Meaning of Swimming | Basic Skills in Swimming Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 2 Week 6 Physical and Health Education

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM

WEEK 6 

PRIMARY 1

THEME – 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – Safety Rules in Football Games Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 2 Week 5 Physical and Health Education

 

TOPIC – SWIMMING 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning of Swimming

3. Preliminary Skills of Swimming

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. explain the meaning of swimming (aquatic).

2. state the preliminary skills of swimming (aquatic),

3. demonstrate the coming in and out of water.

4. perform face float and turtle float.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can identify and describe swimming.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Swimming pool

2. Whistle

3. Swimming trunk

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Swimming is the movement using arms and legs to float inside the water. That’s, the use of one’s entire body to move through water. People swim for sports or fun pool or open water such as river, lake or lake.

For sport, swimming mostly takes place in swimming pools. But for fun, it can be in the pools or open water.

 

PRELIMINARY SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS

Preliminary skills are basic skills for beginners in swimming. The following skills are required at the first stage of swimming –

1. Coming in and out of the water.

2. Adjusting to the water.

3. Breathing

4. Floating

5. Face down floating

6. Surface dive

 

LESSON 2 – DEMONSTRATING COMING IN AND OUT OF WATER, FACE FLOAT AND TURTLE FLOAT

Teacher read the instructions carefully on how to help the pupils to come in and out of the water and perform face float and turtle float.

COMING IN AND OUT OF WATER 

Beginning swimmers should only enter the enter shallow water feet first. The best method to enter depends on the body of water and your surroundings.

In most pools this can be done using a ladder, steps, ramp, or entering from the side. When using a ladder, it is important to come in and out of the water facing the ladder. This will help to prevent slipping or falling off the ladder.

 

TO ENTER SAFELY FROM THE SIDE

1. Sit down with your feet in the water

2. Place both hands to one side of your body and slowly roll onto your stomach

3. While holding onto the side of the pool, slowly lower your body into the water

 

TO EXIT FROM THE SIDE (COMING OUT OF THE WATER) 

1. Face the deck or side and place both hands on the wall.

2. Push down to lift your upper body out of the water, place a knee or foot onto the side, and then climb out.

 

FACE FLOAT AND TURTLE FLOAT 

Floating on your back is usually easiest. When teaching children to float, stay in waist-deep water and support them from their backs until they can float on their own.

 

 

LESSON 3 – LESSON EVALUATION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

As stated in the performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher displays chart showing people swimming in the pool and open water.

4. Teacher allows the pupils to identify and describe the content of the chart.

5. Teacher uses the chart and the pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on the meaning and basic skills in swimming.

6. With the approval of the school management and support staff, teacher organizes basic swimming skills (coming in and out of water, face float and turtle float) at the nearest swimming pool. Life jacket compulsory for all the pupils and the support staff.

7. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using the lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to most of the questions and write as instructed.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to –

1. explain the meaning of swimming.

2. state 5 basic skills in swimming.

3. demonstrate how to come in and out of the water.

4. perform face float and turtle float (optional).

 

WORKBOOK

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – B. 

1. ______ is movement of the entire body through the water.

A. Swimming

B. Bathing

 

2. People swim for ______.

A. sports

B. fun

Both options are correct. 

 

3. ______ takes place in swimming pools or open water.

A. Bathing

B. Swimming

 

4. Swimming for sports and games take place in ______.

A. open water

B. pool

Both options are correct. 

 

5. Swimming for fun take place in the ______.

A. pool

B. open water

Both options are correct. 

 

6. ______ is a good example of open water.

A. Pool

B. River

 

7. Coming in and out of water is a basic skills in swimming.

A. True

B. False

 

8. Life jacket helps the beginner to learn swimming easily.

A. False

B. True

 

9. Swimming for fun takes place anywhere.

A. True

B. False

 

10. Swimming for sport only takes place in the open water.

A. True

B. False