Entry and exits, travel, buoyancy and balance
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can enter the water in a safe manner and travel in a balanced and coordinated way.
Key learning points
- Move: quality walking and travel in an aquatic environment requires balance and control.
- Move: pulling your hands through the water with speed and power helps you to travel.
- Think: to travel, the water must be moving in the opposite direction to your body.
- Feel: self-motivation enables us to enjoy moving in the water.
- Connect: working with peers to move effectively requires cooperation.
Keywords
Move - feet are in contact with, or off, the bottom of the pool; stepping, hopping, skipping, or jumping
Travel - independent movement around the pool where feet are off the floor
Pull - to exert force onto the water to cause movement in the intended direction of travel
Common misconception
When pupils lose their balance and fall forward into the water, they often instinctively try to place their hands onto the pool floor.
This significantly hinders pupils' ability to regain a standing position, often causing panic. Pupils should be taught how to regain a vertical position before, and at the start of, their first swimming lesson.
Teacher tip
Provide demonstrations, before and throughout the lesson, to aid understanding of the correct technique of regaining a standing position. Get pupils to demonstrate if they are able to regain a standing position quickly and effectively from a horizontal position, to help others with their technique.
Equipment
a noodle per pupil, a large ball per pupil
Content guidance
Additional qualification required
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which type of entry do we use a diamond shape with our hands next to our legs?
Q2.What methods can you use to move forwards in the water?
Q3.Which body parts must you move to stand up from lying on your front?
Q4.What do we do if the emergency alarm sounds at the pool?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What arm action do you use to move or travel forwards in the water?
Q2.What is it called when you independently move around the pool?
Q3.What should you do with your body to maintain a floating position?
Q4.What term describes working well as a team to make progress?
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To help you plan your all physical education lesson on: Entry and exits, travel, buoyancy and balance, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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