Risk Plan
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Approach:  Group
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Using information to develop a plan  
Resources:
Completed risk management plan, A3 team answer sheet,
2 camp brochures
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Questions/instructions:
plan
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brochure

A class is going on a school camp. You have been asked to help do the risk management plan for the camp. Risk management plans need to be done before all school trips to make sure that the trip is safe. Here is a risk management plan that was done for a swimming pool trip. I will read it to you.

Give students the completed Risk Management Plan.
Read plan to students.

Here is a brochure about the camp.

Hand students brochures.
Read the brochure and think about the activities that can be done on the camp. For each activity, think about the risks it may cause. Then think about how you could make the activity as safe as possible. You will need to listen to everybody’s ideas. Write your ideas on the school camp risk management plan. You can use the swimming pool plan to help you.

Give students the team answer sheet. Allow time.

Now it is time for you to share your risk management plan with me.
 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y4
y8
Activity 1:
plan is likely to be undertaken
99 (98)
99 (100)
Significant risk identified:
clear
90 (90)
91 (90)
possible
8 (9)
9 (9)
not at all
2 (2)
1 (2)
Risk reduction:
substantial
68 (66)
71 (64)
slight
18 (25)
23 (32)
prohibit activity to students
4 (0)
3 (3)
Activity 2:
plan is likely to be undertaken
97 (100)
98 (100)
Significant risk identified:
clear
83 (85)
89 (92)
possible
14 (12)
9 (7)
not at all
4 (3)
3 (2)
Risk reduction:
substantial
57 (73)
74 (78)
slight
29 (19)
21 (17)
prohibit activity to students
2 (3)
6 (3)
Activity 3:
plan is likely to be undertaken
98 (100)
99 (98)
Significant risk identified:
clear
85 (88)
87 (91)
possible
12 (10)
11 (5)
not at all
4 (2)
2 (3)
Risk reduction:
substantial
58 (66)
72 (72)
slight
28 (20)
17 (16)
prohibit activity to students
3 (14)
9 (2)
YEAR 8 ONLY: (answer sheet provided for two more activities)    
Activity 4:
plan is likely to be undertaken
 
98 (98)
Significant risk identified:
clear
 
89 (88)
possible
 
9 (9)
not at all
 
2 (3)
Risk reduction:
substantial
 
70 (58)
slight
 
23 (31)
prohibit activity to students
 
1 (2)
Activity 5:
plan is likely to be undertaken
 
98 (98)
Significant risk identified:
clear
 
84 (93)
possible
 
12 (4)
not at all
 
5 (4)
Risk reduction:
substantial
 
64 (82)
slight
 
28 (14)
prohibit activity to students
 
8 (4)

Y4 Total score:
17–18
51 (58)
15–16
17 (19)
13–14
19 (17)
11–12
6 (3)
0–10
6 (3)
Y8 Total score:
29–30
45 (53)
27–28
30 (24)
25–26
10 (7)
23–24
3 (6)
0–22
13 (11)
 
Commentary:
Children were quite successful at this task, developing plans that would be likely to be undertaken and that would significantly reduce the risk of the situation. Students at year 4 performed almost as well as the year 8 students on the three activities they reported on. There was a slight decline in performance between 2005 and 2009 at both year 4 and year 8.