S4 Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety
In this lesson you will learn about keeping risk in perspective and how to balance risks and their benefits.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser Reading Text: ‘Keeping risk management in perspective’
- ‘Managing risk in play provision: A position statement’ from the Play Safety Forum
- ‘Balancing risks and benefits in outdoor learning and play’ by Tom Gill
- Presentation
- Reading Materials
- ‘Risk benefit assessment: Learning and playing outdoors’ from Nursery World
- ‘How to introduce more risky play into the Early Years – and why it matters’ on the Famly website
- ‘How to teach children about risk’ from the BBC
- ‘Risky play – What are the benefits in Early Years?’ from Teach Early Years
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Read this post on ‘The process of risk’ from Teacher Tom. How to you think taking these risks has benefited the children?
- This article from Twinkl is titled ‘What is a risky play?’. It looks at what counts as risky play, its negatives and benefits, and the role of adults.
- ‘Risk-taking and child behaviour: Remove the bubble wrap’ from Community Playthings looks at whether over-protection, in this case removing risk, hinders healthy child development.
- This additional article from Community Playthings is on ‘The Role of risk in play and learning’.
- Read ‘Risky play – The balance between caution and hazard’ on the First Discovers website. How does your setting encourage adventurous play?
- This post is about ‘Risk assessments after an accident’ is from Knutsford Childminding. Read about the lessons that can be learnt from an accident or near miss in a setting. What might the benefits be of learning from an accident?
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Think And Challenge
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