K5 The principles of risk assessment and management, and how to balance risks and benefits of activities for children.
Find and read your setting’s policies, procedures and templates for risk assessment and risk management.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Find and read your setting’s policies, procedures and templates for risk assessment and risk management.
- ‘Early years foundation stage statutory framework’ from the Department for Education
- ‘Managing risks and risk assessment at work’ from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Presentation
- Reading Materials
- ‘Taking a Risk? The value of risk and challenge in the early years’ by Juliet Mickelburgh in the Foundation Stage Forum
- ‘Taking risks in play’ on the Early Education website
- ‘Children’s play and leisure – promoting a balanced approach’ from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- ‘Help! I need to do a risk assessment’ on the PACEY website
- ‘Food safety’ from the Help for Early Years Providers website.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Read this article from Growing Hands-on Kids to find more about the ‘Scissor skill development checklist for ages 2-6’.
- This article from Kindling Play and Training is on ‘Dynamic risk assessment or ‘shall we use our common sense?’’.
- This document is the ‘Dynamic risk benefit assessment: Play Safety Forum position Statement’. Do you think dynamic risk benefit assessment is appropriate in your setting? Discuss this with your tutor/assessor or line manager.
- Click on the link to read this ‘Risk Benefit Assessment Record Sheet and Advice’ from Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL).
- Think And Challenge
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