At the start the pupils gathered together and was introduced to the instructor for their kayaking lesson. The instructor explained what the pupils were going to be doing and what clothing they would need to wear to keep themselves safe if they fell into the lake. Then the pupils got themselves all kitted up with a wet suit and life jacket. All of the pupils walked down to the kayak boards and watched as the instructor demonstrated how to hold the paddle correctly and how to position their boards into the water. The instructor asked the pupils to gather at the lake as they continued to show how the pupils would need to position their body and feet on the board.
After all of the pupils picked up their boards and began to step into the lake. The pupils positioned their knees on the board first to help keep them balanced as well as using their left and right arms to move the paddle one side of the kayak to the other. As they went further out in the water some of the pupils had a go at standing on the board independently while they continued to move the paddle side to side to help turn themselves around when they wanted to go different directions.
The pupils starting goal for the lesson was to kayak to the number 8 ball which was placed in the lake not far away from the shore. When the pupils began to become more confident they adventured off as a group to the edge of the lake. As they started to make their way back to shore the pupils had kayak competitions to see who could knock their peer off the board and into the water first and who could travel back to the shore the quickest.
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