Save Your Boyfriend

What do you do if you end up in the water with your bike? If a friend falls through the ice? Or if someone gets into trouble in the water? During 'Save Your Friend' (Red je Vriendje), pupils discover what they can do in such situations.

Learn to save yourself and someone else

In this active water theme from Swim is cool, children in years 5, 6, 7 and 8 learn various survival and rescue techniques in a fun and practical way. They experience how to save themselves, but also how to safely help someone else. In this way, we are working on something that is extremely important in a water-rich country like the Netherlands: water awareness and confidence in the water.

From swimming certificate to WaterWijs

A swimming certificate is an important foundation. But what happens if you unexpectedly end up in the water with clothes on or someone else needs help?

At Red je Vriendje, pupils get to work on this themselves. Not just by listening, but above all by doing, practising and experiencing. Under the guidance of expert instructors, they learn to recognise different situations and discover how to act safely. And, of course, fun is an essential part of it!

Four situations, one goal: knowing what you can do

Save your Little Friend consists of four parts of approximately 20 minutes. By practising various situations themselves, pupils gain practical skills that will also be of use to them outside the swimming pool. During each part, a different recognisable emergency situation is central:

1. Help, I'm falling in the waterwhat do you do if you fall into the water with your bicycle, fall out of a boat, or if a boat capsizes?
2. Through the ice: what can you do if you or a friend fall through the ice?
3. To help someone out of the waterHow do you dive down to someone from the surface and then transport them safely through the water?
4. Shore rescuehow do you help someone in trouble in the water without having to go into the water yourself?

Part of Swim is cool

Save Your Little Friend is one of the five water themes of Swimming is cool, the versatile swimming program of Alkmaar Sport for primary schools. Is this your class theme this school year? Then come back next year for a new challenge! This way, pupils can experience a different part of Swim is cool throughout their primary school years and discover just how versatile swimming and being active in the water can be.

Days and times

Practical information

• Cost: €2 per pupil
• For whomchildren in years 5, 6, 7 and 8
• Location: Hoornse Vaart swimming pool in Alkmaar
• Log invia the form on the page of the chosen theme
• Questions: swimiscool@alkmaarsport.nl
• Terms and conditionsall children must hold at least a swimming certificate A.

Even more physical activity with school?

Alkmaar Sport offers a total of three different exercise programmes for primary schools. Besides Swimming is cool at swimming pool Hoornse Vaart, schools can also take part in the ICE Games at ice rink De Meent and FietsFratsen at Sportpaleis Alkmaar. This allows pupils to be introduced to swimming, ice skating and cycling in various ways.