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KS1 & KS2 physical education curriculum

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Swimming and water safety (all years)

Swimming: water polo, artistic swimming and rookie lifeguard

6 lessons

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  • Feel: personal and emotional
  • Move: movement competence

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The unit will enhance pupils’ swimming competence beyond the expectations typical of primary education. Pupils will be challenged to increase their swimming distances and enjoy exploring more complex water based learning such as artistic swimming routines and how to be a rookie lifeguard.

This unit is the last in a series of four, and challenges pupils to develop their swimming competence beyond the skills covered in previous swimming units. This unit will prepare pupils for swimming activities outside of school, contributing to a healthy active lifestyle. The unit goes further and prepares pupils for club based activity and continued leisure swimming and aquatic participation. Exposure to artistic swimming, and rookie lifeguard activities may also inspire pupils to participate in these activities beyond school.

  1. Front crawl over increasing distance and water polo
  2. Back crawl over increasing distances and safe entry into the pool
  3. Breaststroke, increasing distance, artistic swimming routines
  4. Peer assessment, competitive swimming, advanced safe self rescue circuit
  5. Swim safe outdoors
  6. Rookie lifeguard

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