Welcome to the family! Being sun smart

Lesson 1 – 20 minutes

Learning outcomes

• Develop an understanding of surf life saving in Australia
• Identify the surf club as a welcoming place
• Understand and demonstrate the sunsmart guidelines
• Understand what happens when they’re not sunsmart

Preparation

• Ensure the club is accessible for the club tour.
• Worksheet: Sunsmart
• Pens/Pencils.
• Collect a range of posters and flyers from outside organisations like the Cancer Council.
• Prepare sunsmart items for dress up:
  • long sleeve shirt
  • sunscreen
  • wide brimmed hat
  • sunglasses
• Whiteboard and markers (optional).
• Butcher paper and markers (optional).

Discuss

• Introduce Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap
• Discuss with participants what they mean, with emphasis on the beach environment.
• Welcome all the participants and parents to the junior program and surf club.
• Introduce (from those available) the main people involved in running the junior program or the club.
• Discuss some of the history of surf life saving in Australia and in particular the history of your club – include any interesting facts you might know.

*SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP

Slip – on a shirt

Slop – on some sunscreen

Slap – on a hat

Wrap – put on sunglasses to Australian Standards

Activity 1

• Take your group of participants and parents on a tour of the surf club and surrounding environment.
• Point out areas of interest and importance at your Surf Club e.g. showers/toilets, club hall, equipment shed, patrol room, IRB room, First Aid room etc.
• Finish the tour by setting the boundries for junior activities around the surf club and beach.

Discuss

• Ask the participants if they have any questions about the history of surf life saving, the junior program or the surf club and do your best to answer them.

Discuss

• Discuss the consequences of what happens when no sun protection is used when in a beach environment.
  • You get burnt
  • Being burnt is not fun
  • It can cause cancer later in life

Activity 2

• Ask for a volunteer to help demonstrate being sunsmart.
• Dress them up in front of everyone in a sunsmart manner, one thing at a time.
• Ask the participants how we can make the volunteer sunsmart?
  

Activity 3

• Have the participants complete the ‘sunsmart’ worksheet.

*AGE MANAGER TIPS

Always lead by example by using sun screen during the day and wearing the correct clothing to be Sunsmart.

If you’re not familiar with surf life saving history or the club,organise a member who is able to help with this lesson.