Supervise children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting
1. Understand the policy and procedures for supervising children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting.
There are various organisational and legal requirements for supervising children on journeys, visits and activities outside of the school setting. These include policies and procedures which should be carried out by the school including risk assessments of areas that will be visited (New2teaching, 2013).
Risks assessments will identify any hazards and/or dangers and who might be harmed and how this may happen, allow the risks to be evaluated and check if the precautions are
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Any medication, for example, inhalers should be taken for those who may fall ill during the visit.
In the case of late departure and arrival, the school should be informed by the relevant staff on the trip and parents should be notified for security reasons.
The following is an account of the Oakwood Primary School trip for Nursery and Reception class to Gulliver’s Land, in Milton Keynes, which took place on 27th June 2013.
Prior to the trip, I made sure what time I had to be in school for and what time the bus would be leaving. This was well after my normal start time for work so I didn’t need to leave the house any earlier. As the journey was about 45 minutes, it was a direct route. Therefore, no stops were needed.
All staff that were attending were given a list with the names of the group of children for which they would be responsible. It was made sure that there were no more than 6 children in each group. My group was a group of 6 from the Reception class.
The bus was due to leave at 9am. As soon as the children arrived at 8.30am and ushered into the class, they were settled down and the register was taken, ensuring all the children that were going on the trip were present. Before departing, we ensured all the children had their coats, that they had their packed lunch in a carrier bag and that it was labelled with their name. We also asked the children if they needed to go to the toilet so
Any exit where students leave the building or congregate before or after school should be supervised by a school official.
The school that I observed is Ps/Ms ABC 123 in the Bronx. The school is from Kindergarten to 8th grade. The school starts promptly at 8:00am. Free breakfast is served to all students who wish to eat. In the morning the school doors are open for students at 7:50am. From 7:45 -8:05, it looks busy around the school because of the people who drop their children off, some comes in cars and some walk their children to school. People have to cross a main road to drop off their children at school so the traffic on the main road moves slow and the traffic instructor also stand there to guide people when it is safe to cross the street. The assistant principal and other receivers stand outside in the playground. The playground has many exits that open to the gymnasium, cafeteria and auditorium. Parents know which exist they have to drop of their children. The first grade that I was observing, they are dropped off by exist 5. Exist 5 open in the auditorium. The principles and the other receiver meet with the parents and the children. Parents also talk to each other. They also can sit on the benches in the children’s play area if they have to wait or pass their time. Only students are allowed to go inside of these exits with assistants. Anyone else have to go the front main entrance to enter the school building. Once the students are received, they go inside the auditorium and from there they are then taken to the classroom by their teachers.
Before the children come to school, I will give myself thirty minutes for planning. During my planning time, I will review my day’s plans and ensure I have all necessary materials are available to the children. When the children arrival to school, I will greet them and assist them if need with storing their belonging. Breakfast will be prepared for the children with serving bowls to sever themselves. When the children are finish eating breakfast, the quite centers, such as math and manipulatives and literacy centers, will be available for the children to enter. At nine o’clock I will signal for the children to store their materials away and we will transition to having our group meeting. During our group meeting, we have an open discussion
The risk assessment is there to find out all the hazards, the risks of these possible hazards and the equal of risk related to those hazards. For example a result of this it lets the teacher to place control events in place which to reduce.
For the safety of all children please discuss proper behavior with your child. The children are not allowed to rough play inside or outside. All children will be expected to be respectful of the teachers as well as their classmates. Please make sure your child understands that fieldtrips are a privilege and can be taken away. Any child that we persistently have problems with will have fieldtrips taken away, at the directors discretion. If they cannot act respectfully at the center we cannot trust that they will act correctly on away from the center activities. In the event a child loses a fieldtrip privilege tuition rate will remain the same.
If we were to get dismissed out of school early, we wouldn’t use the buses. Not using the buses can save us so much money. They can use more gas. There would be no disciplinary
In the setting, there are books on each area of the Foundation Phase, to help plan lessons around these areas to comply with the Welsh government guidelines. They also follow national guidelines/regulations on health and safety, where risk assessments must be completed on a regular basis, of the setting, in order to make sure that it is safe. The setting also has an accident book, where an accident must be recorder where if someone falls over, or bangs their head etc. If someone does bang their head, then their parents are informed immediately. There’s also a sign in book for any visitors that come into the school, f.e if they have their Christmas concert in the school, then all parents/family, must sign in before entering the school, for health and safety and safeguarding reasons. When the children leave the school, the children aren’t allowed to just leave the classroom, the staff take them to the door, and when the teacher sees the children’s
1. Registering Visitors: All visitors need to be registered when they come into a setting and given
Parents that work second or third shift jobs will miss a lot more activities and may not see their children until the weekend.Students that ride the bus will get home three to four hours later than they normally do. Most students have time in the afternoon to do their homework but, with the students that ride the bus getting home around five to six in the afternoon. With the bus arrive at student homes later they won't have the time in the afternoon to do anything except
You also need to be aware of your responsibilities to ensure the safety of children and young people when on school trips. You must ensure that the relevant risk assessments have been put in place and that you familiarise yourself with them before the school trip, by doing this you do not leave yourselves open to the accusation of
Risk assessment is the process where you identify a range of different hazards, evaluate the risk related with that threat and decide an appropriate way to remove or control the hazard.
and welfare of children and Adults at Risk of Harm during the trip. The Child Protection Officer should ensure all
We all went into a big hall and above on the wall was listed classes we were to line in front (we received during the summer our class #) I was class 1A1
Everyone's eyes were on us as we entered the room. It was the first lesson and we were late! I could feel the tension in the room as we took our seats. The room was silent, apart from the occasional giggle coming from somewhere behind us.
So the most-dreaded thing has happened – bus breakdown. That too while students were headed home. School staff will now have to deal with frantic parents’ calls and coordinate with the bus driver minute-by-minute. If only there was a way to inform all the parents at