Main Game Swimming Activities for Year 1

Partners take turns delivering objects across the pool using back kicking technique with kickboards

Students collect floating and sinking objects from the pool while practicing swimming technique

Space-themed movement activity developing balance and controlled movement in water

Partners take turns swimming to collect underwater objects, first pair to collect four items wins

A fun tag game that develops floating skills and water confidence while students evade catchers

Active tag game where students must demonstrate floating skills when caught and help free teammates

Students use kickboards to collect floating objects while developing kicking technique and endurance

Teams gradually build up swimmers in a relay format, emphasising teamwork and swimming together at the pace of the slowest member

Teams pass noodle underwater through legs in relay format, combining submersion skills with swimming

Partner activity where students take turns going under and lifting noodles over each other while travelling