Why should we wear hats?

Students and Papakura Central School should wear hats during term 1 and 4 because you can get really bad sunburn.

Sunburn is caused by exposure { Having no protection from something harmful} to the ultraviolet {UV} rays of the sun. There is two types of ultraviolet rays, UVA {ultraviolet a} and UVB {ultraviolet b}. UVB radiation causes the most sunburn about like eighty five percent {85%}. But, most UVB rays are absorbed by sunscreens, but only about half the UVA rays are absorbed. But, both UVB and UVA can cause skin cancer.

There is also a third type of ultraviolet ray which is called UVC { ultraviolet c }. UVC is the most dangerous of them all but it is now completely blocked out by the ozone layer and doesn’t reach the earth’s surface.

So children at school, make sure you wear your hat before you go to play outside!