Setting name: Sherwood Park Primary School
Activity People at
Playdough (indoor) Pupils
: Risk:
Assessment carried out
Thanyha Kirisanker Date
by:
Identify Hazards
Recommendations to
Rating*
(Potential to cause harm &
Existing Controls Who/what may be harmed Risk minimise/eliminate
Risk
consider how a person
risk
may be hurt)
Siting The practitioners need to The children and the staff in If there is a fire and the When the setting is setting
The activity being set up in make sure that activities the room could be harmed children’s activities are set up up the children’s
front of a fire exit. indoors are not blocking the while exiting the room during a in front of the fire exit, then the playdough activity, they Trivial
fire exit so in a case of fire fire drill. children and the staff won’t be should not set it up in front
everyone could evacuate able to evacuate safely from a fire exits so then they
safely. Keeping exit the building and can cause wouldn’t block it.
passageways clear of injuries for either the staff or
obstacles enables people to the children.
exit a building more quickly
and safely.
Design As the playdough is made The children The children may put it in their For children who have
Danger from equipment from basic ingredients such as mouth and if one of the gluten, or wheat, allergy Medium
designed for inappropriate flour but they don’t have a children have a gluten, or they should use gluten-free
ages. hazardous substance. wheat, allergy if they eat the yeast, so it doesn’t cause
playdough, it can cause the allergic reactions. Also, to
children to have an allergic make sure an adult is
reaction. supervising them so if they
do put it in their mouth the
adult can stop them. Also
only giving this activity for
children over the age of 4
years would be useful as
then they would have more
awareness of what to do
and what not to do.
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Activity People at
Playdough (indoor) Pupils
: Risk:
Assessment carried out
Thanyha Kirisanker Date
by:
Identify Hazards
Recommendations to
Rating*
(Potential to cause harm &
Existing Controls Who/what may be harmed Risk minimise/eliminate
Risk
consider how a person
risk
may be hurt)
Siting The practitioners need to The children and the staff in If there is a fire and the When the setting is setting
The activity being set up in make sure that activities the room could be harmed children’s activities are set up up the children’s
front of a fire exit. indoors are not blocking the while exiting the room during a in front of the fire exit, then the playdough activity, they Trivial
fire exit so in a case of fire fire drill. children and the staff won’t be should not set it up in front
everyone could evacuate able to evacuate safely from a fire exits so then they
safely. Keeping exit the building and can cause wouldn’t block it.
passageways clear of injuries for either the staff or
obstacles enables people to the children.
exit a building more quickly
and safely.
Design As the playdough is made The children The children may put it in their For children who have
Danger from equipment from basic ingredients such as mouth and if one of the gluten, or wheat, allergy Medium
designed for inappropriate flour but they don’t have a children have a gluten, or they should use gluten-free
ages. hazardous substance. wheat, allergy if they eat the yeast, so it doesn’t cause
playdough, it can cause the allergic reactions. Also, to
children to have an allergic make sure an adult is
reaction. supervising them so if they
do put it in their mouth the
adult can stop them. Also
only giving this activity for
children over the age of 4
years would be useful as
then they would have more
awareness of what to do
and what not to do.
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