KS2 · Physical education · Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Safe self-rescue and selecting appropriate actions during emergencies
Swimming: strokes, distance and safe self rescue
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Your learning goal
I can select the most appropriate action for a given emergency situation.
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Safe self-rescue and selecting appropriate actions during emergencies: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can select the most appropriate action for a given emergency situation.
Key learning points
- Move: survival strokes and relaxed controlled breathing are used in emergencies.
- Think: using an energy efficient swimming stroke, alternating survival strokes and resting will help to conserve energy.
- Feel: confidence is needed when responding to challenging emergency situations.
- Connect: collaboration is needed when working as a group in an emergency situation.
Words to know
- emergency situation
- an urgent unexpected in, on or near water situation which poses risk
- appropriate action
- help to address a problem in, on or near water and prevent harm
- danger
- a cause of harm
Common mistakes
Pupils think that swimming is the best action in an emergency situation.
Floating, treading water and heat retaining positions are often the best action in an emergency situation.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Keep calm, lie on the back in a star with the nose and mouth clear of the water to regulate breathing, then tread water to calmly access the situation.