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**media type="custom" key="4731649" My Sunsmart Friend - By Monique Lewis**

This lesson will focus on sun safety, the SMART code, sun safety in picture books and ways to be sun safe using the correct apparel.
 * Lesson Focus**

By the end of the lesson students will be able to identify aspects of the SunSmart code and identify characters in a book that are using SunSmart ways to protect themselves. Students will be able to find and show examples and explain their reasoning for being SunSmart.
 * Lesson Objective**

My Sunsmart person worksheet
 * Resources**

Introducation** Have the children sitting facing the teacher on the floor. Draw on previous knowledge from the last lesson about the SunSmart code. ‘Who can remember some rules we learnt last lesson?’, ‘what times should we stay in the shade during the day?’, ‘what colored clothing should we wear?’ Show the butchers paper poster and talk through the rules. The children should be able to tell you the SunSmart countdown and/or sing it to you.
 * Teaccher and Learner Activities

Explain to the children you are going to read a picture book (pick any book from the shelf with some Sunsmart pictures, e.g. kids playing in the shade, wearing hats or sunglasses) and explain to the children that while you are reading the book to look for some SunSmart pictures. After each page or every second page stop and ask the children if they have found any SunSmart pictures and get them to show you and explain why that picture is SunSmart. At the completion of the book send the children off in pairs to grab a book from the shelf and to flick through the pages to find some SunSmart pictures. After about ten minutes of reading instruct the children to come back to the floor with their partner and the book and to sit in a share circle. Go around the circle asking for two or three examples from their book. Use questions to get them thinking. ‘Why are they Sunsmart and why are they not SunSmart?’, ‘how can they be more SunSmart?’, ‘Do they wear hats, proper hats, sunglasses, correct clothing?’, ‘is there any shade?’ Once they have shared their books get them to put them back where they have found them and to come sit back on the floor. Show them the template for their next activity. Explain that they are going to make a character for a SunSmart book. The character needs to have as many SunSmart ideas as possible. Get the class to tell you some ideas. Write them down on butcher’s paper and leave the paper somewhere where they can see it and be able to copy from. E.g. The character should: wear sunglasses, wear a board brimmed hat, wear long sleeved clothing, wear clothing light in colour.
 * Body**

Once the children have drawn on the character the necessary apparel they could then draw a background on their picture, e.g. Standing under a tree or umbrella or show a bright sun etc. Instruct the children to put their name on their sheet. At the completion of the lesson have the children sit in a share circle to show their work and discuss what Sunsmart apparel they have in their picture.
 * Conclusion**

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