It was up to 80° on Thursday and Friday.
What's the temperature where you are???
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It was up to 80° on Thursday and Friday.
42°F light rain
11:59 a.m.
11:59 a.m.
64° with heavy rain
329 pm Sunday thunderstorm’s and dark off and on all day
Nym
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Monday 18th March 8.28a.m. A mixed bag of sun, blue sky and grey clouds. Very wet after steady rain overnite. 3.7 / 3.7kph WSW, Hg 72%, 19.7C / 67.5F heading to 23C / 73F. Showers.
Moon is 58%
"After there's been floods or fires somewhere else, [the students] hear it on the radio, see it on the television, and start talking about it," Ms Bellman said.
To help address their worries and to help prepare them emotionally and mentally to cope in an emergency, Ms Bellman has brought the Pillowcase Project into her classroom in recent years.
Students aged eight to 10 decorate a pillowcase to take home as the bag for their own emergency kit. They learn what to pack and how to prepare themselves.
"Now when it comes up they say 'we'd have our pillowcase, and we would do this' and you just hear there's an automatic calm," Ms Bellman said.
"They know what they would do and the power they have in that situation."
Australian Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Penny Harrison said the pillowcase workshops strengthened community resilience and empowered children.
"As disasters increase across Australia so does the impact on our communities and wellbeing," Ms Harrison said.
"The impacts of these events on people can be significant and long-lasting, especially in children. They extend beyond the physical to their psychological and social wellbeing."
Moon is 58%
Aussie kids learn what to pack in an emergency and how to prepare emotionally for disaster
21 mins ago
By Olivia Sanders
In her regional Victorian classroom, teacher Lindy Bellman often hears her grade 3 and grade 4 pupils discussing natural disasters."After there's been floods or fires somewhere else, [the students] hear it on the radio, see it on the television, and start talking about it," Ms Bellman said.
To help address their worries and to help prepare them emotionally and mentally to cope in an emergency, Ms Bellman has brought the Pillowcase Project into her classroom in recent years.
The Pillowcase Project
The combined Australian Red Cross and Australia Post initiative teaches Australian primary school students in high-risk areas how to prepare for a major natural disaster "before they are in the thick of one".Students aged eight to 10 decorate a pillowcase to take home as the bag for their own emergency kit. They learn what to pack and how to prepare themselves.
"Now when it comes up they say 'we'd have our pillowcase, and we would do this' and you just hear there's an automatic calm," Ms Bellman said.
"They know what they would do and the power they have in that situation."
Australian Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Penny Harrison said the pillowcase workshops strengthened community resilience and empowered children.
"As disasters increase across Australia so does the impact on our communities and wellbeing," Ms Harrison said.
"The impacts of these events on people can be significant and long-lasting, especially in children. They extend beyond the physical to their psychological and social wellbeing."
59° and cloudy
39°F mostly cloudy and calm
12:06 a.m.
12:06 a.m.
Nym
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Monday 7.30p.m. Late showers after a mostly sunny day. 23.5C right now. Not sure how warm it got.
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