The Year 5/6 teachers and the TAP Coordinator were cognisant that students from Timboon P-12 School and surrounding areas were impacted by the St Patrick’s Day fires and were cautious about the way this topic was covered during the Bushfire component of the Natural Disasters unit for this term. The focus was on comparing the 1983 Ash Wednesday and 2018 St Patrick’s Day fires and reinforced the importance of being prepared and seeking assistance from community organisations. To conclude the term’s work Sharna Whitehand, the Corangamite Shire Fire Recovery Coordinator, taught the Year 9 students ‘The Fire Game’ as part of their Homegroup sessions. The Fire Game was developed by the Surf Coast Shire and the Corangamite Shire to help communities be informed and prepared for the risk of fire with the tag- BE AWARE. BE PREPARED. GET CONNECTED. Our Year 9 students, in turn, taught the game to their Year 5/ 6 peers, using it as a prompt for discussion with the younger students about preparing for fires; the Year 9s, of course, have covered this topic in previous years. Thank you to Sharna and our Year 9 students for playing the Fire Game with our students and providing much lively discussion about household fire plans. Comments are closed.
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