What's included in the Sun Awareness Week Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Sun Awareness Week Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that reminds children how to stay safe in the sun. The content includes 9 slides with teacher notes, covering what Sun Awareness Week is, why the Sun is important, the dangers of the Sun, what the Sun feels like, being safe in the sun, ways to promote Sun Awareness Week and a reflection. It links to PSHE learning about health and wellbeing.

Why the Sun Matters

How the Sun gives the Earth heat and light, and why too much direct sun can lead to sunburn, dehydration and eye damage, with background on UV rays and the British Association of Dermatologists in the teacher notes.

Being Safe in the Sun

Wearing sun cream, a hat and sunglasses, drinking plenty of water and taking regular breaks in the shade, with the question "Can you think of any more ways that might help you stay safe?"

Promoting Sun Awareness

Ideas for spreading the message, from making a poster to creating a play, ending with "What have you learnt about safety in the Sun today?"

How do our whole school assemblies work?

Our whole school assemblies are PowerPoint slideshows that follow a similar structure: an introduction, questions to get children thinking, the key points of the topic and reflection time. They're paced to suit a primary school assembly and work best on a whiteboard, projected out to the hall. You can use them:

• as a whole school assembly, from EYFS up to KS2
• as a class assembly
• as a teaching PowerPoint when you want to cover an event or topic in your own classroom

The majority of our assemblies include teacher notes and guidance to support delivery, and because they're pacey, you can adapt them to however long your assembly lasts.

Adapting the Assembly for Your School

Every assembly is editable, so you can add, remove or change slides to suit the needs of your school. We cover religious events, seasonal topics, values such as kindness, friendship and tolerance, science, history, PSHE, music, significant people and sporting events, so you can choose the assemblies that fit your school year.

Supporting Learning at Home

Families can carry the conversation on at home by asking children about their assembly: what they heard, how it made them feel and what they think about it.

You can explore more of our whole school assembly resources here.