is my washer meant to use so much water servis m6856w?

hi i have just bought a servis 8.6kg load aa rated washer m6856w and it seems to be using a boat load of water, it will fill with water for about 10 seconds at first and takes all the powder, then gives a little spin, then fills with water, then fills again, then spins a little, but it seems to be doing this pretty much all the way through the cycle untill it gets to the spin cycle, i cant seem to find out if this is normal or not so any help would be superb.