Swimming inspired activities to support your children’s lockdown learning
If your kids are missing the pool and you want to use their love of swimming to motivate them while you are home schooling, the Institute of Swimming has created some activities for you. You can also find lots of activity sheets from Swim England here. Literacy Activities Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Write a water safety story If you need any ideas, use a scenario from the Swim England water safety worksheets below and expand the story. Equipment needed: Swim England – Boat capsized worksheet Swim England – Spot the dangers worksheet Swim England – Avoid the dangers worksheet Swim England – How would you help? worksheet Swim Safe activity sheet Pencil/pen Paper Write a swimming inspired poem This could be about your swimming lessons, swimming with school, or swimming with your family on holiday. Equipment needed: Pencil/pen Paper Numeracy Activities Key Stage 1: Key Stage 2: Swimming Pool Dimensions Science Activities Sink or float experiment Select different items which are suitable to put in water. Put them into two piles, 1 labelled ‘Floating’ and the other ‘ Sinking’ One item at a time drop into the water and see if you were right or wrong? Discuss why you think it floated or sunk. Equipment needed: Range of items for putting in the water Bowl or sink half full of water Fight the germs experiment Put some water in a bowl Sprinkle pepper in the water to represent the germs Place your finger into the water and see if any germs stick to your finger Put a blob of soap onto your finger and place into the water. What happened to the germs? Did you get any germs on your finger? Equipment needed: Bowl Pepper Soap Creative activities
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