Fun Activities For Swim Stages 1 - 7
We know lots of you will be missing your swimming lessons at the moment. Here's some fun activities suitable for swimming lesson stages 1 -7 that you can still be doing at home.
Stage 1
Question 1
What do these signs mean?
Question 2
What do we need to do when we put our face in the water?
Question 3
How do we enter and exit the pool safely?
Practice these skills in the bath under adult supervision
- Blowing bubbles
- Blowing bubbles, face in the water
- Scoop the water and wash your face
- Showering water over your head
Stage 2
Question 1
When we jump into the pool, what do we need to land on?
Question 2
When we jump into the pool, is safe to land on our belly or our heads?
Practice the following skills on the floor
- Rocket shape, laying on your front and then on your back
- Star shape, laying on your front and then on your back
Stage 3
Question 1
What are the four key water safety messages?
a. Always swim in a .......................
b. Always swim with an ............................
c. If you fall in,....................,....................,..................
d. If someone else is in trouble, call .....................
Can you demontrate what a tuck float looks like?
Stage 4
Question 1
How many Frontcrawl arm pulls do we do before we breathe?
Question 2
How do we breathe on Frontcrawl?
Practice the following skills on the floor
- Laying on your back, kicking your legs up and down (Backstroke legs)
- Laying on your front, kicking your legs up and down (Frontcrawl legs)
- Sitting on the floor, bend – star – snap (Breaststroke legs)
- Standing up, wiggle like a dolphin (Butterfly legs)
- Laying on your back, practice sculling hands
Stage 5
Question 1
If you were in difficulty, how would you get someone’s attention?
Question 2
How do we breathe on Breaststroke?
Question 3
How many Butterfly arm pulls do we do before we breathe?
Can you do a handstand or a forward somersault?
Stage 6
Give two examples of how to prepare for exercise and understand why it is important.
Question 1
What do we need to do before we start exercising?
Question 2
What might we do for this?
Question 3
Why is it important that we do this?
Question 4
What do we need to do after we have exercised?
Question 5
What might we do for this?
Question 6
Why is it important that we do this?
Can you demonstrate some stretches?
Arm, Leg, Back, Side, Neck, Hips
Question 7
What are the two types of surface dives we can do to get to the bottom of the pool?
Question 8
What would you do first when performing a ‘shout and signal’ rescue?
Question 9
How would you do a ‘shout and signal’ rescue?
Stage 7
Give two examples of how to prepare for exercise and understand why it is important.
Question 1
How many Butterfly Kicks do we do to one Butterfly arm pull?
Question 2
When we swim Frontcrawl, are our arms straight or a slight bend of the elbow?
Question 3
When we swim Breaststroke, do we breathe on the arm pull or the leg kick?
Can you demonstratethe following?
- Backstroke arms (one arm up, one arm down by side and swap arms symmetrically)
- Frontcrawl arms (slight bend in the elbows, turning head to the side to breathe)
Answers
Stage 1
1. a. No Diving, b. No Pushing, c. No Running, d. No Bombing
2. Blow Bubbles
3. Steps, holding on to the hand rail
Stage 2
1. Feet
2. No, because it is dangerous and you may hurt yourself.
Stage 3
1. a. Safe Place, b. Adult, c. Float, Breathe, Relax, d. 999
Stage 4
1. 3 arm pulls
2. To the side
Stage 5
1. Shout for help, wave your arms
2. Every arm pull
3. 2 arm pulls
Stage 6
1. Warm Up
2. Running, Stretches
3. To get the blood to our muscles to warm them up, so we don’t get an injury like a pulled muscle.
4. Cool Down
5. Stretches
6. To stretch out our muscles, and lower our heart rate.
7. Head first and Feet first
8. Shout for Help
9. Be loud with clear instructions, Stay calm, Demonstrate using your arms and legs, Encourage to swim towards you or a floating object I.e. lifering.
Stage 7
1. 2 Butterfly kicks to 1 Butterfly arm pull
2. Slight bend of the elbow
3. Breathe on the arm pull
