Protecting the skin of children from the sun is a high priority for childcareibiza.com. With guidance from Cancer Research UK, we have put together this policy to ensure that children in our care are protected from the sun. We pledge to keep up to date with medical research and review this policy regularly.

Protection

Outdoor activities will be limited between the hours of 11.00am and 3.00pm between April and October. The strength of the sun, time of day and amount of natural or artificial shade will be taken into consideration when planning outdoor activities.

During all daytime sessions between April and October all children MUST be provided with a hat and high factor suncream by there parents/carers if they are spending any time outside. Suncream is the last line of defence after shade and clothing. Sunglasses are also encouraged.

Parents/carers are required in the Terms and Conditions to allow the application of high factor suncream to any child unable to apply this themselves and the supervision of the application of suncream by older children during any session over 2 hours during the day between April and October.

Education

As part of the role of a childcare professional working with childcareibiza.com, all professionals are expected to include basic sun protection education into the daytime routine. This involves explaining the importance of protection and the reasoning behind the above guidelines.

We request that all professionals working with childcareibiza.com are good role models in sun protection and wear hats and sun cream while outside with the children in there care.

Collaboration

As with all aspects of our work, successful collaboration between our childcare professionals and the parents/carers is the most effective way to protect the well-being of the children in our care.

Along with the parents/carers providing a hat and high factor suncream, we request parents/carers and the childcare professionals to exchange information before and after the sessions regarding the length of time the child/children have spent in the sun and the times that suncream was applied.