So much so that Derek Bryan, the head of education at MIA, is planning to extend the SunSafe Student Ambassador Program to six other locations across the country.

Mr Bryan dropped by the school recently to thank principal Andrew FitzSimons and the two student ambassadors.

"I was there today really to thank them and to see how the school is progressing in their sun safety campaign if you like," he said.

"The school has done such a great job with the pilot project we will run it in six locations, each with 15 schools, up the coast all the way to Townsville."

Ensuring teenagers are aware of the danger of melanoma and the importance of sun safety is the mission of the new educational program.

At Dapto, the program was led by student ambassadors Holly Johnstone and Jake Gander.

"The school's success includes a significant increase in sunscreen being used by students and teachers alike before and after PE," Mr Bryan said.

"The other big thing is that there has been a big increase in teachers wearing hats when on playground duty.

"This is important because the teachers are great examples to students and they also need to be protected because they are out for long periods of time in the sun.

"It's been great working with Andrew FitzSimons. It is great to have a principal that is so passionate about sun safety."

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Mr FitzSimons said the school was keen to do even more to become as sun safe as possible.

"Mr Bryan indicated we should use an information screen in our canteen to highlight how high the UV factor is. I think we will implement this suggestion," he said.