Burnham is a Sun Smart School

Today we became one of only approximately 20% of New Zealand schools who are recognised as sun smart schools by the Cancer Society of New Zealand. Here are some photos of Cheryl from the Cancer Society giving us the award and the two trees we've planted to recognise this:

Thank you to Linda Sweeny who supported our application for this award!

Assembly Item - being sun smart

Today we had a whole school reflection about sun safety. This is to ensure that children understand the importance of sun safety and our rules at school. The question we discussed was:

"What does it mean to be sun smart and why is it important?"

Some of the thoughts shared are made as comments to this blog post.


Click here for the NZ sunsmart web site for an UV index of our area...

Parents, check this web site for messages which reinforce the "slip-slop-slap and wrap" message....