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[dcn]

has anyone begun putting together risk assessments for outdoor visits yet
how many have you got
what sort of outings
I've done a general park one but not sure if it's too detailed/not detailed enough
would anybody be happy to share what they do to see if i'm on the right lines?

[lucyevans]

dcn, on Dec 4 2008, 21:07, said:

has anyone begun putting together risk assessments for outdoor visits yet
how many have you got
what sort of outings
I've done a general park one but not sure if it's too detailed/not detailed enough
would anybody be happy to share what they do to see if i'm on the right lines?

This is mine for parks. I have others for the library, pre-school pick-ups, walking to school, toddler groups, museums, farm visits, soft play centres, car travel, garden centres, shopping and swimming.

Lucy

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[dcn]

Wow - that sounds very organised, put's me to shame.
Thankyou so much for sharing an example, just about to start work but will have a look later

[Cait]

lucyevans, on Dec 4 2008, 20:35, said:

This is mine for parks. I have others for the library, pre-school pick-ups, walking to school, toddler groups, museums, farm visits, soft play centres, car travel, garden centres, shopping and swimming.

Lucy

Brilliant! You might want to change your spelling to 'dog fouling' unless you mean that the dogs are chasing chickens? hehe

[westbrom44]

I was also unsure about risk assessments for outings and have found the post from lucyevans very useful. Many thanks.
I am also glad that I'm not the only one wondering whether they are doing the right thing!

[HappyMaz]

lucyevans, on Dec 4 2008, 20:35, said:

This is mine for parks. I have others for the library, pre-school pick-ups, walking to school, toddler groups, museums, farm visits, soft play centres, car travel, garden centres, shopping and swimming.

Looks very comprehensive to me Lucy!

[LauraR]

Hi Lucy

Fantastic risk assessment form. Any chance you could post your others for us to see?

Can't believe Ofsted are making us do this. Would you leave your child with someone who

had to do a risk assessment before taking them out? You would hope that they were experienced

enough to know instinctively what to do. A friend of mine who has been Childminding for over

20 years has just had to get Parents permission to teach their children road safety!

The World has gone mad!

Laura

[Cait]

Here's ours, if it's any help

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•  RISK_ASSESSMENT.doc   37.5K   381 downloads

[velvet]

Hi everyone


This is my first post so I hope it works!!

Thank you for starting this post and thankyou for thoses of you who have shared examples of how you do yours. I had started mine for parks, toddler groups, school run and zoos but now seeing these think that Lucy's format seems alot easier to do, so think I might change mine and carry on with this layout. Thank you Lucy.

I agree though why don't OFSTED think we can use are commen sence like we do all the time anyway! As if we don't have anything better to do than write risk assesments!!

[HappyMaz]

Welcome to the Forum, velvet - it worked perfectly!

Maz

[dcn]

welcome to the forum velvet
and thank you everyone for responses, I've adjusted my proforma to yours Lucy as I love the section where you include how to support the children in managing risk. Mine originally had columns to assess whether the risk was high/medium/low - after seeing eg.s at training - but i struggled with this part so after seeing yours I've taken it out.
I've attached my risk assessment for car journeys - can anybody think of any risks I've missed?
 risk_assessment___car_journey.doc   30K   268 downloads

[velvet]

I've also got on my car journey risk assessmet the following

Hot Weather Sun burn/Dehydration

Have sun shades in car, children wear hats, apply sun cream before journey, children have water available to them (especially on longer journeys) and windows slightly open or air conditioning on

Car breaking down Children being distressed/late back

To keep my road recovery service renewed. Keep children calm/distract them Contact children's parents if going to be late back for them to collect

Think I'm on the right track !!

[dcn]

great - will add those, thought i was missing something, thank you

[velvet]

Just wanted to check what everyone else was doing with things like toddler groups/ childminding groups. How I had done mine before I grouped them together but now I'm transfering them to a form like Lucy's I think I should I have a seperate risk assessment for each one I attend (they are at different venues).

[Catalogue]

Hi,

I have a general outings risk assessment which I can fill in for each place I visit. I joined the fsf today so hopefully I have attached it properly. Included on there are also standard risk assessments for the car, walking and so on. I hope you find it useful.

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