Year 4 – Swimming

4RM have been working extremely hard in their weekly swimming lessons at Rothwell pool. The class go every Thursday morning 9.30-10am. They are split into 3 groups- 2 who work with Rothwell’s swimming instructors and one group who work with Mrs Clark. Through showing grit and spark every week, the children have made incredible progress. The children in the smaller pool have increased their confidence levels massively and one group is beginning to move into the bigger pool. Mrs Clark’s group are working their way through the Leeds Schools Swim Awards. They have developed their pushing & gliding skills, floating skills and their strokes. They are know learning specific strokes and looking at performing these in deeper areas of the pool, building up their distance endurance each session!

The class also accessed a water safety week. Within this week, they were taught approaches that they could use if they ever found themselves or others in danger in water. The children worked brilliantly in this session and showed great levels of respect for the importance of this. They also got to experience what the water temperature may feel like in a river or lake at this time of year!

Fabulous progress so far and we still have 2 terms of swimming to go! Well done 4RM!

What The Student Says

"I love swimming!" "I enjoy jumping in in the deep end the best" "It's a really good life skill to learn" "I'm enjoying making progress in my swimming" "I put my head under the water for the first time!"

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

  • developed their water confidence and movement skills within the water
  • learnt life saving water skills
  • know how to get in and out of the pool safely
  • follow instructions in the water
  • are able to act upon feedback to develop their performance
  • use swimming aids effectively and appropriately such as noodles, floats & balls
  • had fun and challenged themselves!

What the Teacher says

It has been wonderful to see the children's confidence in the water grow. Week in week out they are coming into the lesson ready and eager to progress. The children have great attitudes to swimming and appreciate the importance of learning how to swim. They showed great respect for the severity of the water safety session and could recall the skills learnt following the session. I look forward to seeing the children continue to develop their skills across the rest of the year! Mrs Clark, PE Teacher

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