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School Garden Activities Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for school garden activities in school & education 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 school garden activities in school & education settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Supports wellbeing with calming, purposeful outdoor tasks.
Encourages responsibility through regular care and watering rotas.
Promotes healthy eating through growing and tasting produce.
Integrates maths and science via measuring, recording, and experiments.
Builds understanding of plant life cycles, soil, and pollination.
Typical hazards & measures
Chemical use and storage
— Prefer non-chemical controls; if used, follow label/COSHH; adult-only mixing/applying; locked storage; PPE for staff; exclude pupils until dry/re-entry time; record use; never decant to drink bottles.
Thorns, splinters and prickles
— Identify thorny species; provide long sleeves and gloves; teach safe stem control and cut direction; use loppers not hand-pulling; remove arisings promptly; mark bramble zones; first-aid kit stocked for minor wounds.
Produce hygiene and allergens
— Wash harvests; separate raw/ready-to-eat; check allergy lists; label ingredients in tastings; avoid soil on edible leaves; use clean containers and tools; handwash before eating; no wild foraging without staff lead.
Wildlife, animal waste and zoonoses
— Exclude dogs; check for faeces and remove with tools; handwash after soil contact; cover sand/raised beds; deter rodents; avoid working near active nests; keep tetanus awareness on medical notes.
Plant toxicity and irritant sap
— Map toxic/irritant plants; avoid sap contact; wash after handling; never taste plants; label beds; substitute safer species for primary groups; keep milk/eye wash available; brief on giant hogweed avoidance where relevant.
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