Tuesday, 7 August 2012

St Buryan Busy Bees Daycare Completes Step 3 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Teaching Resources & Activities

Congratulations to St Buryan Busy Bees Daycare for reading George the Sun Safe Superstar to all their children and introducing everyone to the ‘Slip, Slap, Slop song’.St Buryan Busy Bees Daycare have also pledged to continue to regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to their children.


“In the setting we have a made a display of being sun safe with all the present children. The story has been downloaded and read to the children and a copy is placed on the bookshelf for the children to access at any time. The older children have learnt the slip, slop, slap song and the younger childrenare regularly saying it especially when we are regularly applying the sun cream. ”

(Vanessa Gilbert - St Buryan Busy Bees Daycare)


“We have completed all the necessary steps required and have enjoyed doing so. The children have enjoyed all the activities because they are done in a fun way , the staff have enjoyed the experience as well and the parents have been made aware as well and have supported us all the way.

The relevant paperwork is placed in the folder to be given to all new parents and this is definately a message that will be used regularly - thank you. ”

(Vanessa Gilbert - St Buryan Busy Bees Daycare)

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Sansway House Day Nursery is now an Official Sun Safe Nursery!

Congratulations to Sansway House Day Nursery for obtaining their Sun Safe Nursery Status & Award


“We have always encouraged and asked parents to provide suncream and sunhats, we feel the Sun Safe Nurseries has really helped us to get the point accross and the children have learned and enjoyed doing the activities. ”

(Alison Starkie - Sansway House Day Nursery)

Sansway House Day Nursery Completes Step 2 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Shade

Congratulations to Sansway House Day Nursery for providing shaded areas for their pupils.

Shaded Area photo submitted by Sansway House Day Nursery

“We have this area for our pre-school children which is shaded at all times of the day.”

(Alison Starkie - Sansway House Day Nursery)

Sansway House Day Nursery Completes Step 3 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Teaching Resources & Activities

Congratulations to Sansway House Day Nursery for reading George the Sun Safe Superstar to all their children and introducing everyone to the ‘Slip, Slap, Slop song’.Sansway House Day Nursery have also pledged to continue to regularly use the resources provided to reinforce the sun safe message to their children.


“We feel the children have really enjoyed learning a new song and we hope they sing it at home!”

(Alison Starkie - Sansway House Day Nursery)


“We pledge to reinforce the sun safe message to our children ”

(Alison Starkie - Sansway House Day Nursery)

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Fazeley Pre-school Completes Step 1 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Sun Hats, Sunscreen & Role Models

Congratulations to Fazeley Pre-school for issuing Sun Safety Fact Sheets to all their pupils. Fazeley Pre-school has also pledged to keep sun hats and sunscreen available for all their children and to act as role models with regard to sun safety:


“All parents and carers of children that attend Fazeley Pre-school will be provided with a Sun Safety Fact sheet and will be asked to give staff prmission to reapply sunscreen as needed.They will be asked to provide their child with a sun hat to wear for outdoor play.”

(Paula Thompson - Fazeley Pre-school)


“Fazeley Pre-school has a supply of spare sunhats for children to wear and has its own sunscrren in case parents have forgotten to send some in with their child. Staff act as appropraite role models during sunny weather, themselves wearing sunscreen and sun hats and staying in teh shade on really hot days.”

(Paula Thompson - Fazeley Pre-school)

Monday, 30 July 2012

Bright Futures Day Nursery Completes Step 1 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Sun Hats, Sunscreen & Role Models

Congratulations to Bright Futures Day Nursery for issuing Sun Safety Fact Sheets to all their pupils. Bright Futures Day Nursery has also pledged to keep sun hats and sunscreen available for all their children and to act as role models with regard to sun safety:


“We always send out our letters near the beginning of summer to ensure that our parents bring in all of the required items for sun safety. Further to this we always have our posters up as a reminder of the safety information. Plus our practitioner always ahve parentss sign for consent to apply suncream, just in case the british weather decides to brighten up.”

(Denny Leech BA Hons - Bright Futures Day Nursery)


“We always have spare sun hats and plenty of suncream around just incase somebody forgets to bring them in.”

(Denny Leech BA Hons - Bright Futures Day Nursery)

Bright Futures Day Nursery Completes Step 2 towards becoming a Sun Safe Nursery - Shade

Congratulations to Bright Futures Day Nursery for providing shaded areas for their pupils.

Shaded Area photo submitted by Bright Futures Day Nursery

“AT our nursery we have a large fixed gazebo on our playground, along with portable gazebos so we can add extra shade. Further to this we have plenty of trees in our surrounding, especially in our local wood which we visit very often.”

(Denny Leech BA Hons - Bright Futures Day Nursery)