I’m a lifesaver

Lesson 6 – 15 minutes

A lifesaver uniform and equipment (shorts, long sleeved t-shirt, wide brimmed hat, cap, first aid bum bag, rescue tube, fins).

Sit the participants in a group in a quiet place,
Ask the participants the following questions:
- What is a lifesaver? (A trained volunteer who patrols the beach)
- How do we know what a lifesaver looks like? (They are dressed in red and yellow, they wear a red and yellow cap, they carry a tube etc).
- What does a lifesaver do? (They patrol the beach, they save people etc).
- Where is the safest place to swim at a beach? (Between the red and yellow flags).

Ask for a volunteer who would like to be dressed up as a lifesaver
- Have the volunteer stand at the front of the group.
- Take a piece of the lifesaver uniform and discuss the item with the group.
- Hand the item to the volunteer and have them put it on.
- Continue dressing up the volunteer until they are fully clothed as a lifesaver and have all the lifesaving accessories.