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Policy HICA Attachment A: Risk Levels for School Based Activities, Field Trips, Off-Campus Activities and Student Travel

Green/Low Risk – Activities permitted providing that established divisional policies and procedures are followed. • Bowling • • Low risk physical injury activities • Court • • Sports field programs Safety • Cross-country skiing (excluding • Gymnasium programs (Safety Guidelines for Physical Activity in backcountry Guidelines for Physical Activity in Alberta Schools) o Definition of Back Country: remote Alberta Schools) • Extra-curricular sports (cross undeveloped rural area or sparsely • (floor or raised less than 1 country, , curling, inhabited rural areas; wilderness) foot) , ) under direct • Curling • Hiking on trails supervision of coach

AMBER/Moderate Risk – Planning for risk-reduction must be documented and plans must be followed. • Amusement Parks (Physics curriculum • Go-karting • /skateboarding parks based only) • Gymnastics (balance beam, bar, • Skiing (alpine) or • (indoor (in school) or as taught pommel horse, vault, rings) o Not Self Evaluated must be trained by in an Archery Facility, under • Horseback Riding (Vetted and ski hill supervision) Accredited Facility – example trail • Skiing (cross country) o The or skill of shooting with a riding) • bow and arrows, especially at a target • Hunter training • (in pool with indoors with direct supervision o Capturing of wildlife using traps, present) • (Hardball) crossbows. (Firearms are listed as red • Track and Field – in field events: Include • Ball Hockey activity) discuss, javelin, shot put, pole vault and • Bottle Rocketry • Ice fishing high jump • Broom Ball • Ice hockey • Tobogganing, , crazy carpet, and • in still waters (based on • Ice Skating (Due Diligence) on a slope of less than five Paddle Canada’s still waters). • (lake) metres in height or with an incline of less o To qualify for Amber Program, the • Lacrosse (field, box) than 35 degrees following must be met: • Martial Arts Training (No Contact • (not raised and with 1 o At least one instructor certified by Involved/No Weapons) student) Paddle Canada or another Provincial • Cross-country • Wall- Association, which must include First • o Cross-country courses and trails Moving water programs, , Aid certification consist of a mix of rough forest paths kayaking and canoeing, in waters less o Must have 1 to 5 Ratio (Solo and single track (also referred to as than Class II (based on International canoeing is 5 participants per double track depending on width), River Classification System). Moving instructor; tandem canoeing is 10 smooth fire roads, and even paved water includes ocean, large lakes, rivers participants per instructor) paths connecting other trails and streams. Additional supervisors must be o o Green and easy blue trails in Taber o Proper risk management procedures competent paddlers and known to the • as stipulated in the Paddle Canada’s certified instructors • Ringette (ice) Risk Management Requirements . Refer to Paddle Canada’s Paddling • Roller blading/in-line skating o Refer to Paddle Canada’s Paddling Association Risk Management • Ropes courses (high and low) Association Risk Management Requirements • Rugby Requirements (Annex C). A certified • Cycling (Physical Education instructor under the program must be • Guidelines) – (road, paved trail, gravel able to assess the risk level of the • Scuba in path) water. • Self Defense (No Weapons) • Diving • • Skating (Mountain) • European • Water Slides/Water Parks (Parks need to Skating on ice surfaces that are not • (aerobatic) o be vetted) controlled or in an environment that • • where one can break through the ice. Weightlifting • • Floor Hockey Such as lakes, rivers, where there is a Winter and Summer camp-outs • Firearms Courses (NO live ammunition) risk of penetrating the ice and • • Football individual can drown and risk hypothermia.

