How to Ensure Safety and Supervision During Kids’ Field Day Activities?

Are you worried about your kid’s safety when they are out on a field day? We know how it feels to send your kid on a field day.

When it comes to children, the trouble and worries get real.

But what must we do to address these worrisome situations?

Safety and precautions depend on the field day games for kids planned during that day since each game will bring its risks and fun.

Planning! Like any other operation, kids too can be well managed by planning and then master planning.

Scroll along if you are a parent or a teacher and are super anxious about the upcoming field trip and know all how to DO’s and DON’Ts just by having a quick read.

What Is the Need for Supervision in Kids’ Field Trip Activities?

Kids must never be left unattended. If you are a parent, you must know how brutal it is to see your baby hurt, and if you are a teacher, you must never show negligence when it comes to taking care of someone else’ piece of heart.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, active and positive supervision can ensure kids’ safety in field day activities.

This whole master plan includes:

Know what each child is capable of.
Adhere to safety rules and make them crystal clear to kids.
Scan the field trip area before the actual field trip to ensure everything is free from potential hazards.
Choose a strategic position to look over all the kids at once.
Putting a close eye on field trip games to ensure they are safe to play in the area.
Incline towards teaching kids positive aspects of doing or not doing the activity in concern.
Teach kids to use certain playing equipment safely, like swings or sliders.

While these are the basics, it is important to delve deeper into the role and responsibilities of a parent or a teacher and ensure the child is in good hands.

This blog provides the necessary segments based on the planning and strategies for varied roles to give you a clear understanding.

Ensuring Safety and Supervision as a Parent

If you are a parent, it is normal to feel anxious about sending your child on his school field trip.

The concern gets real as the day comes closer. Here is what you can do to make sure your child stays fit and safe all the time:

Know the details: It is important to know what the field trip is about, what games will be there, who the teacher in charge is, at what distance the field trip spot is, etc. This gives you an upper hand with your child’s safety.
Pack up and prepare in advance: It is recommended to be specific and prepare beforehand. Try packing your kids’ stuff a night before the trip begins. Gather all the important documentation, snacks, money, emergency kits, etc, and let your child know what is in his backpack.
Extra care on clothing: When you know the destination, you know what weather lies beforehand. Prepare your child’s dress accordingly. If there is water activity, pack polyester clothes. If the region is cold, don’t forget to pack extra inners, etc.
Never lose communication: Before you bid goodbye to your baby, tell him everything. For example, how to identify friendly or familial faces, contact you in need, never lose proximity with his/her teacher, carry the identity card at all times, whom to approach for help, behave in public areas, etc. Additionally, you can make your young one mug up your, your spouse’s, and the teacher’s phone numbers. Place a card with your detailed contact information in your child’s bag.
Provide them with necessary information: Let the teachers know if your child has an allergy or asthma-related disease. In either case, provide them with antidotes like inhalers, etc. Please give them the appropriate amount of cash so they don’t lack anything. Prepare a medical box with everything necessary, like antiseptic creams, mosquito repellants, etc.

Ensuring Safety and Supervision as a Teacher

If you are a teacher, your responsibilities multiply when it comes to taking care of others’ children, and when it is a field trip, anxiety, and over-consciousness are normal to kick in.

Children, too, are hard to control; they tend to go here and there, slip out often from queues, play hazardous games, etc.

Here is what you can do to make sure all the kids are safe and sound, foresee the troubles, and prepare well for them:

Follow the rules: every school has its own set of guidelines to be maintained by the teachers. Stick with them. Also, don’t forget to follow the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics given above.
Stick to the list: Maintain an attendance sheet. Count children and cross-check their names with faces whenever you visit a place. Set a time interval, say 20 minutes, and cross-check them by matching them with the attendance sheet.
Stay on record: Maintain the record at all times. Name them down. For example, if any studentsleave the queue for the toilet, or if someone has been picked up early by a parent, if they are playing on swings, etc. You should always be able to name the number of students under your supervision.
Maintain the adult-children ratio: Never take students on a trip alone. There must be multiple teachers and volunteers to maintain the discipline. Keep them over your speed dial, or connect constantly with them over a walkie-talkie. Spread out and set your strategic positions. In all cases, remember that taking care of children alone on a field trip is impossible. You must have multiple colleagues and grown-up volunteers to aid you.