For Teachers
Teacher-led bushfire and disaster resilience lesson plans
As a part of a previous program (Child and Youth Bushfire Program), the South Australian Country Fire Service has developed curriculum linked lesson plans, teacher guides and resources, to assist teachers in delivering disaster resilience education to students.
These education resources follow a child centred, teacher facilitated mode of learning, drawing on the current research and practice in Australia around disaster resilience education, as illustrated by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience.
These resources can be accessed here: Lessons and education resources.
Professional learning
We have developed an online learning module on Disaster Resilience Education and Bushfires.
The module takes 15 – 20 minutes to complete and provides an overview of the benefits of Disaster Resilience Education for young people and their communities.
Designed for teachers and educators, the module will introduce participants to the different ways that bushfire information can be incorporated into lessons. It also provides links to resources and tips on how to develop your own bushfire lessons that are linked to the Australian or SACE Curricula.
Bushfire education empowering students
Empowering young people to prepare, respond to, and recover from bushfire is an important part of ensuring the entire South Australian community is best prepared for an emergency.
Through a previous project, we worked with year 6/7 students at Stirling East Primary School, to increase their knowledge around bushfire.
What began as a mini project, turned into a yearlong investigation by the students. Topics covered ranged from what happens to bees in a bushfire, whether sheltering in a pool is safe during a bushfire, to the effects of smoke taint on vineyards.
You can read more about their projects here.