My Favourite Primary School Lesson -
by Will Jasprizza
Once a year, during summer I held a special lesson I called the "Pool Lesson". Instead of the gym I taught in the pool! The class goes to the pool area and changes into swimming costumes as if they had a PE lesson, but they do a really fun English lesson instead. Don't forget your swimming costume, towel and sunscreen, and always have another teacher present in the name of safety.
First a warm up - lots of commands. Don't forget to get the students to call out the English as they move! Start with everyone standing next to the pool
"Everyone in the pool!" [the students get in the pool]
"Out of the pool!" [the students climb out]
"In the pool!"
"Get out!"
"Get in!"
You get the idea.
Then a bit of 'in the pool' stuff. The students are in the pool, the teacher stands next to the pool.
Come here!
Go away!
Swim!
Jump!
Run!
Stop!
Depending on the number of students and their ability you can even try "freestyle!", "back stroke!", "breastroke!", "butterfly". 
Then a bit of revision! I line the students up alongside the pool so they are facing me and the pool is behind them. I make sure they are standing right along the edge. Then comes the fun part. I start at one end of the line and ask the kids questions like:
What's your name?
How are you?
What's your favourite colour?
Who's your favourite movie star?
How old are you?
The students have to reply quickly - if they take too long, or make a mistake I push them into the pool!! (Make sure you do this carefully) Of course the kids try to reply correctly, but because the 'penalty' for making a mistake is fun they don't worry about making mistakes. I go up and down the line several times so everyone gets asked a lot of questions and even if they make a mistake they get plenty of chances to try again.
By Will Jasprizza
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