Does your school have a suncream policy?

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I'm interested to hear if / what other Primary schools do about pupils wearing sun cream.

My kids school does not have any policy afaik. I've asked about it and they said teachers / staff will not apply it to children but can remind them to apply it themselves. They've said if we're concerned we should use factor 50 and send the child in in a hat.
However my son is often in for breakfast club so suncream applied by me at 7.30am will not be effective by lunchtime. And a hat doesn't protect his arms and legs. Also I don't think there's any way a five year old can be expected to apply it properly even if they are reminded.

Interested to know what do other schools do? Maybe some constructive ideas I could suggest to the headteacher?
Thanks

The only children I’ve known at school to get sunburnt were ones where parents hadn’t put suncream on them in the morning and who didn’t have a hat.

We are not in the uk and are in a high uv area. For nursery teachers reapply what we send in. For primary school, students mostly reapply themselves. We can also sign a form saying teachers are allowed to help. We used a roll-on. They were expensive but much easier for a small child to use effectively. we would go through one roll on a week so it got very pricey, but it was necessary.

(adding that we are ghostly pale in my family so slathering on thick coats of suncream multiple times a day is a necessity)

There is now a product that you can fill with sunscreen and make into a roll on. It doesn’t work with super thick creams, but it works with most. I actually use it for my daily moisturizer too because I hate the sensory feeling in my hands.

DD’s school says they must wear it and have it in their bags but they’re not allowed to apply it again at school even to themselves, in case another child has allergies.

Makes zero sense but I just do factor 50 at home in the morning and it’s been fine so I can’t be bothered to question the daft policy.