Sunday, 2 October 2011

First location chosen - Cardwell

We decided to make Cardwell our first goal.
Using Scribble Maps  we discovered that Cardwell was the closest location to our town and the cyclone that affected them was also headed towards our town.
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Using the internet we also found that there are a lot of things similar about Cardwell State School and our own Virtual State School.

Picture retrieved from http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=cyclone+yasi+cardwell+school+pictures&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=88WE3OFeLyC4ZM:&imgrefurl=http://www.smh.com.au/am/2011/05/03/index.html&docid=aFLfsp_khYisjM&w=191&h=128&ei=8VmITsGAO-7umAXO6fn9Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=126&vpy=197&dur=257&hovh=102&hovw=152&tx=116&ty=61&page=2&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&start=15&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:15&biw=1126&bih=602

We have a group name

We decided to call our group KIND.
Kids Impact Natural Disasters.


We plan to make a difference in the lives of kids affected by natural disasters by
  • becoming friends with a class of Year 5 students in the town, state or country where the disaster occurred using email and Skype.
  • Fundraising to buy school supplies that make students feel good (fancy pencil cases,  note pads, backpacks etc.)
  • Asking the kids what they need most.

Our Mind Map

Mind map made using http://www.text2mindmap.com/.

John, Hayley, Mark & Amanda making a difference.

We were assigned our group of four by Mrs B and using Mind map we brainstormed how we can make a difference. The girls want to cook but the boys want to do stuff like mow lawns for money to give to poor people.  Mrs B asked us "What is a poor person? A person with no money, no home, no food or a person who is sick and alone or all of these?"
We thought about the kids at Innisfail who lost their toys and school books in the cyclone and the kids at Grantham who lost almost everything in the flood and the kids in Japan who had an eathquake and a tsunami which changed their lives forever.

Hayley suggested we use scribble maps to see where all these places are located from our town.