Learn Family fun activities Family fun activities Swimming Themed Family Fun Looking ahead to our next FREE online Meet the Paralympian talk on Friday 5th May, featuring Paralympic swimmer David Hill, have fun this half-term learning more about this popular sport in our FREE activities below. Contents Fun factsheet Widgit word search Widgit spellings Interview with a Paralympic swimmer What's in our collection Colouring in sheet Fun fact sheet Swimming has been part of the Paralympics since the 1960 Games in Rome and it continues to be one of the most popular spectator events on the programme. Learn more about the history of swimming at the Paralympic Games using our fun fact sheet. Why not use it to start your own research into some of the champions of the sport? Suitable for 8 years and up. Click on this link to download the activity sheet. Widgit word search Can you swim like a Paralympian? What’s your favourite stroke? Can you find it in our para swimming Widgit word search? Suitable for 6 years and up. Click on this link to download the word search. Widgit spellings The words spelling and swimming end in the same letters. Can you test your spelling using our para swimming Widgit spelling sheet? Suitable for 5 years and up. Click on this link to download the Widgit spellings. An interview with a Paralympic swimmer Learn more about 9 time Paralympic Champion swimmer Robin Surgeoner in this special recorded interview and find out what this Paralympian does with his time now he has retired. Suitable for 10 years and up. Watch the interview here. What's in our collection There are many objects in our collection which celebrate the history of swimming in the Paralympics. Learn about something on display in our Heritage Centre in this vlog with our CEO Vicky Hope-Walker. Come and visit us to see the object in person or use our virtual tour to explore the displays from home. Colouring in Get colouring with our Paralympic swimmer colouring in sheet. British swimmers wear a red swimming cap. What colour will you give your swimmer? Suitable for 4 years and up. Click on this link to download the colouring in sheet. Additional family fun activities Paralympic sports activities and craft Designed for children to engage in some fun activities while learning about the history of the Paralympic Games. Sharing our Treasure Explore objects in our Paralympic collection with Shaun Finegan, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust Storytime with April Storytime for children under 5 read by April Byrne, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, with BSL interpretation by Marie Biswell. What's in our Paralympic collection? Watch our series of Paralympic heritage collection videos Highlights from family fun events at the Paralympic Heritage Centre Manage Cookie Preferences