Register Your Interest for the 2025 Townsville and Cairns Naturally Brave Natural Disaster Resilience Program

Queensland schools in Townsville and Cairns schools are invited to submit an expression of interest to participate in the 2025 Naturally Brave program. 

Following successful programs in 2023 and 2024Bushfire Kids Connect, Makers Empire and Growing With Gratitude are joining forces again in 2025 to deliver a pioneering and engaging program designed to promote awareness of natural disasters and encourage resilience and empathy in students. 

The Naturally Brave Learning by Design program will be delivered to 10 Townsville and 10 Cairns schools in 2025. 

The project is funded by the Australian Government National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Disaster Ready Funding (DRF) 2023/2024. This opportunity is limited so register your school’s expression of interest today.Q

 

Naturally Brave Project Aims

● Help students understanding their highest potential disaster risk in their local community context and creating a ‘disaster reduction risk action plan’ responsive to their location.

● Help students to be well-informed and understand why natural disasters happen, how they are controlled, their impact on the environment, and approaches to disaster management that promote sustainability. Indigenous land management is at the forefront of this project as we understand the importance of the WHY, WHERE, HOW of natural disasters in South Australia. 

● Support students’ emotional wellbeing by teaching skills; including: ownership and a focus on service to others (volunteering in their community), self-awareness, gratitude, empathy and kindness, as well as coping strategies in an evacuation.

● Empower students as problem solvers and creative designers who can make a difference in their families’ lives. Students will use the design thinking problem-solving methodology and 3D design to create solutions to help during an evacuation such as packing a bag, helping mum and dad, protecting animals etc.

What Do Schools Receive?

 Selected schools will receive a package worth a total of $8,500 comprising:

What Do Schools Commit To?

  • Provide release for 1.5 days for 2-5 participating classroom teachers (not IT technicians or non-teaching staff). 
  • Project to start with teachers attending 1 face-to-face professional learning day in Term 2, week 9 or 10* (schools cover TRT expenses). Students will then commence the project in Term 3. Project completion with teachers and students attending a Showcase Day in Term 4, week 7 or 8* (schools arrange transport and cover TRT expenses).
  • Support capacity building of teachers through facilitation of ‘flow-on’ professional learning at their sites.
  • Attend 1 face-to-face professional learning day in your state in term 2, week 9 or 10, 2024.
  • Participate in professional learning communities.
  • Year 3-7 students complete a ready-made, in-app Challenge Course – approx. 4-5 lessons. The Challenge Course is based around Natural Disaster awareness and wellness.
    Attend, with nominated students, the Showcase Day (1/2 day) in Term 4, week 7 or 8 in your state.
  • Participate in data collection and share their learning experiences with others.

Register Your Expression of Interest Now

This project is planned to run in term 2-4, 2025 with strictly limited spots for schools. Early bird expressions of interest close 2nd December, 2024 so register your interest now.

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