Information Sheet

Managing Risks in Curriculum Activities

Risk Assessment for Excursions Class 6 General

Date: 18th February
Excursion details: Queensland Museum, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery
L: Likelihood
Specific activity
Leaving school
hopping off and
on bus

C: Consequence
Hazard
Tripping up/down steps

Risk / Consequence
Falling over and injuring
self

Risk Level
L = Possible
C = Min
RL = Med

Travelling on bus
/ Returning on
bus
Moving from bus
at venue to
activity space

Car accident / fast

manoeuvre by driver

Knocked from seats

Trip over ground surface

Fall over

Moving from bus

at venue to
activity space and
during
unstructured
activity time

Student stray from the

class groups

OH&S at venue

Bumping into walls

Trip over hazard on
floor
Fire and evacuation
required

Injury to self, both

physical and emotional

L = Rare
C = Minor
RL = Low

During
interaction with
facilitator or
member of the
public

Member of public may

say something
funny/rude
Member of public may
unintentionally touch
(bump shoulders in
passing etc.) student
during activity

Anxiety / anxiousness,
discomfort with random
person, upset/hurt
emotions

L = Possible
C = Insignificant
RL = Med

Inappropriate behaviour
(playground behaviour)
inside/eating area causing
member of the venue to
speak to the student

Anxiety /anxiousness,
being told off by
someone other than
classroom teacher

During
unstructured
eating time

To assess the level of risk, consider the likelihood of an incident happening in combination with the
seriousness of the consequence. Use the matrix below as a guide to assist with the risk assessment:

RL: Risk level

Student goes missing and

injures themselves

L = Rare
C = Major/critical
RL = Low / Med
L = Possible
C = Minor
RL= Med
L = Rare
C = Major
RL = low

L = Possible
C = Insignificant
RL = Low

Risk Management
Students to be briefed prior to
hopping on and off bus about
safety around the bus
Teacher to be standing next to
door of bus to watch for student
behaviour and remind of rules as
they are hopping on and off bus
Students to be briefed on:
compulsory to wear seat belt, be
sitting up straight and head up.
Students to be briefed on
appropriate walking etiquette at
external venues.
Teacher to walk at front of class
group and other supervising adult
to walk at rear of the group.
Teacher to ensure that students
are briefed on boundaries at
venue.
Teacher to be vigilant in
supervising all students
throughout the duration of the
activity
Students to be briefed by venue
facilitator upon arrival.
Students to be spoken to and
provided with student risk
management brief
Students will be briefed on
appropriate conversational
language and language barriers
they must use and may
encounter
Students will be briefed on how
to react and respond to situations
including that of a random person
saying something they dont
necessarily agree with or
unintentionally touching them
Students to be briefed on
appropriate excursion etiquette,
how to behave during
unstructured and eating time and
how to respond to members of
the public speaking to them.

Consequence
Likelihood
1 Insignificant

2 Minor

3 Moderate

4 Major

5 Critical

5 Almost
Certain

Medium

Medium

High

Extreme

Extreme

4 Likely

Low

Medium

High

High

Extreme

3 Possible

Low

Medium

High

High

High

2 Unlikely

Low

Low

Medium

Medium

High

1 Rare

Low

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Consequence
Rating
1. Insignificant
2. Minor
3. Moderate
4. Major
5. Critical

Description of Consequence

No treatment required
Minor injury requiring First Aid treatment (e.g. minor cuts, bruises, bumps)
Injury requiring medical treatment or lost time of four or fewer days
Serious injury (injuries) requiring specialist medical treatment or
hospitalisation, or greater than four days lost time
Loss of life, permanent disability or multiple serious injuries

Education Queensland. (n.d.) Risk assessment information sheet. Retrieved from

http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/carmg/

Annotation
Standard descriptor/s the
document reflects

4.4 Maintain student safety

7.2 Comply with legislative,

administrative and
organisational requirements

Type of document

Describe the document and indicate the possible

impact or result on teaching and/ or student learning

Describe how the document

meets the standard descriptors you have identified.

Risk assessment for

excursion to
Queensland
Museum, Science
Centre and art
galleries

A risk assessment helps to identify possible hazards,

indicate the level of risk and outline a procedure in case
that hazard occurs. This risk assessment was for an
excursion to the cultural centre of Brisbane by bus. The
journey time was around an hour away from school.

4.4 Maintain student safety

This documents outlines the potential risks to students on an
excursion to Brisbane. Using the tables from Education Queensland
it was determined that the excursion was of a medium risk to
students.
To ensure students stayed safe strategies are suggested such as
supervision, outline appropriate behaviour in different situations,
and use of seatbelts when on the bus.

Most of the potential risks identified were to do with

movement between the bus and the venues. Other
risks included OH&S at the venues, unstructured
activity time, and interacting with members of the
public.
This assessment identified that the excursion would be
mostly safe for students, with little likelihood of an
incident occurring.

7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational

requirements
The school required a risk assessment to be completed before the
excursion would be approved. This assessment also assists
teachers to fulfil their duty of care. I could not find any specific
legislation for a risk assessment to be completed. It is outlined as
Department of Education and Training (2015) policy that the
principal must ensure risk assessments are conducted for school
curriculum activities.

Department of Education and Training. (2015). School excursions and international school study tours. Retrieved April 15, 2016 from
http://ppr.det.qld.gov.au/education/management/Pages/School-Excursions.aspx