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Forest School Site Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for forest school site in forest schools settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for forest school site in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Encourages resilience by allowing space for safe risk-taking and challenge.
Develops independence, problem-solving, and teamwork skills outdoors.
Improves physical health and motor skills through active exploration.
Builds connection with nature through regular immersive experiences.
Supports emotional regulation and wellbeing in natural settings.
Typical hazards & measures
Getting lost in large sites
— Use brightly marked boundary ropes or flags, enforce buddy system, rehearse call-back response, provide maps for older children, assign adult to each group.
Overhanging tree branches
— Inspect canopy before each session, prune low or damaged branches if safe, avoid fire or sitting under unstable trees, monitor during wind, mark hazard zones.
Missing child or wandering
— Establish and mark clear boundaries, assign adults to corners of the area, use buddy systems, conduct frequent headcounts, brief on what to do if lost.
Wild animal encounters
— Avoid known dens/burrows, supervise children near hedges or long grass, explain not to approach animals, wash hands after touching droppings or feathers.
Toxic plants and fungi
— Survey the site for toxic species before sessions and provide visual ID examples to participants. Prohibit eating or touching plants or fungi unless directed by an adult. Reinforce handwashing before meals and supervise exploration closely, incorporating safe identification into activities where appropriate.
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