KS2 · Physical education · Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Safe self-rescue circuit, swimming using different survival strokes
Swimming: strokes, distance and safe self rescue
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Your learning goal
I can perform a survival circuit selecting the most appropriate action for each emergency situation.
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Safe self-rescue circuit, swimming using different survival strokes: 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 perform a survival circuit selecting the most appropriate action for each emergency situation.
Key learning points
- Move: different body positions can be used to protect the head, maintain heat and keep the airways clear for survival.
- Move: all actions when responding to an emergency should be in a relaxed manner.
- Think: different emergency actions are required in order to be safe in different situations.
- Feel: self-motivation helps us to perform to our individual best in an emergency.
- Connect: moral support is helpful when in a group emergency in the water.
Words to know
- H.E.L.P
- a position to wait in for rescue to maintain body heat with the arms crossed and legs bent and squeezed together
- treading water
- a skill that allows a person to maintain their head above the water in a vertical position whilst staying in one place
- huddle
- a position for a group of casualties to wait in to maintain body heat, keep up moral and be more visible
Common mistakes
When swimming sidestroke the legs perform a breaststroke action.
From the starting position of one leg stacked on top of the other, the top leg moves forward and the bottom leg moves backwards, the legs then snap back together in the starting position.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Get pupils to imagine a pair of scissors when doing the sidestroke leg action.