Schools are important places in promoting student health and wellbeing. Not only do they provide safe and supportive environments to ensure that schools are healthy places to learn, play and work - but they are also a key place where comprehensive education takes place in regards to a range of health, personal development and wellbeing issues.
Schools have a responsibility to provide students with opportunities to develop the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable them to make informed decisions about their health behaviours. Partnerships and services with other agencies, including support and referral services, can also enhance student health and wellbeing in the school setting.
The Department recognises that learning and wellbeing are inextricably linked - students learn best when their wellbeing is optimised, and they develop a strong sense of wellbeing when they experience success in learning.
The Learning and Wellbeing Framework play a vital role in supporting student wellbeing within the school context and highlights that schools can influence both learning and wellbeing through four domains:
Queensland schools have been very successful in creating positive schools cultures, and the Learning and Wellbeing Framework provides strategies, guidelines and links to information that can help schools maximise the work many of them are already doing to improve wellbeing among students.
Note for all EQ staff: As part of our commitment to continually improving processes, Curriculum Activity Risk Assessments (CARAs) can now be completed in OneSchool. The Guideline for each activity has been substantially modified to complement the OneSchool CARA process. View the revised guidelines.
The supervision requirements, minimum qualifications, equipment and facilities requirements, and suggested control measures for each activity have generally not changed. Any risk assessments already prepared for activities occurring in 2013 remain valid and do not need to be entered into OneSchool.
The guidelines below will be decommissioned on 30 June 2013. Any new risk assessments prepared after that date should be completed in OneSchool. In the interim, staff may use the new OneSchool process or the templates below.
Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) is committed to the health, safety and well-being of students, staff and others involved in all curriculum activities conducted at schools or other locations. Below is a list of activity-specific guidelines outlining risk level, qualifications required, and identified hazards. It is important to note that the actual risk level will vary according to the specific circumstances of the activity and these must be considered when planning curriculum activities.
A Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment template
400k is available for high or extreme risk activities where a guideline for an activity does not appear in the list below. For further information about managing the risks associated with Curriculum Activities, please refer to the department's relevant procedure.
Note: To ensure input on partially completed forms is not lost when selecting links within the form it is important to ensure the Curriculum Activity Risk Management guideline or Assessment template is saved to your desktop/drive before navigating away from the web page.
Schools are reminded that a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment Register
637k is to be established and maintained for High and Extreme risk activities. A School Curriculum Activity Register can assist schools to record and manage the details of all activities and ensure appropriate authorisations have been recorded for all high and extreme risk activities.
Sample parental permission templates are available to assist schools in their planning for High and Extreme risk activities. See attached Parental Permission Template
and Mature Age Student Permission Template
50k.
New: A Chemical Hazards template and related Guidance Notes have been developed to replace all Hazardous materials guidelines, located under 'Science'.
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Construction | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Agricultural Machinery | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/07/2012 |
| Equipment, Portable Power-Generating | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Fencing Construction |
|
| High |
| 13/07/2012 |
| Gardening and Hand Tools | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Stockyards |
|
| High |
| 13/07/2012 |
| Towing and Trailers |
|
| High |
| 24/01/2012 |
| Tractor Driving |
|
| High | Extreme | 13/07/2012 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batik and Candle-making |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Ceramics |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Dance |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Dance, Aerobic |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Drama | Low |
| High |
| 29/10/2012 |
| Jewellery |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Kilns |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Lapidary | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Leatherwork | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Music | Low |
|
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Painting and Drawing | Low | Medium |
|
| 08/11/2012 |
| Photography | Low |
|
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Print Making |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Sculpture | Low | Medium |
|
| 08/11/2012 |
| Textiles | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child-Related Studies | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Cookery | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Food Handling | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Food Experimentation |
|
| High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Maintaining a Safe Kitchen | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compressed Air Equipment |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Electrics and Electronics |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Industrial Activity | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/07/2012 |
| Machines, Fixed | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Managing a Practical ITD Workspace | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Mechanics | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Metalworking |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Plastics, Fibre Reinforced/Composites |
