Congratulations to Little Voices Nursery for reading George the Sun Safe Superstar to all their children and introducing everyone to the ‘Slip, Slap, Slop song’.Little Voices Nursery have also pledged to continue to regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to their children.
“The children adore this song and have caught on to the catchy tune already. This definitely is effective for enthusiasm for sun cream as this can be a tedious task for the children to stand and have cream applied. The book is very popular and encouraged lots of role play in the nursery ”
(Emily Stevenson - Little Voices Nursery )
“The resources in this scheme will be used regularly to encourage and promote sun safety within our nursery ”
Congratulations to Kiddi Caru Caldecotte for obtaining their Sun Safe Nursery Status & Award
“the service was great, we didn't know about the award and just stumbled across it I feel more nurseries would benefit from implementing the things in supporting children and families.
we will also be informing our local press about our award.”
Congratulations to Step By Step Nursery for obtaining their Sun Safe Nursery Status & Award
“I feel this has been very rewarding to achieve. Sun safety is very important to all of us but especially to children who attend nursery. We are teaching them to care for themselves and gaining our sun safety status has helped them to understand the importance of applying sun cream, wearing a sun hat and putting on a t-shirt. I would love to see more awards like this to support children's learning a great idea Thank you.”
Skcin are pleased to announce that Grange Community School in Staffs have renewed their Sun Safe Schools Accreditation by ensuring their pupils are educated on the importance of sun safety and that a suitable sun safe environment and policy is put in place and reviewed annually.
“As always the children and parents have responded well to sun safety in school. As we have implemented the Sun Safe scheme for the past few years, older children now inform new starters to the school and parents automatically take more care when sending the children to school in hot weather... which is fantastic! Every year we adapt the policy from the previous year and ensure parent's letters are updated, sent to parents and put on the school website. Teachers ensure sun safe activities are in their planning in the summer term and assemblies are carried out. As a school we think it is an invaluable resource. Thank you!
(Bev Bateman - Grange Community School) 26th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School is now a Sun Safe School.
“A brilliant resource - really well presented and organised. I liked the simplicity of the policy generator, and the fact that the ks2 resources were more challenging. Thank you
(Julia Wallace - Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School) 25th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Netherfield Infant School is now a Sun Safe School.
“The children have developed their knowledge on how to keep safe in the sun. They enjoyed the activities and especially enjoyed the book and song.
It has been a very useful and effective scheme.
(Rosie Davies - Netherfield Infant School) 21st July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Kempston Rural is now a Sun Safe School.
“The website with the 4 steps has been incredibly useful when educating the children about sun safety. The pre-formatted resources have saved time and offered a clear proforma to follow. The children have enjoyed the activities and teaching elements and the letters to keep parents informed were a useful addition.
Skcin are pleased to announce that Swanage Primary School in Swanage have completed Step 3 towards becoming a Sun Safe School by conducting a whole school assembly to introduce the scheme and the importance of Sun Safety to the children.
“The resources for the whole school assembly were fantastic! It enabled us to create the plan very easily and very quickly. We used the powerpoint for the assembly and it made a great backdrop behind the children on the screen. Our class sang the slip slop slap song so loud that we did not need to use the music to accompnay them on the day. We included lots of the essential top tips for avoiding sunburn, and lots of interesting sun facts that we found in the sun safe literature. It was a very informative assembly and was thoroughly enjoyed by the whole school and the parents and grandparents, aunties and uncles of the children in our class! We were given lots of compliments and positive feedback. At the end of the assembly we did a q&a session, asking questions to the whole school to see what they could remember to stay sun safe. It was so much fun to do, the children really enjoyed it!
(Susannah Hill - Swanage Primary School) 20th July 2017
Skcin would like to extend their
congratulations to Oakfield High School and College for their fabulous work and
winning video entry. We are delighted to provide the school with their winning
package of extra resources including; activity books and stickers, George the
Sun Safe Superstar books and board game, as well as a UV sun station, sunscreen
and dispenser. Marie Tudor from Skcin commented, “The children have clearly
worked hard to show us the Sun Safe messaging they have learnt via the Sun Safe
Schools scheme and we couldn’t be more pleased to provide them with further
resources for their efforts. The school has renewed their annual accreditation
this year, showing a continued commitment to the scheme and sun safety, proving
very worthy winners” :)
Joanne Taylor, pictured with
the children who helped create the video is the school’s Sun Safe Co-ordinator
and has personally got behind the project having been diagnosed with Malignant
Melanoma 10 years ago, aged just 33.
“It is something that I feel
passionate about, having been personally affected by the diagnosis. 10 years
on, I am one of the lucky ones and have had no further occurrence, however not
everyone is so fortunate” commented Joanne.
“We are thrilled to have come
first in this competition. This is our second year being recognised with the
Sun Safe Certification. We as a School and College share the same thoughts in
relation to sun safety and believe that teaching young people is extremely
important, in terms of our overall well-being. We are ensuring that our young
people have the understanding and knowledge that is so important and feel that
we all have a duty of care to ensure that the health of our individuals is
promoted across the curriculum. Repetition of driving this subject forward has
proven to be a success with our young people, the activities, assemblies and
constant reminders through our school newsletter and website, has really
got our parents involved too.
“I was extremely grateful to all
the staff involved in the Production of the video. Charlotte Lomas produced a
video which captured the students enthusiasm for the events which took place
around Sun Safety and evidences her creativity”.
The children involved told Joanne how much fun
they’d had taking part in the video and activities and wanted to let people
know “it’s not nice when you get burned - damage to your skin is bad and to
always keep shoulders covered, wear sunscreen and a hat!”
Well done to all the ‘Sun Safe Superstars’ at
Oakfield High School and College – what a great way to end the academic year
-we wish you all a wonderful, Sun Safe,
Summer holidays J
Skcin are pleased to announce that Moulton Chapel Primary School is now a Sun Safe School.
