In today’s ever-changing world, we want to encourage kids to venture beyond the digital realm and their own classrooms, and to engage with the community in ways unique to childhood. To paraphrase renowned Italian educator Loris Malaguzzi, a child has three teachers: his/her elders, the environment, and the peers he/she grows up with. Through the process of group play, kids are able to learn social skills such as empathy and collaboration, which are essential to the practice of creativity.
In 2023, PMQ Seed carried the theme “Kids connect”—our goal was to stimulate the innate originality and imagination available to all little ones, and tapped into the power of connection amongst peers. We hope to help kids build a sense of belonging in the community through exchanging ideas, diving deep into autonomous explorations, and working together on experimental projects. We knew these extraordinary experiences will play a major part in kids’ development of foundational skills in tomorrow’s world.
With the support of Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the project’s lead sponsor, as well as an amazing team of creative partners, we were thrilled to announce that we would continue to host our six key programmes surrounding the themes on empathy and design thinking: “Summer Camp”, “School Outreach”, “Mini-camp”, “Creative Festival”, “Train the Trainer Workshop”, and “Seed Online”. Designed for kids aged 6-12, parents, and educators, the programmes would deliver a series of hands-on creative challenges that aimed to supercharge kids’ creative powers.
Visit the individual page of each programme for more details:
KIDS CONNECT Train the Trainer Workshop
Covering areas including the application of design thinking, children’s education and participation, the Workshop aimed to encourage participants to use relevant knowledge to promote creative education in a daily classroom setting.
KIDS CONNECT Mini-camp
Tailored for children from age 6 to 8 and their parents, the Mini-camp aimed to fosters empathy, communication, and teamwork skills in a fun and engaging environment.
KIDS CONNECT Summer Camp
With a series of engaging and creative activities, the Summer Camp targets at local students from P3 to P6.
KIDS CONNECT Creative Festival
The 9-day Creative Festival featured an array of activities including creative workshops and sharing sessions. Teachers, educators, parents and children aged 3 to 12 were all welcome to participate.
KIDS CONNECT School Outreach
All teachers and students were welcome. The School Outreach programme aimed to cultivate P3 to P6 students’ motivation in learning through daily observation and reflection.
KIDS CONNECT Learning & Teaching Expo
PMQ Seed showcased the creative works by students and teaching teams in Learning & Teaching Expo (LTE), and promoted Design Thinking in education.
Participating School (In Alphabetical order):
Alliance Primary School, Whampoa
Baptist Rainbow Primary School
CCC Mong Wong Far Yok Memorial Primary School
Chan’s Creative School
Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Primary School
Cho Yiu Catholic Primary School
HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Lin Association School
HKMLC Ming Tao Primary School
HKTA Shun Yeung Primary School
Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Lee Shau Kei Primary School
Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School
Ma On Shan Methodist Primary School
PLK Grandmont Primary School
PLK Leung Chow Shun Kam Primary School
SKH Chi Fu Chi Nam Primary School
The Endeavourers Leung Lee Sau Yu Memorial Primary School
Tin Shui Wai Methodist Primary School
Tuen Mun Government Primary School
Tung Koon District Society Fong Shu Chuen School
TWGHs Tang Shiu Kin Primary School
TWGHs Wong See Sum Primary School
