2023-2024 Kindergarten Education Scheme School-based Learning Activity of Chinese Culture

Academic Year: 2023-2024

Name of Activity 1:  National Flag Raising Ceremony

Grade Level: K1-K3

 Activity goal:

  1. Get to know the national flag and national anthem of the country from an early age.
  2. Get to know the etiquette to observe during the flag-raising ceremony
  3. Build an attitude of respect for the national anthem, flag and flag raising ceremony

Activity introduction:

Members of the Road Safety Patrol of our school lead the teachers and students of the school to hold the national flag raising ceremony every Friday. In addition, on New Year’s Day (January 1), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (July 1) and National Day (October 1), there are also school wide flag raising ceremonies to cultivate students’ sense of belonging to the country and enhance their national identity.

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Name of Activity 2:  National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations

Grade Level: K1-K3

Activity goal:

  1. Understand the origin of National Day and its meaning to “oneself”, allowing students to establish Chinese identity from an early age.
  2. Understand the traditional customs and the meaning of reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Activity introduction:

1. On the morning of September 29 (Friday), during the school day, the school held a “Parent-Child Lantern Riddles Guessing” activity. On behalf of the school, the principal presented mooncakes donated by friendly organizations to students and parents, allowing students to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with their families.
2. Before class on the same morning, all the teachers and students of the school held a flag-raising ceremony in the auditorium to welcome the National Day.
3. The class today was mainly about games. In addition to the foreign English teachers playing games with the students in the auditorium, the teachers also played Mid-Autumn Festival-themed games with the students in the classroom. The principal also distributed Mid-Autumn Festival lantern design handmade bags to the students, allowing students and their families to create unique lanterns together and enjoy the moonlight with the lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.

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Name of Activity 3: Chinese Art – Ceramic Art Creation

Academic Year: 2023-2024

Target Group(s): Parents, teachers and all students

Activity goal:

  1. Invite ceramic artists to schools to hold workshops for teachers and parents, and then invite parents to participate in pottery creation workshops with their children, and then encourage parents to sign up for the “Treasure Hunt – The Parent-child Pottery Design Competition”, which organized by the Hong Kong Children’s Arts and Cultural Exchange Association,  to promote parent-child communication and collaboration, and to understand the art of ceramics. item of traditional Chinese culture.
  2. In addition, in accordance with the teaching content at all levels, teachers and students work together to design ceramic works related to the theme to cultivate students’ interest in ceramic creation.

Activity introduction:

  1. Invite ceramic artists to schools to hold workshops for teachers and parents.
  2. Encourage parents to sign up for the “Treasure Hunting Pottery Parent-Child Ceramics Creation Competition”.
  3. Teachers and students work together to design ceramic works related to the theme.

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Name of Activity 4: Opportunities for the Elderly Project

Grade Level: K2, K3

Activity goal:

  1. Elderly volunteers go to the school to do towel exercises with students, encourage the elderly to do exercises, and cultivate the spirit of “care for our own aged parents and also extend the same care to all aged people in general” in children, so that children can learn to respect their elders and be filial to their elders at home.
  2. Students delivered handmade rice dumplings to the elderly center during the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to thanking the elderly volunteers for coming to school to do exercises with them earlier, the children also learned to care for the elderly around them and to care for others.

Activity introduction:

  1. Cooperates with the nearby elderly center to promote the “Big Hands Holding Little Hands” activity to encourage children to learn to respect their elders from an early age and to understand and practice the Chinese culture of filial piety.
  2. Elders from the elderly center visited the school in 1st semester and did towel exercises with the full-day K3 students.
  3. Members of our school’s K3 traffic safety team learned to make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. K2 students, accompanied by their parents, delivered the rice dumplings to the elderly center to share the joy of the festival with the elders.

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Name of Activity 5: Chinese Art – Chinese Dance

Grade Level: K2-K3

Activity goal:

  1. Invite Chinese dance instructors to set up interest classes in the school, and let students who are interested in Chinese dance sign up to participate, so as to deepen their understanding of the basic skills of Chinese dance.
  2. Arrange dance class students to represent the school in dance competitions or festival performances in order to enhance students’ teamwork ability and self-confidence.

Activity introduction:

One interest class classroom activity every week.

