Boats, Woggles, Surfboard.
Activity | Practices | Teaching Points | Organisation |
WARM UP SONG | HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT | Splash hands, have a shower, bubbles, splash toes, jump up and down and then swim around pool. | Anywhere |
Conditioning | Name, ready, go x2 | Facing parents, second time round parent can let go of child. | On the spot. |
Front swims | Boats – Collecting boats placing them onto the surfboard. | Paddle paddle, kick kick. Older children can go in the woggle. | Travelling |
Big float | Sing – row row row your boat. Name ready go encourage child to fall in by themselves. | Count to 5, elbow, elbow, tummy, knees turn around to face me. Lots of encouragement. | Around the float, 2 each side, 1 at each end. |
Travelling | Monkey – swim to the end and monkey to jumping area. | Holding onto the wall with 2 hands. | |
Jumps | A sailor went to sea, sea, sea to see what he could see, see, see but all he could see, see, see was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea. | Count to 5, elbow, elbow, tummy, knees, turn around to face me. | Jumping side. |
Back swim | Holding boat- kicking legs encouraging them to put ears in the water. | Ears in the water or head on the shoulder. | Swimming around the pool. |
Extra | Swim with teacher on the surfboard. | Kicking with straight legs | |
Play time | 3 / 4 minutes | ||
Goodbye song | TEDDY BEAR | On the spot. |