Gladstone Regional Council has entered into a joint agreement with CQUniversity Australia to deliver a disaster resilience program to school children. Mayor Gail Sellers said Council was looking forward to working closely with CQUniversity's Bachelor of Learning Management students and staff to raise awareness of the impacts and effects of natural disasters and how to better prepare for them. 'This program provides benefits for the university students by giving them real life experiences in delivering important programs to school students while helping to make the community more resilient through the education of our young people,' Cr Sellers said. She said the project was timely, given the natural disasters that have confronted communities across the globe since December 2010. 'We've had first hand experience of mass flooding across much of the state, cyclones, the devastating earthquakes in New Zealand and off Japan and the tsunami that has killed thousands and thousands of people.' Cr Sellers said the funding for this project was part of the community awareness and education initiatives outlined in the $1.6 million Tigalee Creek flood mitigation project, which is being funded equally between the Federal, State and Local Governments. The Tigalee Project, which involves the construction of a large water detention basin at Kathleen Shanahan Park at the corner of Glenlyon Road and Philip Street in Gladstone to control the flow of water downstream, was halted during the wet season and is scheduled to resume as soon as the water in the area dries.
Disaster Management Project School Event - 3rd June, 2011
BLM students will take a program of activities to Kin Kora State Primary School and implement activities for the whole school
and selected classes. During the lunch break, activities are planned to create awareness of Disaster Management from a child's perspective.
Entries for the planned Art Competition will be displayed in the library and judged by a select panel. The winners' artwork will be used along with relevant Disaster Management information/contacts/advice in a community calendar to be distributed throughout the Gladstone district and schools.
A Teachers' Resource Kit is also being collated and will provide a range of ideas for the classroom teacher wanting to address this topical subject with students.
BLM students will take a program of activities to Kin Kora State Primary School and implement activities for the whole school
and selected classes. During the lunch break, activities are planned to create awareness of Disaster Management from a child's perspective.
Entries for the planned Art Competition will be displayed in the library and judged by a select panel. The winners' artwork will be used along with relevant Disaster Management information/contacts/advice in a community calendar to be distributed throughout the Gladstone district and schools.
A Teachers' Resource Kit is also being collated and will provide a range of ideas for the classroom teacher wanting to address this topical subject with students.
Follow SID Star's 5 Points in any Disaster
