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Description

Stay safe at an airfield by navigating the hazards in this fast-paced game.

Resources

You will need
Masking tape
Items to act as hazards (including ropes, beanbags, and a tub or bin)
Black bin bags
Hairdryer

Instructions

Before you begin
Set up an airfield hazard course including as many hazards as you want. You can use the ‘Example airfield hazards’ sheet for ideas.
Make sure you have enough helpers (adults or older young people). If you’re using the ‘Example airfield hazards’ sheet, there are four helper roles.
Explain the game
Everyone should split into teams.
The person leading the activity should remind everyone that airfields are full of hazards, so they should always be alert to danger.
Everyone should suggest potential dangers as the person leading the activity walks round and shows them around the course.
Use the ‘Example airfield hazards’ sheet as you explain the game to everyone.
The first player in each team should start making their way through the hazards, following the instructions the person leading the game gave.
The second player in each team should set off once the first player has completed the first two hazards. Everyone else should continue to start, one player at a time, when the person before them has completed the first two hazards.
As they make their way through the course, everyone should be aware of others. No one can overtake a person from their own team.
Once everyone in a team has completed the course they should all sit down and call out ‘Safe!’.
If you’re getting competitive, the first team to do this is the winner.
Reflection
This activity helped everyone to recognise that airfields are full of potential hazards but they can stay safe if they use their senses and stay aware.

Everyone should think and talk about any other potential hazards on an actual airfield. What might happen if they didn’t take any notice of hazards? They might slip or fall, or obstruct aircraft and people working at the airfield. What if they saw a hazard that no one else had noticed? Everyone should know to alert an adult and make sure their friends are safe.

Tags

• airfield safety

Badge Links

• Air Activities - Dangers