VELS

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The Sunsmart Superstars Program is linked very closely with current Victorian curriculum. Below is a list of the variety of domains that it coincides with as per the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS).

Physical Education: Applying sunscreen and hats when we are playing sport in the shade

Geography: Finding tree's that provide shade for us as well as other shady area's around our school.

English: Creating booklets, information reports, posters, activity sheets, songs, presntations about the sun and sun safety.

Maths: Counting how many 'sun safe' items we have in our classroom and around our school.

Health: Learning about sunburn and effects it has on our body as well as sunscreen and how to apply sunscreen properly.

Music/Drama (The Arts) : The Sunsmart song, singing and dancing/ creating actions to get our message about sun safety and being sunsmart across to our peers and school community.

Science: Learning about U.V rays and the effects the sun has on plants as well as on us.

By covering a large variety of VELS domains, the sun safe message that the program is aiming to deliver engages students in a diverse way ensuring all students are given the opportunity to learn the behaviours necessary as a preventative measure to sunburn and in turn decreasing the chance of acquiring skin cancer.

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