3.3- Assignment (Unit 4): Produce relevant risk assessment and risk-benefit assessment for own Forest School sessions
- Naomi Harvey
- Aug 12, 2024
- 2 min read
When I started this assignment, I automatically thought of the obvious "slips, trips and fall" however, after watching the wildly educated videos and doing research, it isn't just the fact that someone may slip or trip, but what the outcome could be of those actions, and for the different people as well, someone older may have slightly more brittle bones and more likely fracture a bone from a small fall, whereas a child could fall down and bounce straight back up!
The Risk - Benefit assessment is important and although it can be difficult to weigh it up, we do this everyday in our own lives and is a good lesson to teach children Everyday when we decide to get in to the car and drive to school or work, we are putting ourselves at risk by going on the road, or walking across the road, however, we have internally decided the benefit of going to school, work or event outweighs the risk. This is an important lesson to learn through growing up.
I have created a form for Weather Risk assessment and Tools Risk Assessment, which applies to any task involving tools that we may perform. It is worth noting that a tool is not limited to items with blades or obvious functions; even rope should be considered a tool and evaluated for potential risks.
As our site is carried out on a Trust location, I have also included their risk assessments for the site as we have to adhere to these rules, as well as our own risk assessment carried out.
When we attend site, we always carry with us a full and up to date first aid kit, at least 2 mobile phones and have the correct child to adult ratio. We assess the site before each session to make sure no changes have happened since our last visit and have clearance from the Trust that no work is being carried out and they are happy for us to visit, this may also include weather warnings. If there are high winds or forecast high winds, the Trust will inform us if we are unable to attend the site, if we have not already made that decision ourselves.
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