Hats: Sun Smart Policy

• Inglewood Primary is a Cancer Council Sun Smart School.
• All students and staff wear hats that protect their face, neck and ears whenever they are outside.
• Caps and visors are not considered a suitable alternative.
• Students without a sun protective hat are provided with a spare hat, where possible.
• Resources are available sunsmart.com.au

Guidelines:

• All students must wear a hat (bucket hat is preferred, although any wide brimmed, bottle green hat is acceptable; caps are not) when they are outside.
• For short periods in the sun e.g. going to Library/Music or the toilet in class time, hats are not necessary.
• Children without hats will be restricted to the veranda or the covered assembly area during play time.
• For Physical Education and sport, students without hats will be seated in the shade to observe the lesson under the teacher’s supervision.
• For consistency, the policy will apply every day, regardless of weather conditions.
• It is important that children have suitable sunscreen, as well as hats, for swimming lessons, sporting carnivals and excursions.
• Teaching and non-teaching staff should ‘role model’ the wearing of hats when in the sun.