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Year 4 - Course Content

MICHAELMAS TERM		LENT TERM		SUMMER TERM
Swimming Health Related Fitness	Swimming Games Skills	Swimming Gymnastics	Swimming Movement & Dance	Swimming Athletics	Swimming Short Tennis

Swimming

The children learn and work on:

Stroke development - Front crawl, Back crawl, Breaststroke and are introduced to Butterfly
Individual standards - against the clock
Personal survival and Water Safety
Water Polo

In association with the STA International Swimming & Water Safety Standards complete:

Goldfish 1-3
Angelfish 1-3
Shark 1-3
Beaver 1-5
Water Safety Bronze
Advanced Bronze

Health Related Fitness

The children are taught simple concepts of fitness:

The importance of Warm Up and Cool Down
The location of major muscles
The effects of exercise on the body (physiological responses to exercise)
The Breathing Rate and the effects of different intensities of exercise
The Pulse Rate and the effects of different intensities of exercise
The Recovery Rate and variations between individuals

Games Skills (including Short Tennis)

Pupils are taught to understand and play small-sided games and simplified versions of recognized competitive team games covering the following types:

Invasion Games: (e.g. Basketball, Football, Touch Rugby, Uni-hoc)

Striking/Fielding Games: (e.g. Cricket, Softball or Rounders)

Net/Wall Games: (e.g. Short Tennis)

Emphasis is placed on the development of motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination to improve individual skills in sending, receiving, striking and traveling with a ball and in understanding the strategies linked to playing games.

Gymnastics

Pupils are taught to perform a variety of skills from the following skills categories:

Traveling
Balancing
Flight

Emphasis is placed on the aesthetic qualities including body tension and extension, changes in body shape, level, speed and direction of movement.

Pupils practice, refine and repeat increasingly complex movement sequences on the floor and on the apparatus. They work both individually or with a partner and are encouraged to perform to a limited audience.

Movement and Dance

Through teacher direction, the children learn to create or compose simple dance sequences. In response to a range of music and stimuli, pupils are encouraged to explore and experiment with ideas, develop expression, rhythm, and use of imagination and non-verbal communication through movement/dance.