{"id":5959,"date":"2021-06-11T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Glenwood\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2021-06-11T07:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:48:42","slug":"risky-play-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Glenwood\/2021\/06\/11\/risky-play-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Risky Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Risky Play and Why is it Important?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Children need to be kept safe from potential harm and hazards at all times, but they also need to explore and take risks. Risky play is exciting, challenging, fun, it pushes limits and there is every chance of physical injury. <\/span>We don\u2019t want children\u2019s lives to be in danger, or any serious injury to be likely. That\u2019s why with any new piece of equipment we carry out a risk assessment. This allows us to assess whether the risk of a resource or activity outweighs the benefit. Is something guaranteed to be seriously dangerous? Well, then it\u2019s probably not ok. But if there is a low chance of bumps, grazes, or cuts? Maybe that\u2019s alright.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Experience of risky play is an important part of children\u2019s learning. It develops the child\u2019s self-confidence, resilience, promotes problem solving and trust in their own judgements as adults.\u00a0 Children have the right to make decisions and take risks through their play. In having these opportunities, children will be able to maximise their enjoyment of the environment whilst removing obvious risk. The \u2018United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child\u2019 states in article 31: \u2018All Children have the right to relax and play and to join in a wide range of activities.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In our Centre we encourage children to manage their own risk in everyday play situations both indoors and out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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