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Name of Activity 6: Chinese Art – Shaolin Kung Fu

Grade Level: K1-K3

Activity goal:

  1. Invite professional Shaolin Kungfu masters to the school to provide regular Shaolin Kungfu classes, so that students can learn Shaolin Kungfu and strengthen their bodies.
  2. Invite Shaolin Kungfu masters to set up interest classes in the school, so that students who are interested in Shaolin Kungfu can sign up to participate, so as to strengthen the exercise of Shaolin basic skills.
  3. Arrange Shaolin Kung Fu class students to represent the school to participate in the “Tuen Mun District Civic Education Art Performance and Awards Ceremony”, “Understanding Chinese Culture” activities and perform in schools in the district to enhance students’ teamwork ability and self-confidence.

Activity introduction:

  1. One regular class per week.
  2. One interest class classroom activity every week.

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Name of Activity 7: “Chinese Culture Parent-Child Experience Day”

Target Group(s): Parents, teachers and all students

Activity goal:

  1. Let students learn about ancient Chinese sports through booth games.
  2. Let students and parents experience traditional Chinese culture through scene decoration and wearing ancient costumes.

Activity introduction:

  1. Invite the “Campus Ancient Village” organization to the school to set up stalls with the theme of ancient Chinese sports, so that parents and students can wear “Hanfu” to practice ancient sports and experience the atmosphere of ancient Chinese life.
  2. Let parents and students wear “Hanfu” and take photos in “ancient market scenes”.

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Name of Activity 8: ” Enjoying Lunar New Year fair ‧ Shopping for Lunar New Year’s Eve

Grade Level: K1-K3

Activity goal:

  1. Let students know the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year and enjoying the atmosphere of the Lunar Year festive.
  2. Learn to contribute to the family in Lunar New Year.

Activity introduction:

  1. Members of the Parent-Teacher Association prepare Lunar New Year’s items together with the children.
  2. Members of the Parent-Teacher Association used the items which made by the children to set up the Lunar New Year Fair stalls, so that the children could experience the fun and atmosphere of “going for the Lunar New Year Fair”.

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Name of Activity 9: “Values ​​Education Camp for One Thousand and One Nights Graduates”

Grade Level: K1-K3

Activity goal:

Through the “One Thousand and One Nights” Values ​​Education Camp for Graduates, K3 residential school graduates can participate in a series of experiential activities overnight and practice the four values ​​and attitudes of “integrity”, “diligence”, “perseverance” and “caring” , let students know that they have enough ability and knowledge to enter primary school, and also leave beautiful memories of kindergarten study and life for students before graduation.

Activity introduction:

  1. In the Education camp, students complete daily self-care items according to the teacher’s instructions without the assistance of parents, such as tidying up and washing tableware, grooming and changing clothes, etc. This lets the students know that they can complete many daily tasks on their own, which improves their self-care ability and confidence.
  2. During the overnight Education camp, a series of group cooperation and task challenges were arranged to allow students to practice the four values ​​education goals of this year: “Integrity”, “Diligence”, “Perseverance” and “Caring”.

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Name of Activity 10: “Understand Chinese culture through festivals”

Grade Level: Teachers

Activity goal:

Invites instructors from the “Patriotic Education Centre” to the school to hold ” Understand Chinese culture through festivals – National Conditions Education Series Teacher Lectures” to help teachers understand how to let students understand traditional Chinese culture through festival-themed teaching activities, thereby promoting national conditions education.

Activity introduction:

Instructors at the ‘Patriotic Education Centre’ taught teachers the origins of traditional Chinese festivals, the traditional culture involved, and celebration activities suitable for kindergartens.

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Name of Activity 11: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Celebrations

Grade Level: Students and Parents

Activity goal:

Invite mom and dad to school on the eve of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day respectively to participate in the school’s specially designed celebrations for them. Students can repay their parents’ love and practice filial piety through singing, serving mom and dad ‘breakfast’, performing, and other activities.

Activity introduction:

Parents are invited to the school to participate in the school’s Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations.

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Name of Activity 12: National Security Education Day

Grade Level: K1-K3

Activity goal:

  1. Let students understand the content of “national security”.
  2. Let students understand the significance of national security to themselves.

Activity introduction:

April 10 to April 15 is designated as ‘National Security Education’ week. All levels from K1 to K3 use the ‘National Security Education Picture Book’ created by Newly Worldwide International Education Company and based on the main goals of national security education of the Hong Kong Education Bureau. The books – ‘K3 Children Love the Motherland’, ‘K2 Visiting the Museum’, and ‘K1 Mom and Dad’s Arms’ – are taught from easy to deep according to the age of the children, to bring out the awareness, responsibility, and importance of jointly safeguarding national security.

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