The following materials were provided to attendees during the October - November National Quality Framework information sessions. They have been uploaded as an online resource for services wishing to workshop these concepts internally.
There is no explicit ratio for excursions included in the National Regulations.
Rather, services are required to undertake a risk assessment prior to an excursion to identify any risks and how these will be managed and minimised.
The risk assessment must consider:
While an increased educator to child ratio for excursions is not specified in the National Regulations, there is a requirement to adequately supervise children at all times.
A thorough risk assessment should determine whether minimum ratios are sufficient to provide adequate supervision of children while attending an excursion.
If the excursion is a regular excursion (e.g. a weekly visit to the library or playtime in the park) and a risk assessment has been conducted in relation to that regular excursion, conducting a further risk assessment is not required unless the circumstances change (e.g. taking a different route).
Discussion:
A volunteer from the group will share a recent excursion scenario from their service.
Drawing on this scenario, workshop as a group to undertake a risk assessment of that excursion and determine appropriate supervision for that scenario.
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