Do the Pack up your House Challenge

Steps to take action

1. Do the ‘pack up your house challenge’ with your household. Gather everyone together and ask them to imagine there is an emergency and you need to leave the house in 10 minutes. Ask everyone to pack what they need in 10 minutes and meet at the car or at the front of the house. 
2. The pack up your house challenge will create some useful conversations around what is and is not important to take with you in an emergency situation. Talk with your household about what you might have missed during the challenge. 
3. Complete your household survive and recover kit. You can use the Get Packing Toolkit to do this. It will help you decide what to include and how to go about packing it. 

Helpful resources

• Use our Get Packing toolkit
• You can see an example of some families doing the challenge.
• Extend your learning by taking action in your school or community with these Big Weather resources.