Education students deliver 'coping with disaster' messages
Published on 31 May, 2011
Awareness of natural disasters and strategies on how to cope during such events will be the focus of SID's Safety in Disaster Day at Kin Kora State School on Friday, June 3.
A group of CQUniversity Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) students have spent several months planning the program for delivery at Kin Kora State School as part of their preparation to enter the teaching profession.
Coordinator and CQUniversity Australia lecturer Julianne Impiccini said the program aimed at raising awareness of the types of natural disasters that could occur in the Gladstone Region and strategies that could be employed to prepare and cope during and after such events.
"The students have already taken part in the Harbour Festival Street Parade where they revealed SID Star and his five key natural disaster messages to the community; and now we are conducting SID's Safety in Disaster Day which involves an arts performance, interviews with emergency and community services and a digital lesson for the Year 7 students," Ms Impiccini said.
"We've also developed resources that will be given to students and made available for download from the web for other schools in the future."
Ms Impiccini said the program was born from an agreement between CQUniversity and Gladstone Regional Council as part of Council's commitment to delivering natural disaster resilience outcomes associated with funding of the Tigalee Creek Project at Kathleen Shanahan Park in Gladstone.
"Our BLM students have really embraced this project and have learned so much about project preparation and delivery. They've ensured that the program was developed in line with KLAs (Key Learning Areas) and with distinct outcomes in mind," Ms Impiccini said.
She said Kin Kora State School was chosen for the delivery of the program as its access routes were located within the area subject to downstream flooding of Tigalee Creek.
Funding of $1.66 million for the Tigalee Creek project is being provided equally between the Federal National Disaster Resilience Program and the State and Local Governments.