1. PE LESSON PLAN A Learning Objectives
1. To gain an understanding of the SAFE code
2. To develop accuracy in throwing skills
3. To develop fitness skills in pupils
Time
Contents
Teaching Points & Notes
Resources/Equipment
WARM UP
10 mins
PE Card 1 - Pirates and Lifeguards
PE Card 2 - Introduce the SAFE code. Ask the children to suggest scenario examples for S.A.F.E 
Make sure the hoops are spread out.
Warn pupils to avoid bumping into each other.
What dangers might you spot?
Where can you find safety advice?
Why always go with friends or family?
What should you do in an emergency?
Bean bags
Hoops
MAIN ACTIVITY 25 mins
Fitness & Throwing Skills
PE Card 3 - Lifeguard Fit (10mins)
PE Card 4 - Bean Bag Hoop Throw
PE Card 5 - Bean Bag Multi Hoop Throw
PE Card 6 - Around the Clock
PE Card 7 - Bean Bag Throw Relay
Complete as many of the activities as possible in the time frame
Record Lifeguard Fit results if you will repeat the activity
Underarm throws only
Stopwatches/timer
Number Cards 1-12
COOL DOWN
5 mins
PE Card 8 - Safe Code Cool Down
Make sure there is enough space for the activities
Consider pairing pupils before starting the activity
None

2. PE LESSON PLAN B Learning Objectives
1. To gain an understanding of the beach safety flags.
2. To develop sprint technique.
3. To develop fitness skills in pupils
Time
Contents
Teaching Points & Notes
Resources/Equipment
WARM UP
10 mins
PE Card 9 - Avoid the Tide
PE Card 10 - Beach Flags Activity
Make sure there is enough space for the game
Try to develop the understanding of the flags by using different water safety scenarios.
Bean Bags
Beach Flag Posters
MAIN ACTIVITY 25 mins
PE Card 3 - Lifeguard Fit
PE Card 11 - Lifeguard Sprints
PE Card 12 - Sprint Starts
PE Card 13 - Beach Relay
Complete as many of the activities as possible in the time frame
Record Lifeguard Fit results if you will repeat the activity
Measuring tape for running track
Start/Finish line markers
COOL DOWN
5 mins
PE Card 14 - Name in the Sand (stretching)
Make sure there is enough space for the activities
Ask the pupils to use water safety messages for the exercise
None

3. PIRATES AND LIFEGUARDS
PE Activity Card 1
PIRATES AND LIFEGUARDS
Set Up & Equipment
Several large hoops and lots of coloured bean bags (mats may be used instead of hoops)
Spread the hoops around the activity area
Description
Split the class in to ‘Pirates’ and ‘Lifeguards’
The Lifeguards have a 30 second head start to place the bean bags in the corresponding coloured hoop (keeping the beach tidy and safe)
On the blow of the whistle, the Pirates 'steal' the bean bags from their correct hoops and place them incorrectly. Pupils can only hold one bean bag at a time
The Lifeguards have to keep going to try to keep the beach tidy and safe (putting the bags in the correct hoops)
Progression & Notes
Progression: No one can use their hands to carry the bean bags from one hoop to another

4. Spot Advice Friend Emergency ALWAYS FOLLOW THE SAFE CODE
PE Activity Card 2
ALWAYS FOLLOW THE SAFE CODE
Spot
Spot the Dangers
Look for dangers whenever you’re near water
Take Advice
Read the signs
Ask lifeguards and adults
Advice
Friend
Go with a Friend
Always go with friends or family, it’s more fun, and they can help in an emergency
Before starting the activity, take this opportunity for the class to practice remembering the SAFE Code.
In this activity pupils will practice completing the first point of the SAFE Code, ‘Spot the Dangers’.
Emergency
Learn what to do in an Emergency
Call 999 and shout for help
Never go into the water to help someone

5. LIFEGUARD FIT PE Activity Card 3
Four measurable activities to allow pupils to measure and develop their own performances. Complete as many as you can in the warm up time.
Run
Pupils run a set distance as fast as they can whilst another pupil records the time on a stopwatch. If there aren’t enough stopwatches, the time can be fixed and the number of laps/lengths of the hall can be counted
Balance
Pupils stand on one leg and time how long they can hold it
Progression: Pupils stand on one leg and extend the other behind them
Sit ups
Pupils count how many sit ups they can do in a set time
Reach stretch
Pupils measure how far they can reach past their toes (or how far away they are)
Extras:
Have you improved on last week? (if this is a repeated activity). How do you feel?
Teacher or pupils can record their results to see if they can improve next time

6. BEAN BAG HOOP THROW PE Activity Card 4 Set Up & Equipment
Explain that it is important that Lifeguards can throw accurately to get rescue equipment to people who need it
One hoop per group
At least one bean bag each
Target
Description
Place a hoop a few metres away from each group of pupils
Pupils take turns in throwing a bean bag into the hoop
Throw line
Progression & Notes
Group Progression: Move the hoops further away
Individual Progression: For those who are regularly landing in the hoop, ask them to throw with their less dominant hand

7. BEAN BAG MULTI HOOP THROW
PE Activity Card 5
BEAN BAG MULTI HOOP THROW
Set Up & Equipment
3 hoops and 3 bean bags per pupil (or group of pupils)
Place the 3 target hoops in a line extending away from the throwing position
The first hoop is worth 5 points, the second is worth 10 points and the third is worth 20
20 points
10 points
Description
Each pupil in the group gets a set number of bean bags to throw (3 or 4) at the hoops. For every bean bag that lands completely in the hoop points are recorded and added to give final score
5 points
Throw line
Progression & Notes
If pupils are put into groups by ability, the hoops for the more able groups can be further away to equalise the point scoring
Create a competition between the groups

