Hands up for Safety!! - PowerPoint Presentation

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Hands up for Safety!!Slide2

Letter to BOT

Imagine that your school’s Board of Trustees (BOT) is discussing whether your school should continue to offer outdoor activities. The Board is concerned about students’ physical and emotional safety. However, the Board is willing to hear from students before they make a decision. Slide3

Sooo

……

What can we do about this??First, we need to identify risks involved in outdoor activities so we know what we need to do to keep ourselves safe . . .

Then

we need to participate in these activities, to show that they are indeed safe.

Then

we need

to write a letter to the BOT in support of continued school-wide Outdoor Education experiences/activities.

Your

letter

will need

to outline your responsible behaviours and how your experiences

ensured

safety during outdoor activities.Slide4

There are 3

main

types of RISKSPeople (THE BIGGEST SAFETY HAZARD)

Equipment

EnvironmentalSlide5

People Risks

These include factors such as:

Physical Risks such as poor behaviour, injuries, current disabilities, current ability/learning level, fitness level

Emotional Risks

such as prior experience, emotional state, anxiety

Participant Needs

such as age, height, previous experience, size, shape

Cultural Risks

such as activity type, specific requirementsSlide6

Identifying Risks - People

Think about going kayaking, what are some of the safety risks PEOPLE may cause whilst participating in this activity?Slide7

Equipment Risks

These factors include:

Activity specific equipment such as climbing ropes, mountain bikes, ice picksEquipment Maintenance such as quantity, qualityClothing Risks such as shoes, warm/cold weather clothing,

Transport

such as buses, cars, bikes, walking,

vans

Safety Equipment

such as first aid kits, phones, Slide8

Identifying Risks - Equipment

Pretend you are about to go Rock Climbing, what are some of the potential EQUIPMENT Hazards that you may come across?Slide9

Environmental Risks

These factors include

:Weather such as rain, sun, wind, snow, temperature, seasonTerrain such as mountain, bush, natural/man made, sea, river beachAnimals such as cows, sheep, pets, wild, insects, bugs,

Accessibility to Help

such as roads, open areasSlide10

Identifying Risks -

Environment

Take a look outside… Name me some ENVIRONMENTAL safety hazards for a team wanting to train on our fields.

( don’t just look at the grass, look at what is surrounding the area)Slide11

Understanding Responsible Behaviours

Before you attempt to participate in any Outdoor Education activity you need to consider the following:

What could go wrong?How do we prevent this?

What would the correct/model behaviour look like?Slide12

Information GatheringSlide13
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White

Hat (Information)

What information do you have about our chosen activities?How did you know that the information you have received is from a trusted source?Slide15

“what activities are we doing?” I hear you ask…Slide16

TUI RIDGE PARK -

Rotorua

We will be staying overnight at Tui Ridge Park.We will be completing ABL – team building activities; then will be rotating through

4 adventure

activities.Slide17

Activity 1 – High Ropes Course

A series of different challenges locate 10 meters off the ground set in a clearing surrounded by bush. Slide18

Activity 2 – Mountain Biking

3 different trails of varying lengths and skill ranges. Set in the bush over dirt and gravel tracks.

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Activity 2 – OR

Bmx

Specially designed short course for

Bmxing

.

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Activity 3 - Archery

3 targets to hit with Bow and ArrowSlide21

Activity 4 -

Frizbee Golf

9 ‘hole’ golf course to be completed with frizbees. Slide22

Black

Hat (Caution)

What are the potential physical and/or emotional safety risks in your outdoor education activities?

Split into ‘Expert Groups’ to break down each activity. Slide23

Expert Groups

Identify all the People, Equipment and Environmental Risks.

What could go wrong?How do we prevent this?Slide24

Now

we have identified the risks, how can we prevent these?

What sort of things should we make sure we do whilst we are participating in this activity??Risk PreventionSlide25

Responsible Behaviours

Now that we have come up with all the risks you will need to choose 2 Responsible Behaviours that you feel are important to ‘keep people safe’.

Responsible BehavioursSlide26

Responsible Behaviours:

cooperation with others

self managementcompliance with instructionscare of equipmentappropriate communicationgroup work

assisting others

tolerance

conflict

resolution