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
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