KS2 · Physical education · Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Aquatic breathing, health and fitness
Swimming: an introduction to core aquatic skills and survival swimming
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Your learning goal
I can perform a regular aquatic breathing pattern whilst swimming and can identify changes to my breathing when I swim.
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What you’ll learn
I can perform a regular aquatic breathing pattern whilst swimming and can identify changes to my breathing when I swim.
Key learning points
- Move: a regular breathing pattern of submerging and resurfacing is done by slowly tilting and lowering the head.
- Think exercise and rest causes our breathing to get faster and slower.
- Think: blowing bubbles while exhaling expels carbon dioxide and inhaling allows you to deliver oxygen to your muscles.
- Feel: determination enables us to increase exercise intensity as our breathing rate increases.
- Connect: giving and taking on feedback requires good communication skills.
Words to know
- exhale
- the process of moving air out of the lungs to remove carbon dioxide
- oxygen
- a gas in the air that we need to stay alive and to create energy
- aquatic breathing
- when swimming, a breathing pattern is used to inhale adequate oxygen
Common mistakes
You must hold your breath and hold your nose when your face is in the water.
Perfrom trickle breathing; gentle continuous bubbles when the face is in the water.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Humming under the water stops the water from going up the nose.