Water Safety

Question 1

What is a body of water?

Answer 1

An area of water, natural or manage manmade eg pools or river

Question 2

List 5 ways to be safe around swimming pools.

Answer 2

• Don’t swim without an adult watching
• Don’t run or ride a bicycle or play games around a pool
• never push anyone into a pool
• don’t hold anyone down under the water
• don’t play games that require you to shout help

Question 3

List ways to be safe around water in the home.

Answer 3

With very young children:
• adults should supervise filling a bath and when child is in bath
• put a rubber mat on bath to stop slipping

Also:
• always empty and pack away inflatable pools after use
• empty buckets of water or put a lid water

Question 4

How can you stay safe in rivers and dams?

Answer 4

• read and obey signs that warn of danger
• be careful in rivers even if they calm because there might be strong undercurrents
• don’t use inflatable tubes etc. because might bow away

Question 5

What to do if you are in danger in a body of water

Answer 5

• keep calm
• raise one arm in the air and call for
• tread water or float
• try to find something that floats to hold on to

Question 6

What can you do if you see someone in danger in a body of water?

Answer 6

• call loudly for an adult
• do not jump into the water
• throw something towards the person to help them float eg or jacket, ball, lid of cooler box
• lie on or stomach and use broom or long stick to reach the person