Managing Risk
Children and young people themselves recognise that you “can’t make everything safe” and that a is balance between risk and fun. Children recognise that and how to manage them is an essential part of growing up….. Through play children are able to learn about risks and use their own initiative. If children and young people are not allowed to explore and learn through playing and talking part in positive play activities, they will not learn how to judge risks and manage them for themselves. These skills learnt through play and other activities can act as a powerful form of prevention in other situations where children and young people are at risk.
Over the next few weeks the children will be looking at different areas in the nursery and assessing different risks. We will be discussing what is a risk, why there is a risk and how to keep safe. These risk assessment will be added to an on-going wall display which parent are welcome to view in Room D.
