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This current NiE NewSplash page is about water safety. It looks at keeping safe around beaches and when having fun with water activities outdoors. It also looks at the people who help us keep safe in the water.
Further teaching suggestions can be found under the More information tab on the left-hand menu.

Page contents
Learning to swim  – The need to learn to swim to keep safe in the water and a checklist of the stages of learning to swim.
Keeping safe at the beach – The dangers which may be present at the beach. The importance of beach safety rules is discussed. Information about rips at the beach and an info-graphic show the features of a rip to help make students aware of them.
Having fun in the water - How to keep safe while having fun in the water with a range of water activities.
Keeping safe in boats – Rules for keeping safe while boating or kayaking. Students complete a table showing reasons for rules.
Who can help us at the beach – The role of surf lifesaving guards, pool lifeguards, what they do, and how we recognise them. Students design a water safety poster.

The downloadable theme lessons include:
Having fun in the water – Students complete a mind map showing rules for keeping safe in and around water. They draw their favourite water activity in the centre.
People who help us at the beach – Students look carefully at a photo of surf lifeguards at the beach and unscramble the key words about the picture.
Keeping safe on boats – Students look at a photo of a family who were rescued after their boat capsized. They write a sentence saying why they survived and write a news report about a water rescue.
You can find these lessons under the Theme lessons tab on the left-hand menu.

Encourage your students to use the student activities accessible from the home page. They do not need to register on the website.
Online student activities
Nikki News Diary - weekly news updates posted by NiE mascots,  Nikki Newsgirl and Kahu Karere, with interactive writing activity. Most suitable Years 3+. This week’s theme is Water Safety
Page theme quiz – new each week, relating to NiE page material, difficulty level linked to page level
Current affairs quiz – new each week, most suitable Years 5+
Front Page Builder – an interactive front page builder where students use news pictures, or upload their own, then write captions, stories and headlines to complete their own front page. Students submit their pages for a chance to be selected for public viewing.
 

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