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Using Ropes and Swings Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for using ropes and swings 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 using ropes and swings in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Stimulates excitement and engagement through novel movement play.
Promotes calculated risk-taking in safe, supervised settings.
Teaches physics concepts like tension, gravity, and momentum experientially.
Encourages turn-taking, cooperation, and inclusive participation.
Builds confidence through managing swinging, climbing, and balance activities.
Typical hazards & measures
Weather‑induced slipperiness
— Do not use swing when ropes or branch wet or icy; check conditions before use. Brief children to be cautious. If surfaces damp, reduce activity or delay until dry.
Children with allergies or medical needs
— Identify children with hay‑fever, asthma, insect allergies. Brief children, carry first‑aid, epipen, inhaler. Avoid swing use if allergic triggers present.
Entanglement around limbs
— Instruct users to keep legs and arms clear of rope loops. Supervise to intervene if entanglement occurs. Prohibit wrapping rope around body or clothing.
Branch rubbing injury
— Check swing branch for knots or sharp protrusions, smooth where needed, pad if necessary. Position seats so limbs do not rub against bark.
Failing to warm up
— Begin session with movement, stretching, and talk about body sense. Encourage awareness before swinging. Discourage sudden use straight from rest.
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