8. AROUND THE CLOCK PE Activity Card 6 Set Up & Equipment
Number Cards (1 to 12 on pieces of paper), bean bags
Set up a clock face (or a clock per group) using the number cards
Description
This activity really focuses on throwing accuracy
Pupils stand behind the throw line and throw three beanbags at the clock
Points are awarded based on number each bean bag lands closest to
Target
Throw line
Progression & Notes
Progressions: Increase the distance thrown
Points are only awarded if the bean bag is touching the number card
Set up a darts board instead of a clock face

9. BEAN BAG THROW RELAY PE Activity Card 7 Set Up & Equipment
Split the pupils into teams
1 hoop per team and 1 bean bag per pupil
Each team has a target hoop out in front of them
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Description
Each team member takes their turn to throw their bean bag into their hoop
If the bean bag misses the hoop they run, pick up the bean bag, return, and try again
First team to get all their bean bags in their hoop wins
Throw line
Progression & Notes
Allow pupils to take their second throw from where their first throw lands (top make it easier)
Adjust the distance of the hoops to make the challenge easier or more difficult

10. SAFE CODE COOL DOWN PE Activity Card 8 Set Up & Equipment
Space for pupils to run around
Description
Pupils will ‘act out’ the SAFE Code by performing the actions below when the teacher calls out ‘S’, ‘A’, ‘F’, ‘E’
Letter
Response (shout)
Action S
“SAFE”
Hand above the eyes, stretching left and right, looking for dangers A
“ADVICE”
Jog around the hall looking for advice F
“FRIEND”
Find a partner, sit feet to feet with knees slightly bent, hold hands and gently stretch back and forward E
“EMERGENCY”
Get help, jog to each corner of the hall and then back to the middle
Progression & Notes
Allow pupils to take their second throw from where their first throw lands (top make it easier)
Adjust the distance of the hoops to make the challenge easier or more difficult

11. AVOID THE TIDE PE Activity Card 9 Set Up & Equipment 1- 3 bean bags
Description
The game is based on the game of Tag
1 pupil is the ‘tide’ and the rest of the pupils have the bean bags
The ‘tide’ can only tag pupils who have a bean bag, so they must pass it to each other to stay safe
If a pupil is caught by the ‘tide’ (tagged), or if they drop a bean bag, then they become the ‘tide’
Progression & Notes
Make sure there is plenty of space for the game
There may be more than 1 pupil playing the ‘tide’

12. BEACH FLAGS ACTIVITY PE Activity Card 10 Set Up & Equipment
Position the four Beach Flag images on the walls spread around the room (such as one on each wall)
Description
Refresh the pupils knowledge of the Lifeguard Flags
When you call out the name of a flag, the pupils have to run and stand by the flag
Progression & Notes
Call out water safety situations so that the children have to work out which flag the lifeguards would display, such as:
Very big waves (Red flag – no swimming)
Red & Yellow
Lifeguarded area
Safest place to swim
Red
Danger
No swimming
Black & White
Water sports area
No swimming
Orange Windsock
Direction and strength of the wind

13. LIFEGUARD SPRINTS PE Activity Card 11 Set Up & Equipment
Make sure there is plenty of space for the pupils to run
Mark out a 10, 15, and 20 metre start/finish line
Group the pupils 1s and 2s
Description
Explain that this is an exercise that Beach Lifeguards do to practice getting to the water as quickly as possible
When you say go, from a standing start the 1s must run the 10 metre track as quickly as possible. Then it’s 2s go
Repeat the activity increasing the distance to the finish line to 15 then 12 metres
Progression & Notes
Progress onto the Sprint Starts activity – PE Card 12

14. SPRINT STARTS PE Activity Card 12 Set Up & Equipment
Make sure there is plenty of space for the pupils to run
Mark out a 10 metre start/finish line
Group the pupils 1s and 2s
Description
Explain that this is an exercise that Beach Lifeguards do to practice getting to the water as quickly as possible
Pupils start a 10 metre sprint from a variety of start positions:
Standing start
Sitting facing the finish
Sitting facing away from the finish (jump up, turn, and run)
Lying down on their tummy head facing towards the finish
Lying down on their tummy head facing away from the finish (jump up, turn, turn, and run)
Progression & Notes
Increase the running distance to 12 or 15 metres

15. BEACH RELAY PE Activity Card 13 Set Up & Equipment
Make sure there is plenty of space for the pupils to run
Set up a race course with a start/finish line
Group pupils into teams of approximately 4
Description
Each pupil takes their turn at running the length of the course and tagging the next runner in their team (relay style). Each member of the team must complete the course and the first team to complete is the winner
Progression
Call out additional challenges during the race for the runners to complete, such as:
Asking what the letters of the SAFE Code stand for
Asking what the various Beach Flags mean
Or additional exercise: “Do 1 sit-up”, “Do a start jump”

16. NAME IN THE SAND PE Activity Card 14 Set Up & Equipment
Pupils need enough space to stretch on the spot
Description
Pupils outline their name on the ground (like righting in the sand) using there:
Left hand
Right hand
Left foot
Right foot
Progression
Ask the pupils to repeat the exercise but reaching as far away on the ground as possible “Really stretch your arms and legs”
Give the pupils more complicated words to right, or ask them to right the whole of the SAFE Code

17. 1
Number Card

18. 2
Number Card

19. 3
Number Card

20. 4
Number Card

21. 5
Number Card

22. 6
Number Card

23. 7
Number Card

24. 8
Number Card

25. 9
Number Card

26. 10
Number Card

27. 11
Number Card

28. 12
Number Card

29. Beach Flag Card

30. Beach Flag Card

31. Beach Flag Card

32. Beach Flag Card