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Mud Play Risk Assessment
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for mud play 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 mud play in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Improves immune system resilience through safe outdoor exposure.
Activates sensory development with tactile, squishy, messy textures.
Promotes creative and symbolic play in open-ended muddy scenarios.
Fosters joy and enthusiasm as children freely interact with their environment.
Builds gross and fine motor strength through digging, patting, and molding.
Typical hazards & measures
Attracting wildlife or insects
— Inspect play area for nests, stinging insects; keep flowering plants trimmed; children taught how to observe but not disturb wildlife; first aid ready for stings.
Mud in eyes
— Teach appropriate handling of mud and discourage throwing; provide outdoor goggles if needed; instruct washing eyes immediately with clean water; staff monitor play to prevent face‑targeting actions.
Excessive weight in containers causing collapse
— Limit weight of mud containers; adult check loads before lifting; encourage teamwork; use safe containers that don’t tip easily.
Soil contamination
— Check soil visually for chemical residues or animal waste before each session; avoid areas treated recently with fertilisers or manure; children shown signs of contamination; restrict play until soil deemed clean.
Foreign objects in mud
— Daily inspection of the play area to remove glass, sharp metal, plastic fragments; staff visually inspect and sweep the soil before children play; children are taught to alert leader immediately if they find rubbish or dangerous items.
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