Y5/6 (A): Lesson 7: Sun safety

To understand risks associated with sun exposure and how to keep themselves protected in the sun.

Learning objective

  • To understand risks associated with the sun and how these can be avoided

Statutory guidance

  • Health and prevention > about safe and unsafe exposure to the sun, and how to reduce the risk of sun damage, including skin cancer

 

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Give additional support with the scenarios activity if required and ask the children to act them out to help them decide what the characters should do. Scenarios 1 and 2 might be easier for the children to consider as they are more likely to be in their direct experience.

Pupils working at greater depth: Having looked at one or two of the given scenarios, children could develop their own sun safety scenario to share with the rest of the class. They could also write these scenarios including questions and swap them with another group for them to solve.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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