RED/High Risk – Prohibited Activities • Activities in Wilderness or Remote • Hang • Parkour locations including hiking, biking, • Hay and Sleigh Rides o The activity or sport of moving skiing or camping trips outside Alberta • High Platform Diving – Jumping or rapidly through an area, typically in and overnight backcountry trips within Diving off High platforms (i.e. Max an urban environment, negotiating Alberta Bell) obstacles by running, jumping and • Aerial Parks • Hiking in hazardous areas, such as W. climbing. • Airplane Rides/Air Travel (not Coast Trail • Performances involving/including open flames commercial flights) o Hiking in areas where the inherent • Air travel other than by commercial risk of injury is higher due to the • Personal watercraft (“Seadoos”) airline difficulty rating or exposure to rapidly • Pyrotechnics • American gladiator style events changing conditions that increase • Racing of watercraft • Amusement Parks/Rides (except risks to a level which cannot be • Rifle ranges or firearm activities Heritage Park, curriculum based physics adequately managed • (wall climbing permitted) field trips to West Edmonton Mall or • Horse jumping • Rocketry (except for bottle rocketry Calaway Park & Disneyland and • Hot air ballooning (tethered and which is a restricted activity) DisneyWorld) untethered) • Rodeo event participation • Axe training • • and in open • Auto racing • Inflatable Activities (Including Bouncy water • Back Country Mountain Biking Castles Sumo Suits and Hamster Balls) • Slipe-and-slide devices o Remote and no access to • above the tourist start at Canada • Ski jumping communication and health care. Olympic Park • Skydiving Mountain biking refers to the use of • Martial Arts training involving contact • Snowmobiling of any nature specialized off-road bikes that are • Mechanical bull riding, or simulated • Stuntnastics used for cross-country and downhill mechanical rodeo events o It combines dance, stunts, gymnastics, biking • (motorized or BMX bicycle) and music along with your • , kick boxing, or any martial arts • Motorcycling of any nature imagination. It is a floor routine by with full contact blows or kicks • Mountain Biking (Trail, Enduro and All- putting together various creative and • mountain Riding, Freeride and physical components, such as • Downhill) pyramid building or other formations. • Demolition derbies o Trail Mountain Biking is more Stuntnastics routines can be created • Diving into or sliding on foam, mud, aggressive type of cross-country with one or more people. ice, or snow riding. It generally means riding less • Tobogganing, tubing, crazy carpet, o Any of these activities irrespective of fire roads and easy tracks and bobsledding, and sledding on a slope of method used or height of the activity replacing them with more technical greater than five meters height or with an • Drag racing single tracks both up and down. incline greater than 35 degrees • Dunk tanks o Enduro and all-mountain riding is • Trampoline • Excursions to natural disaster areas – faster, steeper and more aggressive, • Ultralight plane flight i.e. earthquakes, floods, hurricane, involving bigger drops and jumps. • tornado zones Unexpected terrain hazards are • Winter biathlon with live ammunition involved. Planning an activity or trip in an area • Moving water programs, rafting, o . where there is a highly likelihood of Trails you can’t ride up kayaking and canoeing, in waters greater Freeride and Downhill: This level of these events occurring when o than Class II (based on International mountain biking is designed for the forecasted or the season for the River Classification System). Moving occurrence of these events advanced and extreme riders water includes ocean, large lakes, rivers • Excursions to war zones – imminent or involving high speed, technical and streams. sections and massive drops. Generally existing Programs less than the above level held in mountain biking parks/lift o • Excursions to regions with political or may be amber activity, if the school civil instability access division has the proper risk • • Extreme Sports (recreational activities Mountain biking Jumping management procedures as stipulated perceived as involving a high degree of • Mountain/Rock climbing (outside top in the Paddle Canada’s Risk risk. These activities often involve rope or lead climbing) Management Requirements • Off road / All-Terrain vehicles speed, height, a high level of physical o Refer to Paddle Canada’s Paddling exertion, and highly specialized gear) • Association Risk Management • o Swimming in ocean, large lake and Requirements (Annex C). A certified • Fireworks Display/ (No participation by moving water instructor under the program must be students) • Orbing/Zorbing (human hamster ball) able to assess the risk level of the • Go-Karting • Paintball, laser tag or war games water. • Gymnastics (Aerial) • and • Zip-lining

o A stunt in which the gymnast turns completely over in the air without touching the apparatus with his or her hands