RISKASSESSMENTClassifyingPondLife(KS2)

Activity/Situation
PondDipping / DateofAssessment:
January2010
HAZARDSIDENTIFIED GroupedbyOutcomes / PERSONSATRISK FROMEXPOSURETO HAZARD / RISK RATING
WITHOUT CONTROLS INPLACE / WITHCONTROLSINPLACE / RISK RATING
WITH CONTROLS INPLACE
A
WORSTCASEOUTCOME / B
LIKELIHOOD/PROBABILITY
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
NO. / Employee / Students / Visitingstaff / Public / ALL / WorstCase
Outcome
X Likelihood/
Probability / Inconvenience / MinorInjury / Injury/Illness / MajorInjury / Fatality/Multiple / Unlikely / Rarely / Infrequently / Sometimes / Often / (AxB)
1 / Slips,tripsandfalls–walkingtosite / x / x / x / 4x3=12 / x / x / 8
2 / Slips,tripsandfalls–doingactivity
Fallingintopond / x / x / x / 5x1=5 / x / x / 5
3 / HazardousSubstances– Weilsdisease / x / x / x / 5x1=5 / x / x / 5
4 / ManualHandling
Carryingequipment / x / x / x / 4x2=8 / x / x / 8
5 / Weather–Extremecold / x / 5x1=5 / x / x / 5
6 / Weather–Extremesun/hot / x / 5X1=5 / x / x / 5
No / Risk
Rating / THESECONTROLMEASURESARETOBEINPLACE. LEADINGTEACHERTOENSUREACCOMPANYINGSTAFFANDADULTSARE CLEARLYBRIEFED,BEFORETHESTARTOFTHEACTIVITYREGARDINGTHEIRSUPERVISORYROLE +ACTIONTOTAKEIFANY PROBLEMSOCCUR / Is additional action req’d
Yes/No
1 / 8 / Safetytalkgivenprevioustoleavingbyteacher.Stayinginpairsalongpath.Norunning. Suitablefootwearworn. / No
2 / 5 / Safetytalkgivenprevioustoactivity.Groupsnolargethanfivepupils. Onlyonepupilalloweddippingatatime. Pupilssupervisedatalltimes.Mobilephonecarried.Norunning. / No
3 / 5 / Washhandsatendofsession. Noeatingordrinkingduringactivity. / No
4 / 5 / Pupilsshownhowtouseandcarrypondnets. Pupilssupervisedatalltimes.Allpondtraysaretobeboughtinbythevisitingstafformyself. / No
5 / 5 / Pupilstobetoldtobringappropriateclothing;waterproofandextralayers. Teacherneedstomonitorweatherconditions. Playwarminggamesifnecessary / No
6 / 5 / Pupilstobetoldtobringsuncream,sunhatsandbottledwater. Teacherneedstomonitorweatherconditions. Shadeshouldbesorttoworkinwhereappropriate. / No

Thisproformadoesnotreplaceschoolpolicyriskassessments. Thiscanbeusedforguidanceonly. Sitemust bevisitedandassessedbyteacherleadingactivity.

Teachers/groupleadersbeforetakingagroupshould:

1. Re-readschoolown‘off-site’policy

2. Carryamobilethathasreceptionatthesite

3. Carrytelephonenumbersfortheschoolofficewherepupildetailsarestored

4. Carryabasicfirstaidkit

5. Checktheadult:pupilratioiscorrect

6. Carryanup-to-dateregister