|
| High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Portable Electric Power Tools | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Soft Soldering | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Spray Painting | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Thermoforming Plastics |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Welding, Electric Arc |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Welding, Gas Heating and Cutting |
| Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Woodworking | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bait Gathering | Low | Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 |
| Fishing |
| Medium | High |
| 08/09/2011 |
| Handling Living Marine Organisms | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Power Boating in Large Craft |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Power Boating in Small Craft |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Sailboarding |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Sailing in Large Craft |
| Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Sailing in Small Craft |
|
| High |
| 24/08/2011 |
| SCUBA Diving |
|
|
| Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Snorkelling, Open Water |
|
| High |
| 29/09/2011 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media Studies |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushwalking |
| Medium | High |
| 29/10/2012 |
| Camping, Base |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Camping, Lightweight |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Camping, Lightweight, Unaccompanied |
|
|
| Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Camping, Residential |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Canoeing and Kayaking (Level 2) |
|
| High |
| 25/10/2011 |
| Canoeing and Kayaking on Moving Water (Level 3) |
|
| High |
| 25/10/2011 |
| Canoeing and Kayaking, Sheltered, Enclosed Environments (Level 1) |
|
| High |
| 25/10/2011 |
| Challenge High Ropes |
|
| High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Challenge Low Ropes and Group Activities |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Cycling: Track, Road and Bike Path |
| Medium | High |
| 31/07/2012 |
| Kayaking, Open Seas and Oceans (Level 4) |
|
|
| Extreme | 29/09/2011 |
| Orienteering |
| Medium | High |
| 09/11/2012 |
| Rock Climbing and Abseiling |
|
| High | Extreme | 09/03/2012 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Activities | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Chemical Hazards | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 25/09/2012 |
| Handling Live Animals in a School Setting | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Maintenance and Operation of a Safe Laboratory | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Maintenance and Operation of a Safe Work Area Outside the Laboratory | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Safe Operation of Laboratory Equipment | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Science Experiment Activities, Conducting Safe Work Practices | Low | Medium | High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Curriculum activity risk management guidelines | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | Modification date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery |
|
| High | Extreme | 19/01/2012 |
| Australian Rules Football |
| Medium | High |
| 25/10/2011 |
| Badminton |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Baseball |
| Medium |
|
| 01/11/2011 |
| Basketball |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Bat and Ball Games (Minor) |
| Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 |
| Bowls, Lawn | Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 | |
| Boxing Training | High | 10/12/2012 | |||
| Cricket | Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 | |
| Cricket -Indoor | Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 | |
| Diving |
| High |
| 5/10/2012 | |
| Fencing |
| High |
| 25/10/2011 | |
| Flying Model Aircraft | Low | Medium | High | Extreme | 07/08/2012 |
| Football (Soccer) | Medium | 19/01/2012 | |||
| Golf |
| Medium |
|
| 09/08/2011 |
| Gymnastics |
| Medium | High | Extreme | 03/02/2012 |
| Hammer Throwing |
|
|
| Extreme | 13/08/2010 |
| Hockey |
| Medium |
|
| 29/09/2011 |
| Horse riding |
|
| High |
| 07/08/2012 |
| Ice Skating |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Jumping Events - High Jump |
| Medium |
|
| 09/08/2011 |
| Jumping Events - High Jump, Fosbury Flop |
|
| High |
| 09/08/2011 |
| Jumping Events - Long and Triple Jump |
| Medium |
|
| 29/09/2011 |
| Martial Arts |
|
| High |
| 19/01/2012 |
| Netball |
| Medium |
|
| 25/10/2011 |
| Oztag |
| Medium |
|
| 05/10/2011 |
| Pole Vault |
|
|
| Extreme | 29/10/2012 |
| Roller Skating/Inline Skating |
| Medium |
|
| 08/11/2012 |
| Rowing |
|
| High |
| 13/07/2012 |
| Rugby League |
| Medium | High |
| 19/01/2012 |
| Rugby Union |
| Medium | High |
| 04/08/2011 |
| Running Events |
| Medium |
|
| 29/09/2011 |
| Shooting, Rifle and Pistol |
|
|
| Extreme | 13/07/2012 |
| Skateboarding |
| Medium |
|
| 29/10/2012 |
| Snorkelling, Pool |
| Medium |
|
| 13/08/2010 |
| Snow Sports |
|
| High | Extreme | 25/11/2011 |
| Sof-crosse |
| Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 |
| Softball |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Squash |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Surfing, Body and Board |
|
| High |
| 13/07/2012 |
| Swim: Learn to Swim and Water Safety |
|
| High |
| 15/09/2011 |
| Swim: Instruction and Activities |
|
| High |
| 16/09/2011 |
| Swim: Training |
|
| High |
| 15/09/2011 |
| Swimming, Recreation |
|
| High |
| 19/01/2012 |
| Table Tennis | Low | Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Handball, Team |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Tennis |
| Medium |
|
| 25/10/2011 |
| Throwing Events - Javelin |
|
| High |
| 08/11/2012 |
| Throwing Events - Shot Put |
| Medium |
|
| 13/07/2012 |
| Throwing Events- Discus |
|
| High |
| 13/08/2010 |
| Touch Football |
| Medium |
|
| 25/10/2011 |
| Trampolining |
|
| High |
| 13/07/2012 |
| Triathlon |
|
| High |
| 09/08/2011 |
| Vigoro |
| Medium |
|
| 07/08/2012 |
| Volleyball (Indoor and Beach) |
| Medium |
|
| 19/01/2012 |
| Water Polo |
|
| High |
| 01/02/2012 |
| Water Skiing |
|
| High |
| 03/02/2012 |
| Weight Training |
|
| High |
| 07/08/2012 |
| Weightlifting |
|
| High |
| 29/10/2012 |
| Wrestling |
|
| High |
| 25/10/2011 |
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