1. Water, water everywhere!Aerial view on the flooding on the Mississipi River, onThursday, May 19, 2011 from the MS side. USDA Photo byLance Cheung.Creative Commons Licencehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/5737772377/

2. Water distribution at an IDP camp, Badin, PakistanA young boy at a PDI (Participatory Development Initiative) waterdistribution via tankers in the city camps. Oxfams partner (PDI)team began distributing water in about 30 temporary camps in theflood effected areas since the day people started to arrive in thecities. Creative Commons Licence:http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/6220619162/ 3. I transformed the classroom for maximumimpact on the children and immersion into thetheme. 4. The children were asked what uses of water were luxury and which were a necessity. 5. Out of the 100% of the worlds water only 1% is available touse, the Earths resources are finite! 6. We learnt how to cut down onour water usage. 7. We received a package from a well-known charity with anaccompanying letter that included a plea... 8. Researching two distant localitiesBangladeshNew Orleans Found all that we could about Found out all that we couldit from an atlas. Eg. about where New Orleans- The population is was, and facts about theapproximately 141 300 000 USA, its countrypeople- Is within the continent of- That there are 2 doctors to North Americaevery 10 000 people - N. Orleans is in the state of- Bangladesh bordersLouisianaIndia, China and the Indian - That there are 28 doctors toOcean and is in the continent every 10 000 people in theof Asia.USA 9. Researching the impact of floodingcaused by natural disastersBangladesh New Orleans The 2004 Tsunami and how it Hurricane Katrina in August impacted on the people living in 2005 and the devastation it left Bangladesh behind- We watched many YouTube clips - We viewed more clips from and BBC news clips YouTube, and local news clips- We looked at photos of the watershowing people sharing their damage displeasure with the way- We also learnt how a tsunamigovernment handled the formed disaster- We learnt how a hurricane- We discussed how Bangladesh is supported by a famous waterformed charity- We discussed the warningsystems and levee 10. Learning the children wanted to produce 11. ITEAL reflection of EmmasNow I can tellSaving waterother people how aHurricanes hurricane forms.TsunamiI feel sorry for countries that dont have that much water. I am shocked. It is sad.Reflection on the week by year 5 girl.