“Moulton chapel primary school has become very proactive about sun safety over the past 8 years. It has been our unwritten policy that all children must wear a hat to protect them from the sun, parents are encouraged to apply sun cream at the start of the school day and to have sun cream with them to apply during the day. Over the years there have been many grumbly children who have not been allowed out in full sun at playtime because they had forgotted their own hat! The sun safe schools accreditation scheme has been fantastic in providing resources and a focus throughout the last term to enable us to fully embed sun safety within the school. It pushed us to purchase legionnaire caps to provide each current child with a school cap - and we have purchased sufficient to provide caps for several years to come. Sending the sun safe policy home to parents also heightened parents' awareness and given us their written support. On our summer outings this year we overheard many positive comments from the general public on the fact that our children were protected by their school caps. Maybe we made others think about whether they should be protecting their own and their children's heads and skin too? The resources and scheme in general have been invaluable to us. Uv monitoring apps have been downloaded onto class ipads and these are used by the children daily to inform what protection is required. This is something they will take forward with them into their adult life and will inform their own parenting in the fullness of time. Thank you.
(Lesley Mackenzie - Moulton Chapel Primary School) 18th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Mitchell Brook Primary School is now a Sun Safe School.
“I can truly say, this has been one of the best websites for resources and information i have come across. It really has it all. Had lots of fun using this product and loved the profiles.
(Finola Ryan - Mitchell Brook Primary School) 18th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Moulton Chapel Primary School in Spalding have completed Step 3 towards becoming a Sun Safe School by conducting a whole school assembly to introduce the scheme and the importance of Sun Safety to the children.
“The resources have proved to be fabulous in heightening the awareness of children and their families on the importance of being safe in the sun. The slip slap slop song is loved by all! Parents willingly signed up to our whole school policy and we have provided every child in the school with a legionnaire cap bearing the school's logo. We feel that we also raised public awareness with our children all wearing their legionnaire caps on summer outings in the past couple of weeks. Lots of positive reaction from the general public. The resources have been useful for staff in educating the children on uv values and the children have been checking uv levels daily using a range of media - apps and weather websites. All incoming new parents have been advised of our sun safe policy and thoroughly approve.
(Lesley Mackenzie - Moulton Chapel Primary School) 15th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is now a Sun Safe School.
“The sun safety scheme has been extremely informative and has provided our school with many resources and ideas. The scheme is very easy and user friendly. All children have enjoyed taking part in the different activities and lots of discussion and questions have taken place. The policy and letter for parents has worked well in our school giving parents a clear idea about the scheme and what we are aiming to do. I believe this scheme has proven successful in promoting sun safety and reminding children as well as parents the dangers of being in the sun for long periods of time.
Congratulations to Kiddi Caru Day Nursery for reading George the Sun Safe Superstar to all their children and introducing everyone to the ‘Slip, Slap, Slop song’.Kiddi Caru Day Nursery have also pledged to continue to regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to their children.
“The children loved listening to the story and the song. The staff read the story to the children and reinforced the important message of why it is so important to look after our skin. Our older children are beginning to sing the song when they apply their sun cream and use language to describe what they are doing. The children also like to make sure they have a sun hat, and also find one for their friends to wear!”
(Emma Northwood - Kiddi Caru Day Nursery)
“The resources we have been provided with are extremely beneficial to the children and the song and story will be used regularly. We will also be looking at the additional resources available to us to support the children and their families awareness of sun safety. ”
Congratulations to Horsted Keynes Preschool for reading George the Sun Safe Superstar to all their children and introducing everyone to the ‘Slip, Slap, Slop song’.Horsted Keynes Preschool have also pledged to continue to regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to their children.
“A friend provided us with the song a while ago and since purchasing our new hats and implementing a new sun policy, we have been singing this with the children. Its lovely to hear them singing it to their siblings.”
(Clare Humphreys - Horsted Keynes Preschool)
“Horsted Keynes Preschool will regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to our children.”
Congratulations to Horsted Keynes Preschool for obtaining their Sun Safe Nursery Status & Award
“Everybody at Horsted Keynes Preschool would like to congratulate you on making the process and simple and fun one but most importantly for allowing us to teach such an important message to our children in a fun, informative way. Thank you ”
Skcin are pleased to announce that Bluebell Primary is now a Sun Safe School.
“The sun safe schools scheme has been brilliant and the children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about why they need to be sun safe. The documents that went home to the parents were very professional and we saw more and more children coming to school with their sun hats, water bottles and sun cream. The scheme has also raised awareness to school staff and they have been looking more sun safe as well now.
Skcin are pleased to announce that St John's Primary School in London have renewed their Sun Safe Schools Accreditation by ensuring their pupils are educated on the importance of sun safety and that a suitable sun safe environment and policy is put in place and reviewed annually.
“This is an effective scheme which our school fully engages in. Parents provide permission slips for sun screen and children have their own sun cream labelled with their name and class available throughout the day. Staff help guide children to apply sun screen effectively. School sun hats are worn and hats with neck protection are now available.
(Holly Stylianou - St John's Primary School) 8th July 2017
Skcin are pleased to announce that Oasis Academy Long Cross is now a Sun Safe School.
“The scheme is very good with amazing resources and guidance for teachers and healthy school leads to implement sun safety. All of the children responded with enthusiasm to the scheme and were eager to do activities and sang the songs. The scheme also gave us great ideas and resources for making a school display and involve children in making our school sun safe. We got good feedback from parents who also engaged with the new policy and requirements for their children to wear appropriate hats and sunscreen.
(Alicja Mackiewicz - Oasis Academy Long Cross) 4th July 2017
