2min Students practice sliding in entries N/A off the edge of the pool All students visible & See if you can trick your 5min Students work in pairs or N/A partner Water Familiarisation don’t spend too long small groups in an area underwater Seeing underwater down the shallow end of Watch to make sure they students in pairs & one the pool away from other are fully submerged student of the pair goes students underwater, other holds up a number using their fingers student underwater must come up & tell what the number was; swap after three turns (cooperative learning) Come straight up after Try all ways to blow 2min Blowing bubbles Students work in pairs or N/A blowing bubbles bubbles before deciding on (don’t practice all the different small groups in an area hold breath as long as your preferred method variations of breathing air down the shallow end of possible) out (nose/mouth/nose & the pool away from other Why do we do we teach mouth) students more than one way? ask students which one they prefer 10min Game #1 (tag) Students move out of their N/A Slipping on the bottom Keep your hands on your students run around the lanes & into the open head shallow end of the pool with space; using only the Running into each hands on their heads shallow end & the distance other two chosen taggers do the from the wall to 10m mark same but must tag other students students tagged also become the taggers until all students are tagged
2min 5min 2min 10min Students practice sliding in entries off the edge of the pool Water Familiarisation Seeing underwater students in pairs & one student of the pair goes underwater, other holds up a number using their fingers student underwater must come up & tell what the number was; swap after three turns (cooperative learning) Blowing bubbles practice all the different variations of breathing air out (nose/mouth/nose & mouth) ask students which one they prefer Game #1 (tag) students run around the shallow end of the pool with hands on their heads two chosen taggers do the same but must tag other students students tagged also become the taggers until all students are tagged Students work in pairs or small groups in an area down the shallow end of the pool away from other students Students work in pairs or small groups in an area down the shallow end of the pool away from other students Students move out of their lanes & into the open space; using only the shallow end & the distance from the wall to 10m mark N/A N/A N/A N/A All students visible & don’t spend too long underwater Come straight up after blowing bubbles (don’t hold breath as long as possible) Slipping on the bottom Running into each other See if you can trick your partner Watch to make sure they are fully submerged Try all ways to blow bubbles before deciding on your preferred method Why do we do we teach more than one way? Keep your hands on your head
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