The following health and safety advice should be made clear to ALL pupils...
Artworks do not have to be 3-dimensional – you could create the artwork as a flat collage on the floor.
Children should only collect old Yellow Pages directories from home and from people they know, with the consent of a parent/guardian. Children must not be allowed to collect directories from households where they do not know the owner.
Children should only carry one Yellow Pages directory at a time. Smaller children and those under the age of seven should be assisted by an adult. The directory should not be added to the pupil’s school shoulder bag, but carried separately.
To help communicate important Health and Safety information about the Yellow Woods Challenge to parents and guardians, you can photocopy the templated ‘Letter home’ found on the reverse of the Teacher's notes leaflet in your toolkit, or download here (loads doc file (403KB) in a new browser window).
Safe storage at school
In the interests of health and safety, the headteacher should carry out a risk assessment of the collection, storage and manual handling of directories at the school. Your local authority recycling officer should provide details of the directory weight and the storage/collection details required locally.
Big Yellow Pages Art Competition Safety
| Artworks must be constructed under supervision of a responsible adult | |
| All directories must be placed safely and securely | |
| Pupils should not lift directories above shoulder height | |
| Pupils should not be allowed to stand on or crawl inside the artworks |
Artworks do not have to be 3-dimensional – you could create the artwork as a flat collage on the floor.
