Blanket Consent for EOTC for Yrs 5-8 Students
Education Outside The Classroom (EOTC) is the name given to all events/activities that occur outside the classroom, both on and off the school site. This includes sport.
Our school believes in using a range of environments and experiences to enhance our students’ learning. We have ready access to the beach, rivers, mountains, and the bush in our area and beyond. We are also close to various built environments in our community. These areas are rich learning environments for our students both in and out of school.
Students need to learn how to be safe in all environments. Our school also values the concept of providing students with opportunities. At times some of the learning for students occurs beyond the school site and this document is seeking your consent for your child/ren to participate in such learning. In this case we regard “Local” as being the Kapiti District from Waikanae to Pukerua Bay.
All EOTC activity categories require staff to undertake an analysis of the risks, and identify the management strategies required to eliminate, isolate and minimise the risks with the understanding that these risks cannot be completely eliminated. Emergency procedures are also in place.
The Ministry of Education’s EOTC guidelines identify four EOTC activity types, each with recommended types of parental/caregiver consent. Please refer to the guidelines on the reverse of this page.
The Ministry of Education’s EOTC guidelines identifying four EOTC activity types.
Type of event | Description | Type of consent |
A | On site- in the school grounds: (i) Lower risk environments eg sports with outside instructors/ bike safe activities
(ii) Higher risk environments* eg School triathlon/ swimming programmes | (i) Covered by blanket consent (ii) Separate consent sought for each event or programme |
B | Off-site events in the local community occurring in school time: (i) Lower risk environments eg visiting local parks/ Kapiti Gym Club/ shopping centre/local schools/sports fields/Cross Country training etc
(ii) Higher risk environments* eg visiting the beach or river | (i) Covered by blanket consent.
(ii) Separate consent sought for each event or programme |
C | Off-site events – finishing after school finishes: (i) Lower risk environments eg local sporting events/ local cultural or performing events
(ii) Higher risk environments* Eg events held further afield such as in Wellington | (i) Covered by blanket consent
(ii) Separate consent sought for each event or programme |
D | Off-site residential overnight events: (i)Lower risk environments eg Noho/ stay at local marae/ overnight stay at school
(ii) Higher risk environments* eg School Camp | (i) Separate consent sought for each event or programme
(ii) Separate consent sought for each event or programme |
*Involves risk assessed to be greater than that associated with the average family activity.
