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 |
Front swim | Basketball net – balls in water, swim and collect balls and places balls in the net (basketball) | Paddle and kick. Older children in noodles. | Moving around pool |
Jumps | Horse song – Horse, horse don’t you stop, just let your heels go clippety clop, the tail go swish and the wheels go round. Giddy up we’re homeward bound. (horse racing) | Count to 5, elbow, elbow, tummy, knees turn around and face me. | FROM SIDE |
Back kick | Big balls – on back kicking balls across the pool. (football) | Fast legs, head on the shoulder, | One side of the pool swim across to the other side. |
Go for a swim with teacher. | Front swim (swimming) | Paddle and kick older ones adding bubbles. | Line up at one end of the pool. |
Dolphins’ dives | Nervous children blow bubbles. (diving) | Head down, bottom up. | |
Play time | 3/4 minutes | ||
Tidy up time | 1 minute | ||
Teddy bear |