Hi. This is what I wrote. It has been approved by my assessor. Hope it helps.
It is important to allow children to take risks and challenge. Any activity a child does involves some risk, we must consider the age, needs and ability of each individual needs. If an activity is well planned and organised the chance of an accident or injury should be minimal. Allowing children to take risks will build a child’s self esteem and confidence. This will learn children about safety and how to assess risk, they will also gain responsibility. As I work with young children and responsible for play provision we need to take a balanced approach to risk management, we need to take into account the benefits the provision offers as well as the risks it involves.
During playtime our children are allowed to ride scooters and bikes on the playground. To help them to avoid injuries the teacher and the teaching assistant speak to them about safety rules and possible risk to hurt themselves or others if they will not follow these rules. Today the teacher asked me to remind the children the safety rules of using bikes and scooters and supervise those children who will be riding it. I talked to them about hazards and asked them how they could make riding safer. As we have a separate area for riding I explained the children why it is important to stay inside this area and I also explained other children who will not ride bikes and scooters why it is dangerous to walk or run into the riding area and what might happen if they will do so. When the children went out to play I supervised them to prevent any accidents and sometimes I had to remind some children do not break the rules.I think my support in this activity was quite effective because the children had lots of fun during playtime and nobody was injured by scooter or bike.
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