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- Year 10
Injury and injury prevention
I can plan a risk assessment to prevent hazards causing injuries within the training programme.
- Year 10
Injury and injury prevention
I can plan a risk assessment to prevent hazards causing injuries within the training programme.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: before starting exercise, checks should be completed for anything that could present as a risk.
- Think: risk management practices keep everyone safe, such as designated areas, rules and limits.
- Feel: creating a risk assessment allows a feeling of safety, comfort and trust in the planned training.
- Connect: prioritising everyone's safety creates a mutually supportive environment where everyone feels secure.
Keywords
Risk - the possibility of an injury occurring
Hazard - something that could present as a risk and may cause an injury (e.g. a slippery floor)
Prevention - stopping or reducing the likelihood of something dangerous happening
Common misconception
Every risk can be planned for.
There may be some risks that cannot be planned for, so we must be able to dynamically risk assess on an ongoing basis (e.g. the piece of equipment you were planning to use breaks and becomes unfit for purpose).
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Injury and injury prevention, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Injury and injury prevention, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
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Equipment
1 between 2 whiteboards and pens, cones, 18x stopwatches, items to pose as risks such as water bottle, hot drinks cup, broken or unecessary additional school equipment, school blazer etc
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
