to tell about the work the RNLI does.
We learnt about the boats that are used to rescue people. We also learnt that if we have a problem in the water we should put one hand in the air and shout for help. If we saw anyone having a problem in the water we should call 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard. We should also look for a lifeguard on the beach to tell them, we found out that we should never go into the sea and risk our lives, because that would mean that the lifeguards would have to rescue us too!
Nadia told us that the flags on a beach tell us important messages, the red and yellow flag means that it is safe to swim because there is a lifeguard watching, The red flag means it is not safe to go into the water, and the black and white flag means that it is a surfing area.
It was a great afternoon, and we learnt a lot! We even got a special message from the RNLI, can you spot it in our photographs?
I think this was so interesting when we learned all the things we need to do to keep safe near water. I liked it when we did the actions for the flags I would also like to say a big thank you to Lennon and the RNLI.
Fantastic that the children got to learn how to stay safe in open water.
I had a amazing time learning about the RNLI! When I saw the flags at the beach I always wondered what they meant. But now I know what they mean. I loved leaning about the RNLI!!!!