Year 4
Swimming
READING
SCHOOL
– SCHEME
OF WORK
Range and Content:
Individual
Stroke
Work and
Focus:- Efficiency and effectiveness of
strokes
Water Confidence
KEY CONCEPTS (From
PENC)
Yr 4
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Compare their performances
with previous ones and
demonstrate improvement to
achieve their personal best.
Swimming
Develop flexibility, strength,
technique, control and balance
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Context /Previous Experience:
All boys should be able to swim at least one width of each stroke,
except butterfly. In preparation for next year the boys will need to
have a good grasp of the different turning styles and underwater
movement techniques.
Know: The application of different
swimming techniques.
Perform: Individual swimming skills
and begin to link lengths through
turns.
Understand: The importance of
whole body strength and
coordination to perform aquatic
skills with control and efficiency.
Health Related: Develop
flexibility, strength and
coordination through aquatic
practices.
PE Department
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PROMPTS FOR CONTEXT AND ACTIVITY CONTENT
Develop an understanding of
how to improve in different
physical activities and sports
and learn how to evaluate and
recognise their own success.
Swim confidently,
competently and proficiently
over a distance of 25 metres
by the end of KS2.

Use a range of swimming
strokes effectively.
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Perform safe self-rescue in
different water-based
scenarios.
Explore:
Front crawl, back stroke and breast stroke techniques using the
BLABT model (Body pos., Legs, Arms, Breathing, Timing); different
methods of turning; underwater technique using dolphin kicks and
basic diving techniques.
Experience:
Analysis and evaluation of peer performance. Safe practice within a
swimming pool environment. Use of a variety of different
techniques.
Develop:
Whole body strength, flexibility and coordination in the water.
Observational skills – to evaluate performance against teaching
points provided.
Understandings of how certain techniques ensure optimum
efficiency when swimming.
Consider:
Safety issues when working in and around water.
CURRICULUM
OPPORTUNITIES
Use of aquatic versions of drama
games to help build water
confidence amongst those who are
less able.
Link to design concepts in DT
through explanation of concepts
such as streamlining.
Link to science through concept of
floatation.
Link to IT - Use videos of Mr
Orgill to analyse against theirs?
FOCUS AND CRITERIA FOR
ASSESSMENT
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Use of Year 4 assessment
spreadsheet against each of the
skills learnt.
Grades to be filled in after each
lesson.
Grading System:
1 = Consistently replicate skill.
2 = Understand skill and can perform
it on occasions with some difficulty.
3 = Unable to replicate skill but show
verbal understanding.
These grades are then totaled to give
each boy an A/B/C upon completion of
the unit. These are the boys’
attainment grades and effort grades
are given according to the teacher’s
discretion. These are two distinct
grades and should be treated as such.
LESSON
1
(Front Crawl and
Tumble Turn)
LESSON OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT
READING SCHOOL – SCHEME OF WORK -
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the rules and safe practice when using the swimming pool.
2. Use a streamlined and buoyant body position when using front crawl leg kick drills in a side-on position, showing
a body position that shows an outstretched front arm and a top arm with the shoulder facing up to the sky.
3. Begin to incorporate arm pulls when changing from one side kick position to the other and rotation of hips and
shoulders involved in front crawl.
4. Explore the use of tumble turns, with a focus upon leaving the wall underwater, rather than on the surface.
Discuss the benefits of the streamline position.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills they
have been learning. Try to incorporate skill learning followed by fun game to practice it. With tumble turn have partner on
side dropping ball so swimmer kicks it as legs come over.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an efficient front crawl arm technique and attempt to replicate this
by utilising the key teaching points of - long hand entry, catch and pull through to pocket, high elbow recovery
over water. Use drills such as catch-up and shoulder tap to isolate and emphasise the teaching points.
2. Perform breathing to the side when swimming front crawl - turn head as opposite arm at full extension, ensure no
head lift, demonstrate trickle breathing. Challenge more able to do this every 3-5 strokes.
3. Explore the use of tumble turns and integrate underwater dolphin kicks to increase distance achieved in the
underwater phase.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills they
have been learning. Try to incorporate skill learning followed by fun game to practice it. Incorporate some SAQ style
work when discussing leg power and link back to the idea of squats and squat jumps. Link to gymnastics during the turn
itself and use of abdominal muscles in forward roll.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate a streamlined and buoyant body position when using back stroke leg kick drills in a side-on
position, showing a body position that shows an outstretched bottom arm with palm facing to the bottom of the
pool and the top arm with the shoulder facing up to the sky.
2. Perform a competent backstroke leg kick with kick coming from the hips and not knees and flexibility at the
ankles.
3. Begin to incorporate arm pulls when changing from one side kick position to the other and rotation of hips and
shoulders involved in back stroke.
4. Explore the use of dolphin kick underwater through retrieval games involving objects at the bottom of the pool
and experiment with different body positions.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills they
have been learning. Try to incorporate skill learning followed by fun game to practice it. During the more advanced
backstroke kick drills, use a woggle under the hips to ensure boys are high in the water.
PE Department
2
(Front Crawl and
Tumble Turn)
3
(Back stroke and
Underwater Dolphin
Kick)
READING SCHOOL – SCHEME OF WORK LESSON
4
(Back stroke and
Underwater Dolphin
Kick)
LESSON OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an efficient backstroke arm technique and attempt to replicate this
by utilising the key teaching points of - thumb exits first, twist hand at top, little finger enters first, catch and pull
water through using arm bent at the elbow. Use the lock to lock drill to isolate and emphasise the teaching points
of hip and shoulder rotation.
2. Perform a star float, demonstrating water confidence and knowledge of buoyancy by sticking chest up and
keeping head back.
3. Explore the transition from backstroke swimming to front position in preparation for a backstroke tumble turn
through practicing stroke counting.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills
they have been learning. Try to incorporate skill learning followed by fun game to practice it.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate the ability to perform a breast stroke leg kick with the initial movement being the movement of the
feet up to the bum and not the knees outwards. Whip the lower leg round to create propulsion.
2. Perform an underwater pull with the inclusion of 1 dolphin, 1 breast stroke arm pull and 1 breast stroke leg kick.
Explain that the arm pull is different to what we will do in the stroke itself as on this one we pull all the way down
to hands by our pockets and we wouldn’t do this in the normal stroke.
3. Explore ways in which to enter the pool already in a streamlined position so that you cut through the water. How
can we do this safely? What should we take in to account when considering safety? Build to a kneeling dive.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills
they have been learning. Use of peer assessment sheets as breast stroke is a complex stroke to master and this
provides 1:1 coaching.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to…
1. Demonstrate a breast stroke arm pull in which the trigger movement is for the hands to push down and slightly
out on the water, rather than sweeping outwards.
2. Perform breast stroke swim utilising the timing mechanism of push down with hands, kick hands forward from no
further back than chin, glide and repeat.
3. Explore the use of the standing dive and focus upon entering the whole body through the same initial hole made
in the water.
Further Ideas – Use of the “Swim Games” app for warm-up games and fun game-based activities to practice skills they
have been learning. Use Coach’s Eye to compare performance against a video of Mr Orgill performing breast stroke?
PE Department
5
(Breast Stroke and
Diving Intro)
6
(Breast Stroke and
Diving Intro)