Activity to assess risk

[Jenna]

Hi guys, my assessor is coming thursday (i work with kids aged 2-5) and she wants to see me do an activity that encourages positive relationships and allows children to assess risk for themselves.

Any ideas?

I was thinking of getting the climbing frame out, and a few other obstacles for them to climb/jump off.
Although im not sure if thats really an activity as im not really involved?

[shaz03]

hi, that sound ok to me..you will be involved as you will explaining what you want your children to do
not only will it promote positive behaviour but also listening and concentration skills,turn taking,anf interaction with others.
good luck xx

[Jenna]

Many thanks for your reply. As it's just a climbing frame and a few other obstacles, do i just sorta encourage them do try things themselves... ? And to encourage positive relationships will that be between myself and the children or child to child?

[Jenna]

Should it be two separate activities? Im guessing i can bring both into the climbing frame really by helping children and getting others to help jump/climb ..hold hands etc
?

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, your presence and a genuine interest in the activity - looking at what's going on is all you need to be highly involved. Child led enables children to risk assess for themselves as part of their playing and exploration - leading their own activity without guided instruction ensures time is taken to see what needs to be done and how that's possible ..

Questions encourage risk to be expressed and disscused - how far to the ground, how far to the top, how will you get down, how are going to get to the top, how safe is that going to be, do your friends get down/up differently, how could you get hurt doing this activity - what are the risks, how will you make sure you don't get hurt - go slow, hold on, look around, tell someone if there is a concern ..

For the youngest children you could get get down to their line of sight and look up at the climbing frame, how tall is it .. are they going to be ok, do they need help, check they know to ask you over whenever they want ..

Knowing any rules that the children have set in place for their safety and well-being - turn taking, no pushing, being patient - understanding we each take our own amount of time to do things, that we each have our own individual way of doing things, recognising and resolving conflict - they pushed, I'm going first, you can't do that' all help to promote positive relationships, child to child, child to adult, adult to child and adult to adult.

A few other risk assessing activities include scissors, cooking, knives, forks, skewers, foods, dressing up resources in varying sizes, heat, sun and fire, balancing, climbing, crawling with a close succession of children - feet to face, jumping, speed - running, weaving, bikes and other wheeled resources, loud noise, colours & symbols that indicate levels of danger, activities that acknowledge fears - spiders, animals, messy play, balloons ..

Hth

[lyn c]

Originally Posted by Jenna

Should it be two separate activities? Im guessing i can bring both into the climbing frame really by helping children and getting others to help jump/climb ..hold hands etc
?

Also just being there for support if they would like to try things differently e.g climb up differently or slide down on their tummies. you will be there just for support and to help if needed.

Just thought your assessor might want to see your risk assessment for climbing frame (just an idea not sure if she will).

[Jenna]

Thankyou v much that has really helped :) yehh have done a risk assessment :)

She's coming tomorrow..i get so nervous and feel sick :( hate being assessed. Feels like everyone is getting so much further than me! Feel like im not getting anywhere.

[colleenanderson]

know how you feel i've been doing mine far too long