Many of you would have heard rumours including ‘children must wear safety goggles when playing conkers’! These are from the HSe Myth of the Month.
You can download a free Myth poster from each of the undernoted links. Some which are applicable to play settings are:
Kids must wear goggles to play conkers
You can’t throw out sweets at pantos
Health and safety bans school experiments
Health and safety bans traditional school ties
Ice cream toppings banned for safety reasons
Health and safety rules take the adventure out of playgrounds
Pancake races are banned
Children are banned from throwing snowballs
Children need to be wrapped in cotton wool to keep them safe
Adults can’t put plasters on children’s cuts
Toy ‘weapons’ in a play had to be locked-up and registered with the police
Every possible risk needs a safety sign
Children were banned from riding at a donkey derby
Egg boxes are banned in craft lessons as they might cause salmonella
Pin the Tail on the Donkey has been banned
Health and safety brings candy floss to a sticky end
Health and Safety bans bunting
Health and Safety bans bonfires
All park benches must be replaced as they are 3″ too low
If a pupil hurt then the teacher can be sued
Risk assessment is complicated for me to do!