S4 Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety
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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