YOUNGSTERS had a splashing time learning how to save a life during a session in the Johnstone Community Sports Hub swimming pool.

Water survival skills was a key part of Renfrewshire Leisure’s Spring Holiday Activities programme.

They were shown how to make a DIY float from trousers that could be used to stop them sinking, and how to rescue someone using a rope. On dry land they were taught how to react if someone needs CPR.

But it wasn’t all serious, as the youngsters also had plenty opportunity to splash about the pool and enjoy themselves.

Renfrewshire Leisure’s chief executive, Joyce McKellar said: “The water survival session at Johnstone was lots of fun.

“But there was also a serious side with the youngsters being given basic knowledge on surviving in the water and helping someone who is unconscious.

“Hopefully, they’ll never be called upon to use what they learned, but if they have to, they might just remember what they’ve been taught and one day help save a life.”