Are we there yet? Getting ready for local fieldwork Our Risk Assessment

Learning Objectives To be able to identify risks to us in our local environment To be able to think of ways to reduce identified risks To know ways to stay safe when working out of doors Discuss these learning objectives. Do you know what they mean? Could you say this in a better way? What do you think the success criteria might be? Geography – sense of place, vocabulary development Literacy -Speaking and Listening & Note taking Citizenship & ECM- Staying safe & taking responsibility for ourselves Ensure that pupils understand what

Look, listen, think, discuss…… You are going to see some photographs of places we will be visiting. Listen while you are told something about each place then spend a couple of minutes discussing the key dangers or risks with your partner and what you could do to keep safe. Note down your key findings. Listen to ideas from others and edit your notes if you want to change or add something.

www. multimap. com www. streetmap. co. uk www. earth. google. com www www.multimap.com www.streetmap.co.uk www.earth.google.com www.maps.google.com Use mapping software to locate places to be visited instead of, or as well as, your own pictures. Choose either aerial / map view or hybrid (both). Sometimes a different scale and / or view can highlight different risks

Aerial view of location to be visited River Teifi path What features can you identify?

What are the risks? What action can we take to stay safe? Risk: falling into fast moving water Action: stay clear of edge, walk rather than run Risk: not hearing instructions above river noise Action: Look, listen & think. Stay close to adults Use photographs of locations to be visited on a field trip for your own record of risk assessments and for your pupils to rehearse behaviour strategies. What are the safety issues here? How could you link it with the literacy strategy? Risk: wet slippery path Action: right footwear. Walk carefully

What features can you see? Identify risks with a partner and discuss how you will stay safe.

Now write your own risk assessment from your notes Use the writing frame provided or design your own Check with your partner that you are writing the advice as clearly as possible Are you identifying the names of landscape features correctly?

Keeping Safe What might be dangerous? What are the risks? 1_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How do we stay safe? What action can I take? 1_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It is good practice for pupils to write and their own risk assessments for trips as it develops a sense of responsibility through participation in the journey planning process.

Where? Risk? Action? Who is responsible?

Risk Action

Plenary Swap your finished risk assessment with others on your table. Can you suggest improvements? Would you change yours? How? What is the best example on your table and why? Have you achieved your learning objective? How do you know?

Finally…. What have we learnt in geography? To be ready and responsible for fieldwork activities – an important part of geography. New, relevant landscape vocabulary How to begin to read the landscape and identify hazards and risks. A greater sense of place through discussions about our locality. SKILLS: using geographical vocabulary, using images, asking questions, planning for fieldwork.