art material risk assessment??

[carlen222]

hi, i am trying to put together all my risk assessments, i am wanting to do a combined one for art materials i.e. paint, pva glue, chalks, felt pens etc, any ideas as to what i need to include in it?? xx

[Dragonfly]

Dont know that one, but would be intrested with otherspeoples replies. silly me hadnt crossed my mind art materials.

[MrsT333]

I havent a risk assessmtent for art & crafts....it will be interesting to see if others are using 1

[sonia ann]

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[MrsT333]

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Thanks for sharing this.....i will do 1 now...hadnt thought about it before

[Andrea08]

my god the world is going mad when we feel the need to do risk assessments on craft materials,,, dont bother and save ya ink hun, just remember to use paint that will easily wash out of clothes parents can be funny about their children having fun lol

[sonia ann]

my god the world is going mad when we feel the need to do risk assessments on craft materials,,, dont bother and save ya ink hun, just remember to use paint that will easily wash out of clothes parents can be funny about their children having fun lol

I quite agree Andrea, .........having said that I have also got one for Play dough/ modelling clay:) we did them as examples on my RA session and I certainly wasn't going to get rid of them:)

[miffy]

my god the world is going mad when we feel the need to do risk assessments on craft materials,,, dont bother and save ya ink hun, just remember to use paint that will easily wash out of clothes parents can be funny about their children having fun lol

I agree but the wording in the eyfs does say everything the child comes into contact with .................:rolleyes:

Thanks for sharing Sonia

Miffy xx

[carlen222]

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excellent!!!!

have been reading these threads about all items child comes into contact ith have to be risk assessed and im going out my head here!!! so ive put together some ramblings, does anyone think this would be ok or not???

i honestly havent a clue about risk assessments and policies!!!

(have tried to attatch but not sure if sucessfuly!! bear with me lol )

[sonia ann]

excellent!!!!

have been reading these threads about all items child comes into contact ith have to be risk assessed and im going out my head here!!! so ive put together some ramblings, does anyone think this would be ok or not???

i honestly havent a clue about risk assessments and policies!!!

(have tried to attatch but not sure if sucessfuly!! bear with me lol )

wow I've scanned through quickly you've been very thorough:) You're fine well done, certainly got the right idea:clapping:

[carlen222]

as long as im on the right tracks, cheers for taking a look xx

[KAZBAZ55]

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Sonia you are an angel....thank you very much for that, I hadn't thought aboput an RA for crafts etc!!! Still not quiet got my head roulnd everything I need one for. Thanks again karen x
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[Chatterbox Childcare]

Why is everyone going mad with risk assessments?

I am not being critical but over the last 18 months everyone has posted thread after thread about having no time with their families because of paperwork.

There is no call for ra's for craft or any play equipment, just the play areas.

[zillervalley]

Thanks for sharing the r.a with us


I agree debbie that we maybe dont need them, but I must admit I had never thought about doing one, but as its been pointed out now i will most definately be adapting one for my setting.

I think it is a great idea , I like to be one step ahead


ziller

[Hebs]

well i'm not doing one, and my ofsted inspector never asked for one :thumbsup:

[sarah707]

well i'm not doing one, and my ofsted inspector never asked for one :thumbsup:

You were lucky!

A childminder round here was asked for one the other day and it's going to be noted in her report that she's not risk assessed her resources - all of them, not just arts and crafts!

The Eyfs says we must risk assess everything with which a child comes into contact so the inspector might look for it :D

[Mrs Book]

Ok this is getting silly. I'm still catching up with policies & basic RA's.

Yes I understand that leaving a brick on the floor someone would walk on it etc etc. But aren't RA just common sense and just maing more paperwork.

[tammys-tots]

hi, i am trying to put together all my risk assessments, i am wanting to do a combined one for art materials i.e. paint, pva glue, chalks, felt pens etc, any ideas as to what i need to include in it?? xx
Hi, sorry no :panic: have you got too much time on your hands:)

[tammys-tots]

You were lucky!

A childminder round here was asked for one the other day and it's going to be noted in her report that she's not risk assessed her resources - all of them, not just arts and crafts!

The Eyfs says we must risk assess everything with which a child comes into contact so the inspector might look for it :D

if i did all my resources i would need at least a year off work lol

[Allie]

OMG never thought of doing one for craft toys or equipment, better get it done ASAP


Thank goodness for this site


Allie

[Tam's Tribe]

Thanks for sharing this.....i will do 1 now...hadnt thought about it before

Me neither . . . thanks for sharing Sonia!!

[linda2girls]

Thank you everyone. I had no idea we needed one for resources/crafts. It seems so over the top, but I will conform.

Linda.

[Ripeberry]

The whole point of craft materials is that apart from the scissors what harm could they do themselves...seriously?
The scissors are blunt, but they may give each other Mohican haircuts, the playdough usualy has tons of salt in it and they would spit it out pretty sharpish and if they do carry on eating it, they have no taste buds or are too young to have it in the first place.
Glue is usualy non-toxic, so apart from gluing their hair to a load of paper, what harm could they do?
The only R.A I'm doing is that scissors are kept away from the realy young mindees under 2.5yrs old.
We have enough paperwork as it is :(

[monkey62]

Thanks for sharing .. I have never thaught we need one.....

[Poppins]

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thankyou for sharing yours with us,
it's true i havn't thought of one for art materials but i'm sure the more you have the more ofsted will think we have been thinking of everythin!!!

just never enough hours in the day

[tracey36]

thanks for sharing yours sonia

[sammie09]

excellent!!!!

have been reading these threads about all items child comes into contact ith have to be risk assessed and im going out my head here!!! so ive put together some ramblings, does anyone think this would be ok or not???

i honestly havent a clue about risk assessments and policies!!!

(have tried to attatch but not sure if sucessfuly!! bear with me lol )

hi sorry to sound cheeky but it isnt letting me open it is it possible to send it me in a pm as risk assessments are what ofsted pulled me up on on my inspection

[Karaza]

Your ra's look good but not honestly sure if i want to go down the route of further risk assessments or not think ofsted have gone mad now :rolleyes:

[Fabby]

I think both of your RA's are great and thanks for sharing, i will be taking some very useful info from them. Thanks again for taking your time to share :)

[cas2805]

OMG I hadn't thought of that either! Thanks for that, best get on with more RAs

[babs]

some might think its crazy to do risk assessments on arts and crafts but when i was doing easter crafts lo decided she wanted to eat pva glue off brush:eek: :eek: i only turned to help other lo as she had cotton wool stuck on her fingers ( hates to get hands dirty) turned back to see her dipping brush back in then into mouth...:eek: :eek: by the way she is nearly 3 and everything goes in her mouth but 1st time she tasted pva glue.. so i did a risk assessment have since slowly going though my resourses one by one adding a couple each night... when you start thinking ypur mind goes into over drive..

[Carol M]

On a training course another setting told us about a child choking on Blu tac which was being used to stick posters onto the wall.
If nothing else, the process of risk assessing makes you think.
Thankyou ladies for sharing
Carol x

[playdayz]

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[Pauline]

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[playdayz]

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