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title: "Intermediate Swimming - Free SOW Unit"
url: https://thepehub.co.uk/free-content/units/intermediate-swimming-75/
description: "Learning outcomes - Swim over greater distances, between 10 & 20 meters, with confidence in shallow water. Begin to use basic swimming techniques. Explore and use basic breathing patterns. Enter and exit the water in a variety of ways. Take part in problem-solving activities such as group floats and team challenges."
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# Intermediate Swimming

Swim over greater distances, between 10 & 20 meters, with confidence in shallow water. Begin to use basic swimming techniques. Explore and use basic breathing patterns. Enter and exit the water in a variety of ways. Take part in problem-solving activities such as group floats and team challenges.

## Knowledge Organiser

### Prior Learning

Has swum short distances unaided, between 5 & 20 metres, using one consistent stroke. Propelled themselves over longer distances with the assistance of swimming aids. Can move with more confidence in the water, including submerging themselves fully. Entered and exited the water independently.

### Unit Focus

Swim over greater distances, between 10 & 20 meters, with confidence in shallow water. Begin to use basic swimming techniques. Explore and use basic breathing patterns. Enter and exit the water in a variety of ways. Take part in problem-solving activities such as group floats and team challenges.

### We are learning...

1. to jump in and submerge in deeper water.
2. to sink and then roll under the water.
3. to use front crawl leg action to swim longer distances.
4. to tuck, float and collect objects from the bottom of the pool.
5. to transition from one floating shape to another without putting our feet down.
6. to use breaststroke leg action to swim on my front and back.
7. to handstand on the bottom of the pool.
8. to somersault underwater.
9. to move forward with our faces in the water using the sculling action.
10. to move smoothly through the water transitioning from front to back.
11. to propel ourselves underwater while using breaststroke.
12. to swim over longer distances without floats or armbands.

### Key Questions

1. How did using a push and glide improve the speed of their swim?
2. If you were part of a relay team that had to swim 20 m, which stroke would you choose and why?
3. Why is it important to be in a streamlined position when kicking?

### Equipment

Floats, noodles, armbands, floating toys, whiteboard and pen, cones/distance markers, stopwatches, bricks, and sinking pens.

### Vocabulary

Breath, rotate, submerge, sink, float, sculling, breaststroke, glide, surface dive, jump, on top of the water, underwater, front crawl.

### Assessment Overview

**Head** – Attempt to use basic breathing patterns when swimming.

**Hand** – Submerge, sink, roll and rotate underwater.

**Heart** – Work in collaboration to perform group challenges such as group floats.

### Diagram

![An image of Intermediate Swim_V2.1](https://media-prod.pehub.eject.pro/cms-sync/cG9zdDoxNzkwOTA0)

## Lesson Overview

#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 4

1. Develop confidence performing tuck floats and changing shapes in the water
2. Use correct body position to perform a controlled surface dive
3. (Some) Explore moving underwater safely to retrieve objects or reach the pool floor

**We are learning:** to control our body in the water using tuck floats and surface dives.  
**Activity**: Surface dive progressions

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 1

1. Swim 5 metres using any stroke unaided
2. Swim between 10 and 15 metres with support

**We are Learning:** to jump in and submerge in deeper water.

**Activity:** Assessment for learning 1

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 2

1. Sink under water and push from side submerged
2. Push, glide and log roll from front to back

**We are learning**: to sink and then roll under the water.  
**Activity**: Glide challenge

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 3

1. Using front crawl legs travel 10 metres on front and back
2. Swim for as long as possible without float

**We are learning:** to use front crawl leg action to swim longer distances  
**Activity:** Assessment for learning 2

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 5

1. Perform three floats and link without putting feet on the bottom
2. Swim 10 metres on the front with one swimming aid

**We are learning**: to transition from one floating shape to another without putting our feet down  
**Activity**: 3 floats / 10 metre swim

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 6

1. Use breaststroke legs to swim 10 metres
2. Swim on front and back using breaststroke legs

**We are learning:** to use breaststroke leg action to swim on my front and back  
**Activity:** Breaststroke leg progressions / beat your distance

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 7

1. Perform a handstand underwater
2. Exit the water without using the steps

**We are learning:** to handstand on the bottom of the pool  
**Activity:** Handstand practice/pool exit challenge

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 8

1. Perform a somersault in water
2. Push and glide from the side and perform a somersault

**We are learning:**to somersault underwater  
**Activity:** Push and glide

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 9

1. Using the sculling technique to move on the front
2. Push, glide and scull on the front with face in the water

**We are learning:** to move forward with our faces in the water using the sculling action  
**Activity:** Submarines and torpedoes

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 10

1. Propel on back and roll on to the front
2. Propel on front and roll on to the back

**We are learning:** to move smoothly through the water transitioning from front to back  
**Activity:** Medley Relay

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 11

1. Push from side underwater and use breaststroke legs to propel
2. Sink, push away from side and touch bottom of pool

**We are learning:** to propel ourselves underwater while using breaststroke legs  
**Activity:** Max distance swim under water

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#### Intermediate Swimming Lesson 12

1. Swim as quickly as possible over 5, 10 and 15 metres using a variety of ways to swim

**We are learning:** to swim over a longer distance without floats or armbands  
**Activity:** Assessment for learning 2

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## Unit Resources & Videos

- [Swimming Surface dive](https://thepehub.co.uk/free-content/resources/swimming-surface-dive-1242/) — Swimming · Illustrations
- [Swimming Tuck 'Mushroom' Float](https://thepehub.co.uk/free-content/resources/swimming-tuck-mushroom-float-1243/) — Swimming · Illustrations